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Essays 301 - 330

Gross Domestic Product and Gross National Product

takes into account only the final product: for example, the revenue gained from selling raw materials to a manufacturer is not inc...

Former Soviet Union and Japan National Systems of Innovation

Japan. It was often thought that money was needed in terms of research and development, however, the case of the USSR shows us tha...

America's Civil War, Literature, and Art

North and the more rural, ante-bellum Old South. Most historians agree that, in addition to the concept of slavery, vast d...

U.S. Government Involvement in Prescription Drugs

the "government should subsidize prescription drug spending for all 40 million Americans over the age of 65 - whether they need it...

Thailand and Japan Economies and Their Recent Trends

their losses (67). Most businessmen and bankers would resist such steps (67). Mr. Thaksin took office early in the twenty-first c...

Comparisons of Democracy

constitution 2001, with the aim of increasing the rights of minorities (CIA, 2003). The relative newness of this state can be s...

Promoting Global Trade, Competition and the Role of Canada

but again, Canada is participatory and has been a help, and not a hindrance, as far as international trade is concerned. Canadas r...

Japan Export of Auto Parts

1,143 1,257 The Auto/Parts Framework Agreement signed on August 23, 1995 opened up the Japanese market for American auto and ...

Jewish History and Spain's 'Golden Age'

grand, self-improving - yet highly attainable - aspirations are what ultimately brought the era to be known as the Golden Age of S...

Questions on International Finance Answered

it may choose to make use of euro currency. A Eurocurrency is a currency that is held in a country other than that for which it is...

5 Questions on Sales Management

determining customer needs. Because of this, the salesperson is more in a listening rather than selling mode on that first visit t...

Business Investment in Saudi Arabia

it provides 75% of the budget revenues and accounts for 90-% of the countries export earnings, it is understandable why the govern...

Political Systems Comparison Between the United States and France

symbolizes community as there are bowling leagues around America where people congregate in a wholesome activity. That said, the o...

Chinas and Issues Involving Human Rights

towards the Soviet Union and its leaders. The Chinese Revolution of 1911 would set in motion a series of political and...

Bowling for Columbine

emotions and sympathy for the Columbine victims and families. For example, it is difficult not to agree with Moore that the decisi...

Federal Bureaucracy

order to coordinate the Union war effort (Federal Bureaucracy) It was in the nineteenth century that Western democracies began ...

Starbucks in Asia

currently have no access to Starbucks products; Schultz seeks to make China "the second-largest market behind North America" (Gues...

Current Perspectives/Math and Science Education

NAS emphasizes developing outstanding science and math teachers in grades K-12 (Gordon, 2007). Research has also been instigated...

Obligations of MNC’s in Developing Countries

that there is a clear and morally relevant dividing line between humankind and the rest of nature, that humankind is the only prin...

Russia Under Putin

Putin has been methodical in the manner in which he has insured that Russias energy resources are under state control. Having acco...

W.E.B. Du Bois/Double Consciousness

of measuring ones soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity" (Du Bois ch. 1, para. 3). In other words,...

Quest Diagnostics

country * 150 smaller laboratories * Production facility and operations costs for diagnostic manufacturing subsidiary * Labor-inte...

How Can a Developing Country Increase Its’ Share of FDI?

is where there is an investment made directly in a country by a foreign government, company or other organisation. By direct inves...

Satire Modeled After Candide

Herbert felt, were much smarter than himself. In particular, Herbert relied on his political adviser Carl Wanderer and his second-...

Global Warming: Disproportionate Impact and Foreign Aid

providing aid to the less economically affluent countries so that they can better address the impacts of global warming. ...

Africa, Health, Poverty, and AIDS

viewpoint on the topic is important for research, if effective means of reducing and eradicating the disease are to be found. ...

Japan and Germany's Human Resource Management Policies

right to reward tenacity over productivity and performance. Right or not, pay based on seniority was the standard in each of the ...

Kosovo and Whether or Not the Conflict Could Have Been Avoided

Yet certain things need to be kept in mind before we can go ahead and support the blanket statement we made above. First,...

Balance of Payments and Impact of Exchange Rates

represent only one segment of international financial markets. "Global financial markets are recent phenomena that embrace global...

Illegal Immigration and Economic Issues

John OSullivan writes that part of the problem lies in economic theory itself. He writes that for many years, economists have reli...