...Poverty. Corruption. Safe to say that I will not be allowed back in Kazakhstan after this blog has circulated the internet. Trust me, they could not pay me enough to go back to that place. Between forging signatures on contracts, stealing money from the players and ten-hour days at the rink, the only downtime was in a train cabin with three other Canadians for thirty-six straight hours. By the end of the season there will either be some criminal convictions or a suicide attempt, and I was not going to be part of either, so I had to jump on the camel and ride out of town while I still had the chance. Some of you have read my initial blog regarding my experience during training camp. If I had the knowledge I do now during training camp, I would never have played a regular season game for Beibarys Atyrau. However, hindsight is 20/20, and I started the season in Western Kazakhstan 30 kilometers from the Caspian Sea. My contract was breached in every way possible from the time I arrived until the time I left Kazakhstan. Salary payments were supposed to be made “promptly” at the beginning of the following month. So, salary payments for the month of August should have been paid September 1st … but they were not. Instead, we received a portion of our payment on the 17th. I say portion because we were not paid in full. The team President decided that we performed poorly at the exhibition tournament in Eastern Kazakhstan and deducted every player 10% of our “bonus” pay. When the imports...
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...3-5 CIS Countries in the 21st Century # 5-9 Offshoring Strategies and Potential # 9-12 IT Infrastructure # 13-16 CIS Countries in the Future # 16-21 Appendix # 22 References # 23-25 Introduction to the Commonwealth of Independent States - Andrew Tate The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional area that includes countries from the eastern part of Europe as well as countries from the Middle East part of the world. These countries include: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan. Each of the countries belonging to the Commonwealth of Independent States are former parts of the Soviet Republic, which broke up along with the former Soviet Union, with the official date of the CIS formation being marked as December 8, 1991. The “founding” countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States were the Republic of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine, with eight other countries (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan) joining the CIS 13 days after the formation(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Independent_States). According to 2008 statistics, the total population of the countries that make up the Commonwealth of Independent States is approximately 276,917,629 people. The Gross Domestic Product came in at an estimate of a total of $2,906,944,000, which equates to a per capital total of $10,498. Each of the countries within...
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...leading mobile phone companies such as Samsung, LG Electronics and SonyEricsson are rushing to introduce strategic handsets, aiming to win a larger chunk in the market. In the fiery competition space, LG Electronics has introduced its first black-label (premium label) mobile phone which called Ў§ChocolateЎРfor the competition, and tried to use its new marketing strategy for spreading into a new market place that no one has took up before. This report first of all will start from over viewing LG Company and its strategy by present. Secondly will go into specifically to analyze the strategy which on launch its Ў§ChocolateЎРmodel and its competitors, and also to analyze the feasibility of its strategies through understanding its strength and weakness. Finally, the report will apply the key factor to its global capability, to discuss the further modification and development opportunity. LG Company Overview In 1947, LG Group founder Koo In-hoe established Lucky Chemical Industrial Corp. (currently LG Chemicals) in South Korea, LG initially manufactured a cosmetic called Lucky Cream. After 50s to the end of 70s, LG established its other business more widely into different areas. Now LG is a manufacturer which field in three main businesses which are Electronics, Chemicals, and Telecommunications & Services (LG official website). The company is based in Seoul, South Korea, they are operating around 130 subsidiaries around the world with around 120,000 employees in 2005...
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...I DEVELOPMENT OF AN ACCOUNTING INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKET ENTRIES Taking the accounting information system of Milkiland Intermarket as a base of research PROJECT THESIS Faculty of Business Field of Study: International Business Cooperative State University Baden-Wuerttemberg Mannheim Handed in by: Vladyslava Zhurenkova Address: Plumstruk 3, 23617 Obernwohlde Course: WIB-bi 13BI Student ID-Number: 8658655 Academic Tutor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Schuster Supervising Tutor at Milkiland Volodymyr Gontar Intermarket: Corresponding Company: Milkiland Intermarket Kyiv, Ukraine, 10th September 2014 II CONFIDENTIALITY STATEMENT The Project thesis on hand “Development of an accounting information system for international market entries Taking the Accounting information system of the Milkiland Intermarket as a base of research” Contains internal resp. confidential data of Milkiland Intermarket. It is strictly forbidden, To distribute the content of this paper (including data, figures, tables, charts etc.) as a whole or in extracts, To make copies or transcripts of this paper or of parts of it, To display this paper or make it available in digital, electronic virtual form. Exceptional cases may be considered through permission granted in written form by the author and the Milkiland Intermarket. Kyiv, Ukraine, 10th September 2014 ___________________ Signature III ABSTRACT This paper is focused on...
