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'Dollarization' Debate

economies, have often turned to more stable for currencies, or the assets within those currencies (McTigue, 1999). In its most bas...

Singapore and Conducting Business There

such as Buddhism, Taoism, and Hinduism -- especially among the Indian population (Statistics Singapore, 2003). Interestingly enoug...

Taiwan, Economic Policies, and Types of Regimes

1972 to 1988 who political governance could best be described as "semi-democracy". The third regime phase of "democratic transitio...

Overview of Egypt

mention, Egypt has become a moderate Arab nation. In recent history of the last ten to twenty years, Mubarak, the president of Egy...

U.S. vs. the Middle East Dictatorship Perceptions

this in mind, then, it is not surprising that there is such turmoil in that region. Interestingly enough, both democracy and dic...

Pros and Cons of International Accounting Standards

* Better integrate pricing, financial reporting, earnings analysis, forecasting, and risk management (Duran et al., 2003). From...

The Dragon's Village by Yuan tsung Chen

aunt and uncle reluctantly agree. Chen commits that they did not oppose this plan "too vigorously" because they were "apprehensive...

Soviet Union Work Assignment Policy

there were both positive and negative aspects. In terms of the positive, the most important was that each person was guaranteed a...

Sudan, Turkey, and the UK and Marketing

the market and also the wide range of demands and communication methods. With 84.5 million radios owned and 219 AM radio stations ...

Economics of Politics and The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

that there should be a collectivism. This idea basically put meant that the government legislated everything including the factors...

China (Country Culture)

Hence, they may react by rejecting a partner in such a way that appears unreasonable. Zinzius (2004) writes: "Chinese place great...

Stock Market Characteristics and Emerging Markets

the market process. When we consider that emerging markets make up 44% of the global economy, but in the 1990s accounted for a tot...

Freedom Quest of Vietnam

earth. It was this antagonistic attitude that only served to fuel Ho Chi Minhs desire to ward off foreign domination and American...

Drug Offenses and High School Undercover Law Enforcement

however, an easy demonstration to make. Indeed, drugs in our schools have resulted in the formation of its own subculture and tha...

Personal Political Perspectives

original American colonies. In that case a federal system would undoubtedly be best and should be patterned after United States,...

Media Perception & Canadian Healthcare System

the director of health system performance studies at Fraser Institute, was quoted as saying that "It is irresponsible for a wealth...

The Prevalence of Seasonal Affective Disorder in the Nordic Countries

the increased distance from the equator. In Studies in North America Rosenthal (1983) observed a prevalence in the winter of 1.4%...

Hoge, Understanding the War on Terror

is, the mobilization of all available resources against a dangerous, antisocial activity, one that can never be entirely eliminate...

Influence of Women in American History

her from his pulpit, accusing her of being more "Husband than a Wife and a preacher (rather) than a Hearer; and a Magistrate (rath...

How Economic Considerations and Doctrine Influence Military Innovation

tactical assumptions as unrealistic (Murray and Millett 1996, 29). Instead of composing a doctrine for the future, which would ha...

The Main Strengths And Weaknesses Of Tourism As A Means Of Economic Development

mature with many sectors. Tourism is one of the areas where developing countries have continually had a trade surplus, in 1...

Long-Term Care in Canada and Finland

nursing home care is now so expensive seniors cant afford it; in others, it is unavailable because of demand (Clancy, 2009). "In s...

Exchange Rate Management

band" * "Crawling peg" * "Rates within crawling bands" * "Managed float with no pre-announced exchange rate path" * "Independently...

Colonialism in Canada and Nigeria

spectrum is the colonialism the developed in areas predominantly comprised by African slaves (Johnson, 2002). Despite its oil wea...

Economic Health of France and England During the 1980s and 1990s

by the mid-eighties. Many went back to school, others found jobs in other sectors. The time of large scale production facilities a...

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...

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...

Go West on the Transcontinental Railroad

voyages or three-month-long overland treks, both equally dangerous, as well as prohibitively expensive for most people. When the ...

Macroeconomic Impact of France's Participation in the European Union

a prescribed requirement for inclusion in the monetary union (Anonymous, 2001, Dec. 30). Nevertheless, many people believe that th...