...With the emerging of various electronic media and the rapid development of modern transportation, the world is shrinking into a global village. People have more and more chances to go outside and keep in touch with the outer world. However, in despite the huge convenience it brings to us, some problems emerge out unavoidably. A lot of skilled human resources are immigrating to abroad especially from developing countries to developed countries. This essay will elaborate brain drain in China as well as some solutions to alleviate the current situation. In recent years, the number of Chinese students overseas continues to be higher and higher. In 2012 the number of internal students is expected to reach 410 thousand. However, among these oversea students, only a few can return back due to the higher salary, better working conditions and training opportunities overseas. Brain drain now has become increasingly serious in China. Therefore, there is a need to reflect on the reasons behind the exodus and come up with some solutions. Firstly, Chinese government should offer bigger incentives for those who return from overseas. Due to the big attraction that foreign enterprise offers many students overseas do not want to come back. Chinese government can launch more projects and programs in which overseas students are able to enjoy favorable treatment in terms of salary, subsidy and especially housing. Apart from the attractive tratment in physical level, enterprise shouls also enhance...
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...response to your request, the following is the company profile of Biosensors International Group Ltd (Biosensors). We will be looking into the nature of Biosensors’ operations, sector and regulatory environment in which it operates in, and other external factors currently affecting the its business. Biosensors operates as an investment holding company which develops, manufactures and markets medical devices internationally, with China and Japan as its key customers. It is incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in Singapore. On top of that, it also has representative offices in Indonesia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Korea. Biosensors’ main sources of income are from its operations in China (26.8%) and licensing businesses (9%). The Group operates in 4 main segments, namely, interventional cardiology, critical care, cardiac diagnostic and licensing revenue. With a matured market for medical devices, Biosensors faces fierce competition and pricing pressures in the healthcare sector globally. Over the years, Biosensors had several joint ventures in China. It made Biosensors the strongest foreign player amongst Medtronic, Boston Scientific and other multinational competitors in the medical devices industry (Biodesign.stanford.edu, 2012). To keep ahead of the competition, Biosensors invested US$34 million in its research and development for its latest development...
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...language is not only including vocabulary and grammar; also the cultures and lifestyle are mutually exclusive. In the first place, without understanding the cultures, we might use the language in some wrong cases. For example, it is wired when you staring talking with climate in English speaking countries, however it is a normal beginning in China. In the second place, lifestyle is a key factor to learning a language, especially in writing essays. In western area, essays always begin the writer’s views. In contrast, in our country, we prefer to render our opinions at the end of the essays. In the third place, learning about the country has the inherent advantage of learning language. More specifically, some special words restrict to some countries. If you never been there, you would not understand such words accurately. Admittedly, there would be some drawbacks if you learn a language in this way. To begin with, it is time-consuming. Generally, understanding a language’s background cost more time than only learning grammar and vocabulary. In addition, it is also expensive. Travelling aboard is luxury to an ordinary student. In a nutshell, I am conceded that learning about the country the cultures and lifestyles are time-consuming and costly. Despite, it is a good way to learn a language intensively. Overall, I am convinced that we should learn a language including understanding its...
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...Nutshell: This essay is about are the organazations that they need help. What would I do if someone gave me a million dollars? As much as I’d be tempted to spend it on my own needs and wants, I would be willing to give it to other places such as the World Health Organization, the Voice of the Martyrs, and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Center, to the places that really need the support. Outline Thesis: As much as I’d be tempted to spend it on my own needs and wants, I would be willing to give it to other places such as the World Health Organization, the Voice of the Martyrs, and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Center, to the places that really need the support. Intro paragraph: What would I do if someone gave me a million dollars? As much as I’d be tempted to spend it on my own needs and wants, I would be willing to give it to other places such as the World Health Organization, the Voice of the Martyrs, and St. Jude’s Children’s Research Center, to the places that really need the support. 1. Let me start out with the World Health Organization. A. I would give who $400,000 for the purpose of helping South Africans. B. Keep mosquito nets from entering houses. 2. I would give $350,000 to Voice of the Martyrs, a Christian, international organization helping Christians who are/have been persecuted for their involvement in spreading the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A. Ask them to use the half to China and the other half to North Korea. B. Provide homes for homeless...