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...Sarju Patel BC607 Assignment 7.1 Oil Producers vs. Oil Users Oil is a unique and finite commodity. Every person in the world is affected by oil and it plays a vital role within modern society. It has also been associated with conflict since the First World War. The importance of oil is such that nationals and ethnic groups are prepared to go to war for this commodity if necessary. As such, a unique set of economic circumstances and policy issues surround oil. These include oil’s links to industrialization, economic growth, the distribution of wealth, and global warming. Oil is vital to the functioning of the economy of individual countries as well as the global economy. It plays an essential role in transport systems (ground, air and sea), agriculture, chemicals, and the military. Thousands of products are made using oil including plastics, pesticides, paints, inks, synthetic fibers, solvents, medicines, and other vital everyday use products. The reality is that oil is all around us, even when it is not being used in vehicle or other transport engines. Since oil is a finite commodity, concerns about when the supply of oil will decline and run out is of paramount importance and concern. The world’s supply of readily accessible oil is declining simply because more oil is being extracted than being discovered. New technologies that gain access to reservoirs previously hard to access may extend the life of these reserves. However, demand for oil in developed...
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...“The Labour Market” Canadian automotive industry has taking a huge leap forward since its past years, considering the fact that population is growing each and every day. In Canada, transportation has become a very significant part of life and hence people travel through different modes of transportation each and every day. This substantial growth has also proven to maximize the profit ratio which is hence helping to keep the economy stable. This advancement in transportation is proving as an advantage especially to many car companies which reside in Canada. At certain times transportation becomes a major problem in certain places where the frequency of vehicles is low and this becomes a major problem for the working class individuals. The busy hours or the peak hours as they say is the time when maximum population use these transportation systems to reach their destination; hence this is where the problem arises. Certain types of transportation system are only able to accommodate certain percentage of people at a time and hence the latter would have to wait for the next transportation arrival. Moreover, at times certain mode of transportation does not even serve the purpose of travelling great distances and other times it is the expense of such transportation systems that leaves the person overwhelmed and results in him buying his own vehicle. Hence the Canadian automotive industry serves the purpose of providing these modes of transportation (cars, trucks, vans, etc.) to its...
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...Bibliography – (1) – Apple Computers: This Month in Business History (Business Reference Services, Library of Congress) – Retrieved March 10th 2015 (2) – Westerdal, Jay (Iphone.com has been acquired by Apple) Domain Tools Blog – Retrieved July 3rd 2007 (3) – http://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-6s/ (4) – Apple FY14 Results (United States Securities and Exchange Commission) – Retrieved October 20th 2014 (5) – BTEC Business Level 3 – Charlotte Bagley, Andrew Dean, Louise Stubbs and Mark Gardiner (6) – Tesco: How one supermarket came to dominate (BBC News) – Retrieved 18th October 2014 (7) – www.tescocorporate.com (8) – ‘’History’’ Tesco PLC – Retrieved 22 January 2015 (9) Tesco PLC website (10) – Mesure, Susie (2003–10–10) ‘’Loyalty card costs Tesco £1bn of profits – but is worth every penny’’ The Independent (11) – BTEC Business Level 3 - Charlotte Bagley, Andrew Dean, Louise Stubbs and Mark Gardiner (12) - BTEC Business Level 3 - Charlotte Bagley, Andrew Dean, Louise Stubbs and Mark Gardiner (13) – ‘Comet misleads customers’ – Telegraph – Harry Wallop – Retrieved 25th January 2011 (14) – BBC News – ‘Tesco fined over half price strawberries claim’. Retrieved 19th August 2013 (15) – ‘M&S card is breach of credit law’ The Guardian – Retrieved Thursday 9th October 2003 (16) – ‘Sony fined 250k over ‘serious’ Data Protection Act Breach’ John Glenday – Retrieved 24th January 2013 (17) - ‘Next breaks refund rules for online deliveries’ – Susannah Streeter – BBC News –...
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...PGDM 2009-2011 Business Communication II Did Slumdog Millionaire deserve the awards it got? Submitted to: Prof. Virupakshi Goud Submitted by Section C Names: Rachit Bhatia 2009156 Rachita Gulati 2009157 Declaration We, Rachita Gulati and Rachit Bhatia have prepared this report solely for our BC II project. We accept that every coin has 2 facets and we have tried to consider both the perspectives for the said scenario. But then again we might have been biased towards a single perspective. Here we declare that such an instance should be seen as unintentional. While writing this report we have included certain personal opinions and so, it must not be seen as containing derogatory remarks. Place: Nagpur Signatures: Date: 15 December 2009 Acknowledgement We would like to thank Prof. H Virupakshi Goud, Business Communication professor, for giving us this interesting and highly debated topic for the project. This helped us in attaining a lot of information about the film industry, films and awards. This project also helps us to sort out the differing view of people and thus giving a new line of thought to thinking. Thus, it helped us further in realizing the importance of considering all the facets of a situation before giving out a judgement. Abstract Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 film directed by Danny Boyle based in Mumbai, India’s most popular metropolis. The movie was critically acclaimed in the western world as well as in India. It...