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...How Beijing Olympic Games affects Hong Kong students’ national Identity? Beijing Olympic Games had been successfully held in 2008, it is the first Olympic Games take place in China. In this essay, I am going to see how the Olympic Game affects Hong Kong residents’ national identity before, during, and after the Games and the level affected. Before the Game Before the Games, Something has been done to enhance Hong Kong students’ national identity. For example, the Olympic Torch Relay in Hong Kong. Through watching live on TV or on-the-spot, or even participating in the magnificent Torch Relay, it may arise national glory, thus enhance national identity. The government also played an important role in improving national identity. In educational aspect, Education Bureau (EDB), through moral and civic education, encourage schools to promote Olympic education activities, and these activities became part of “Hong Kong Schools Welcoming Olympics series” (香港學界迎奧運 系列). EDB promote exploring topics about Olympic games and equestrian events. EDB also organized territory-wide learning activities，such as「京港同心．弘揚奧運 精神」Essay contest、「教育與奧運同行，培養國民身份認同」Olympic education program design competition, and large celebration such as「迎奧運．賀國慶」and the 100 day countdown to the Olympic etc., to arose students’ awareness of the Olympic Games and the equestrian event. The Olympic education enhances students’ sense of national...
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...decision to produce its own furniture due to competitors trying to force suppliers to boycott IKEA products. They also contacted independent makers and sources in Poland to help them out. And their products gained tremendous response. By 1961 , its turnover went over 40 million US $.Slowly yet steadily it expanded . Its features and concepts such as Self Service, Low charges, Cash and Carry added new dimensions to IKEA. By virtue of its impeccable marketing ,planning and other strategic steps, IKEA became world leader in production and export of Swedish furniture. Employees had been given due freedom and bureaucracy was discouraged. In due course of time, it became an international brand with its off shore operations in USA, China, Canada etc. In a nutshell, IKEA followed its basic idea of “Retail in Detail” to provide customer satisfaction and hence it became one of the best companies in the world. Strategy of IKEA • Self Assembly features cuts operational and transportation costs • It concentrated on individual marketing rather than mass marketing • It focussed on diversified business and gave varied options to customers • It took serious care of its suppliers and gave them support to the very best • It adopted different management styles and strategies for different countries i.e. went multinational in its approach • It followed low pricing strategy and kept its products at high quality • It gave customers freedom to choose their products through self service technique ...
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...Management Topic 2: Nike workers claim military paid to intimidate them In a nutshell, this article talks about the heated debate that employees of Nike are intimidated by the military to sign a contract that forces them to support Nike from paying the new wage. To gain maximum profit of having the lowest cost possible, Nike expanded to developing countries like Indonesia, China and Vietnam. These countries have the abundance of labour and the country prohibits labour unions. As such, claims have been made that Nike crusades against these labour costs. Unbridled self-interest above the rights of others, this is morally wrong and unethical of a company. To solve this issue of exploiting workers in the third world countries, it is only fair that Nike make changes to resolve the notorious allegations against them. There are 3 models that Nike can implement with. Firstly, Nike can use the utilitarian approach. (A Fragment on Government 1776) dictates that utilitarianism is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of balancing right and wrong. Setting the right values for the company is essential because everybody would like to be treated fairly. If there is an established strong culture, employees will be more inclined to work harder for the company. In the long-term, this will bring Nike greater returns. Secondly, another approach that can be adopted will be the justice model. (Jones, George, and Hill 2000, 168) explains that distributive justice...
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...Comparative and Absolute Advantage ECO 561 Alfred Igbodipe 7/24/16 Introduction Due to the differences between the countries in its profitable fundamentals; the International Trade occurs. The contracts between the countries consider as the primary driver of the global exchange. These contracts concluded on the basis of the countries beneficial elements and advantages. Each international trade between the countries depends on numerous focal points of this exchange process. The economics and producers effectiveness measured by absolute advantage for these economics/producers. For example; if the producer needs lesser amount of contributions/inputs to provide specific product, then this producer has an absolute advantage in producing process. Comparative advantage discusses the economy/producer ability to produce a specific product with a minimum opportunity cost comparing to another producer. "There is a possibility of each nation to have an absolute advantage in producing and delivering the products; however; the different nations could in any case have distinctive comparative advantages". The international trade theory based on two dynamic concepts; "Absolute and comparative advantage". The main difference between these concepts is that the absolute advantage measure nation ability to produce more profits per unit of beneficial input than another. However; the comparative advantage measure the ability that one nation has an absolute advantage in each kind of produce. ...
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...important to have strategic business units in areas local to the customer base. It is what is required to successfully build a successful global presence. This analysis will attempt to highlight potential issues faced by Walmart when they opened up for business in China in 1996. This analysis will also provide a set of recommendations that may have helped to avert the issues that Wal-Mart faced. Background Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. started when Sam Walton set out on an ambitious mission to have a store with the lowest prices anytime, anywhere. In 1962 Sam Walton opened the very first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Arkansas. By 1967, they owned 24 stores and continued to rapid expanding. In 1983, they added to their portfolio by starting a wholesale/bulk retailer called “Sam’s Club” and by 1988, they started a hybrid of general merchandise stores and supermarkets and aptly called them “Super Centers.” In 1990 Wal-Mart became USA’s number-one retailer. In 1991, Wal-Mart opened its first global store in Mexico City, Mexico. In 1994, it rapidly expanded throughout Canada by purchasing of 100 Woolco stores and converting them to the Wal-mart brand. In 1996, Wal-Mart aspired to be the first retailer to open up a chain of stores in China (Walmart) but was facing a lot of resistance; and that’s where this case focuses on. Summary In essence,...
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...BP Deepwater Horizon Accident Part 1(week 4) A Study of Strategic Implications of the Recent BP Deepwater Horizon Accident Date: Submitted by: Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Student ID Number: H00032634 Chapter 1 Introduction History of British Petroleum (BP) Company British Petroleum is one of the oldest companies in the oil industry. According to BP Global (2010b), the company was founded in the year 1909 in the UK under the name Anglo-Persian Company. Later, in the year 1954, the company changed its name to British Petroleum (BP). Being in the gas and oil industry, BP conducts various operations including exploration and refining of oil among others. According to BP Global (2010), Bp is the largest energy company globally with presence in over 100 countries. Overview of the Deepwater Horizon Accident In the year 2010, BP experienced a Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster which involved gas release and subsequent explosion in the Gulf of Mexico. According to Webb (2010), the fire lasted for 36 hours and this was followed by leaking of hydrocarbon into the Gulf for eighty-seven days. BP admitted responsibility explaining that the accident occurred following loss of control related to pressure within the well blowouts in which a special type of is designed to keep constant pressure. Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon accident This tragedy impacted immensely on various BP stakeholders i.e. local communities, global customers...
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...In a nutshell, Amazon’s major line of businesses can be categorized as online retail, Internet services. Amazon situates itself as destination site, where it doesn’t stock everything that it offers. It holds a retail strategy where it acts as a channel for other retailers, or sellers to use its site to sell their goods, and takes a cut of each purchase. Amazon’s use of this strategy has made amazon a leading long-tail retailer, the concept where online stores can drive revenue from much broader set of products that can be achieved in physical store offering a much wider variety of products. Though not as significant revenue driver Amazon also utilizes internet services as almost a line of business, where it leases out server space to other companies and individuals, known as Amazons Web services. Its internet services are strongly connected to its online retail business and kindle library, where it introduced amazon prime, that essentially lays out the all you can eat business model by charging an annual subscription fee. Amazon has also recently expanded its business into manufacturing and distributing kindle tablets, an E-book. Amazon sells the kindles and a very low price, that barely covers cost of production, and relies on the assumption that its consumers will cover the cost of production of its kindle by making additional purchases on the kindle service. Internationally Amazon operates in the U.S, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, India, China and Japan...