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...1|Page Coursework Header Sheet 220924-625 Course FINA1035: Strategic Financial Mgt Course School/Level B/UG Coursework Report Assessment Weight 100.00% Tutor EA Warren Submission Deadline 19/03/2015 Coursework is receipted on the understanding that it is the student's own work and that it has not, in whole or part, been presented elsewhere for assessment. Where material has been used from other sources it has been properly acknowledged in accordance with the University's Regulations regarding Cheating and Plagiarism. 000652920 Tutor's comments Grade Awarded___________ Moderation required: yes/no For Office Use Only__________ Final Grade_________ Tutor______________________ Date _______________ 2|Page 0006529208 Strategic Financial Management Report: McDonald’s Part 2: External Analysis Zaheer Mansuri Word Count: 3038 Tutor: Liz Warren 3|Page 0006529208 Contents PESTLE ..................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Political:............................................................................................................................................................... 4 Economic:............................................................................................................................................................ 5 Sociocultural:...
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...THE SADHU VASWANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES (SVIMS), PUNE REPORT ON ENTERPRISE ANALYSIS: DESK RESEARCH COURSE (COURSE CODE 115) OF FIRMS M/s. Apple Inc. And M/s. Samsung Electronics Ltd. SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE MBA DEGREE PROGRAMME OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PUNE OCTOBER, 2013 SUBMITTED BY Komal Singh ROLL NO. 13216 (BATCH - 2013-14) SADHU VASWANI INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES KOREGAON ROAD, PUNE 411006 DATE: 15th October 2013 This is to certify that Miss KOMAL SINGH, Roll No. 13216, is a bona fide student of this Institute, currently pursuing her Semester-I of the MBA Programme. She has successfully completed the report on Enterprise Analysis Desk Research course (Course Code 115 ) as a generic elective and submitted the same for further evaluation. (Dr. Prof. Mahesh Halale) (Dr. Prof. B.H. Nanwani) Subject Facilitator Director APPLE INC. Table of Content TOPICS Page No. Company 1 - Apple Inc. 1. Enterprise history & background 1 2. Organization 5 3.Markets 8 4. Financial 11 5.Governance 15 6. Summary 17 7. Learning’s 18 8. Bibliography 19 Samsung Electronics Ltd. Table of Content Company 2- Samsung Electronics Ltd...
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...Economics-I Trends in the Market for Silver Submitted by: Chhavi Singhal I.D. No. 2131 I Year B.A. LL.B. (Hons) Submitted on: 7th August, 2014 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 3 Chapter 1 – THE SILVER MARKET: GLOBAL DEMAND AND SUPPLY 4 A) GLOBAL DEMAND FOR SILVER 4 B) GLOBAL SUPPLY FOR SILVER 8 Chapter 2 – Indian silver market on the globe 10 Chapter 3: PRICE TRENDS 12 2005-2009: An overview 14 2010-11: The Highs 15 2012-13: The Lows 16 The Future 17 Conclusion 18 Bibliography 19 Books 19 Articles 19 Websites 19 INTRODUCTION Silver is one of the most versatile metals available. In historical times it was used as a currency. Used as both an industrial metal and a hard asset, it plays double duty in the commodities market. It has also become an investment vehicle which provides a safe haven from the unpredictable stocks and bonds. Trading it and predicting its price is a careful balancing act between what consumers need and what the currency market demands. The objective of the paper is to study the demand and supply mechanism for the silver market. Due to the dynamic nature of the market, the demand and supply forces keep changing due to various reasons; the author has tried to find the same. The author has further tried to study the implications of the demand and supply on the price trends. The research and analysis primarily gives a broad description of the current trends in the market for silver. The paper examines only the...