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...pressure. This kind of pressure will stimulates people’s potential which phenomenon could be well explained in sports games. Almost every world record was broken in formal match(运动比赛的话要用哪个词game match competition?), and it is proved in metabolism career that when putting people under tension of physical or psychic, people will have different body environment, which will accelerates their speed of thinking or acting, even it’s easier to focus their attention. so it is necessary to exerting pressure on students, one of the efficient approach is encourage the competition for higher grades, which is a useful standard measuring their ability in learning. (竞争好) Without the warning from grades, things will be disparate. Like in universities in china, some students don’t pay attention to their scores in class for the diploma will be delivered as long as they passed every test. Some may say: without the courses’ occupation, he or she will spend bunch of time focusing on what really interests them instead...
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...Google Google Inc., a multinational technology company, was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page in 1998. The Google headquarters, Googleplex is located in Mountain View, California. Its mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally useful and accessible. The company specializes in Internet related services and products such as cloud storage, online productivity software, web browsing applications, search tools, online mapping, social networking service, electronic gadgets manufacture, mobile applications, mobile operating system and the others (Google, 2016). Sundar Pichai is the CEO of Google since Google has formed a parent company named Alphabet in 2015 (Rajghatta, 2015). Google practices people orientation as its organisational culture. In a people oriented company, decisions made by management are taken into account the effects on people within the organization (Management Transition, 2016). Instead of having Human Resources department like other companies, Google forms a People Operations team that is dedicated to developments, staffing as well as inclusive and clear culture. The team has created a distinctive work environment to keep employees cheerful and retain productivity (Google, 2016). Hence, Fortune magazine rated it as the number one “Best Place to Work For” for seven times in ten years (Fortune, 2016). Moreover, Project Oxygen was launched to help managers in improving their competencies and adopting good managerial traits in early...
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...popularity and are favourable among gamers. Currently, computing games that show violence seem to be increasingly prevalent. For the purpose of this essay, ‘computing games’ can be defined as electronic entertainment that is designed for the society. This essay will argue that computing games showing violence should be censored. The reasons for the argument followed by these points; firstly, sensitivity to culture, secondly, the promoting brutality in behaviour and thoughts and lastly, Inculcation of prejudices on certain groups of people. The country in reference are China, Japan, South Korea, and United States of America (USA). Firstly, computing games showing violence should be censored for concerns on sensitivity of certain cultures. This is because some games are based on real-life characters. For example, Battlefield 4 which adopt the storyline of dethronement of Chinese Government has been censored in China and been regarded as “culture invasion” (Jiayi, 2013). Another example, Fallout 3 which is a game relating to nuclear issues has been tweaked to be released in Japan. In addition, there is a nuke launcher named as Fat Man which mimics the nuclear device that was using by USA to detonate over Nagasaki and Hiroshima in World War Two on 9 August 1945 (Thorsen, 2008). Mentioning about nuclear bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, it is a very sensitive issue especially for Japan as the resulting from that incident, Japan has experiencing the detrimental damages and suffer economic...
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...“Russian opposition politician Boris Nemstov brutally murdered near Kremlin”, “French cartoonist Charlie Hebdo and 12 others murdered in Paris office”, “ISIS burns Jordanian pilot alive”. These were the screaming headlines in leading newspapers around the world recently. Such acts of violence seem a regular occurrence nowadays. Will there ever be peace on earth? Why is the world we live in such a violent place? In 15 years’ time, I will no longer be young. One change I would like to see taking place is for the world to be more peaceful. Other changes I would be eager to see is a greener environment with more sustainable practices as well as the eradication of poverty. Is World peace an illusion? Or can it be achieved one fine day? There seems to be conflict everywhere. Everybody is fighting over something and everything. Iraq invaded Kuwait for their oil in 1990. Russia annexed Crimea in 2014. All these large-scale conflicts have a high death toll and the impact is disastrous. Hopefully, in 15 years’ time, countries can settle the disputes between them peacefully, without any need for aggression. Can we ever stop this attitude of getting “an eye for an eye”? If this practice goes on, we run the risk of the making the whole world blind, because fighting will only bring harm upon many around us. I feel that if people or countries are so competitive and calculative, going to war over just a small conflict, it will make our world miserable. In wars where soldiers and...
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