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...SHEIKH ZAYED ISLAMIC CENTRE University of Karachi “ISLAM & SCIENCE ASSIGNMENT” Submitted to: Dr. Umar Hayat Asim Submitted by: Ariba Inayet Roll# 05 Date: September 10, 2015 Islam: Islam is one of the largest religions in the world with over 1 billion followers. It is a monotheistic faith based on revelations received by the Prophet Muhammad in 7th-century Saudi Arabia. The Arabic word Islam means “submission” reflecting the faith's central tenet of submitting to the will of God. Followers of Islam are called Muslims. The sacred text of Islam, the Qur'an, was written in Arabic within 30 years of Muhammad's death. Muslims believe it contains the literal word of God. Also important is the tradition of the sayings and actions of Muhammad and his companions, collected in the Hadith. Islamic practices center on the Five Pillars of Islam—faith; prayer; fasting; pilgrimage to Mecca; and alms Science: Science is the system of acquiring knowledge through use of the scientific method — that is, generating hypotheses and theories through observation and testing. Science is intimately linked with technology; technology is developed using scientific discoveries and science is reliant on technology to further its ideas. The goals of science are to learn more about the world and use this knowledge for the betterment of humankind, or for the destruction of mankind, whichever comes first. The term "science" originally referred to knowledge in general. However, it has been...
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...Study on the Impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and New Media on Language Learning EACEA 2007/09 ANNEXE II QUANTITATIVE SURVEY Commissioned by: Carried out by: © European Commission STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AND NEW MEDIA ON LANGUAGE LEARNING ANNEXE II: QUANTITATIVE SURVEY 2 STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) AND NEW MEDIA ON LANGUAGE LEARNING This is an Annexe to the Final Report of the study regarding the impact of information and communications technology (ICT) and new media on language learning which was commissioned by the Education and Culture Executive Agency (call for tenders EACEA 2007/09) and carried out by Ellinogermaniki Agogi through an international team of experts. Edited and compiled by In conjunction with Reviewers of literature: Field studies: Anne Stevens, The Open University UK Lesley Shield, e-learning consultant Lesley Shield, e-learning consultant (review in the area of CALL) Katerina Zourou, University of Luxembourg (review in other areas) Cyprus Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Spain UK International interviews Data analysis: External advisor: Project Manager: Commissioned by: Pavlos Koulouris, Ellinogermaniki Agogi Peppi Taalas, University of Jyväskylä Ilona Laakkonen, University of Jyväskylä Katerina Zourou, University of Luxembourg Daniela Stai, Ellinogermaniki Agogi Dagmar Schäffer, Ellinogermaniki Agogi Pavlos...
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...1.0 Introduction From the Malaysian perspective, to begin with, there must first be a tax liability under the Malaysian Income Tax Act, 1967 (ITA). Once this is established, then one has to check the provisions in the DTA to see whether a reduction of tax rate or total elimination is available. If so, the DTA must be respected. This is clearly provided in the ITA, namely S 132(1) which states that if the Minister by statutory order declares that arrangements set out in such order been made by the with the government of any territory outside Malaysia in order to give to the relief of double taxation in relation to tax beneath this Act and any other foreign tax territory and it was is expedient that those arrangements should have effect (Choong, 2013). Next, as long as the order remains in force, those arrangements shall be effective in relation to tax beneath this Act notwithstanding anything in any written law. Whilst the above law is quite clear, there have been litigations on this aspect. And, as expected, it has been established that due respect should always be given to the DTAs that the Malaysian Government has entered into (Choong, 2013). 2.0 Scope of DTAs Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) is a deal between two nations who want to avoid double taxation by determining the taxing rights of each nation taking into consideration cross-border flows of revenues and provide tax credits or exemptions to eliminating double taxation (Yong, 2012). The objective of the DTA Malaysia...
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...The United Nations’ Role in International Tax Policy A Research and Policy Brief for the Use of the NGO Committee on Financing for Development Hamrawit Abebe, Ryan Dugan, Michael McShane, Julie Mellin, Tara Patel, and Linda Patentas Graduate Program in International Affairs, Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy, The New School March 7, 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND AND PERSPECTIVES BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS THE OECD, G77, G20, AND EU ON UPGRADING THE UN TAX COMMITTEE KEY INSTITUTIONAL PLAYERS ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST A UN TAX BODY 3 4 8 12 17 REFLECTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OECD AND UN TAX COMMITTEE GLOBAL TAX POLICIES POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS 20 28 38 APPENDIX GLOSSARY AND ACRONYMS REFERENCES 44 48 52 2 Executive Summary The report provides an analytical view on the role of the United Nations in tax policy, highlighting the interventions made by and challenges to key players in attempts to streamline global tax cooperation. The first section of the paper provides a background on the importance of tax related issues, emphasizing its importance within the Monterrey Consensus. Debates are introduced between two key institutional players regarding global tax cooperation, the OECD’s Committee on Fiscal Affairs and the UN Tax Committee. Views from key players the OECD, Group of 77, Group of 20, and European Union are addressed in the areas of international tax cooperation...
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