...Despite the horrors of the First World War still fresh in the minds of Canadians and with no obligation to follow Britain into another war, what led Canada to declare war on Germany? At this point of time, Canada was an autonomous nation and could decide its own involvement in the world affairs. Canada was no longer required to follow Britain into its war yet many English-Canadians felt a sense of duty towards Britain. Others joined the war, either as a result of their newfound national prides or for generous private paycheck. Regardless of motivation, when Canada declared war as a decision made from its own government, there was no shortage of volunteers. The Canadian military involvement in the fight against the Axis powers played an integral role to the Allied effort, notably during the Battle of the North Atlantic, D-Day, and while liberating the Netherlands....
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...Name Professor Institution Course Date Germany and Canada; Why they are different? Introduction The economic status of a country is determined by various factors and various measures that are compared to other countries. The economic stability of countries is measured with consideration of various elements such as the general income of the citizens, and also the productivity of various groups and organizations in the nations. The economic contributions of economic institutions such as banks, private and public financial institutions are also used to determine the position of nations’ economic status. The index heritage scale is an essential parameter in determination of a country’s economic position in comparison with other nations across the world. The global economy ranking is therefore achieved after a comprehensive analysis of the economic positions of various countries, and this is with comparison of the pillars of the economy of the respective nations. Poverty, poor health and ignorance are considered to be the fundamental contributors of low index heritage scale due to their negative contributions towards the economy of a country. It is the responsibility of the government and key players in the economy of a country to ensure that the economic strategies and activities that they engage in positively help in eradication of poverty, reduction of ill health and control of unawareness among people and organizations. This paper aims at drawing a comprehensive and evidence-based...
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...Name Professor Institution Course Date Germany and Canada; Why they are different? Introduction The economic status of a country is determined by various factors and various measures that are compared to other countries. The economic stability of countries is measured with consideration of various elements such as the general income of the citizens, and also the productivity of various groups and organizations in the nations. The economic contributions of economic institutions such as banks, private and public financial institutions are also used to determine the position of nations’ economic status. The index heritage scale is an essential parameter in determination of a country’s economic position in comparison with other nations across the world. The global economy ranking is therefore achieved after a comprehensive analysis of the economic positions of various countries, and this is with comparison of the pillars of the economy of the respective nations. Poverty, poor health and ignorance are considered to be the fundamental contributors of low index heritage scale due to their negative contributions towards the economy of a country. It is the responsibility of the government and key players in the economy of a country to ensure that the economic strategies and activities that they engage in positively help in eradication of poverty, reduction of ill health and control of unawareness among people and organizations. This paper aims at drawing a comprehensive and evidence-based...
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...September 1940 June 1941 September 27, 1941 October 1941 November 1941 December 1941 December 7, 1941 December 1941 December 25, 1941 December 1941 1942 – 1944 1942 February 1942 Hitler comes to power in Germany. Hitler and Mussolini sign pact. Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues are looted and burned by Nazis. Many Jews are killed, and thousands are taken to concentration camps. France and Great Britain declare war on Germany. Canada declares war on Germany. Poland surrenders to Germany. First Canadian troops arrive in Britain. Germany invades Denmark and Norway. Germany invades Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Winston Churchill becomes Prime Minister of Great Britain. Germany invades France. Dutch army surrenders to Germany. German Army reaches the English Channel. Belgium surrenders to Germany. Italy declares war on Britain and France. France surrenders to Germany. Canada expands war effort. Battle of Britain begins: Canada participates in air fights over the English Channel. Troops and equipment from Canada start moving in carriers across the Atlantic. Battle of the Atlantic is underway. Italy invades Egypt and Greece. Germany invades Russia. Russia (Soviet Union) joins Allied powers. Japan joins the Axis powers. Canada agrees to send two divisions of the Canadian army to Hong Kong to defend the British colony against Japan. First Canadian Army is established in England under General McNaughton. Soviets stop the German advance into...
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.........he country that once welcomed the tired, poor, huddled masses is now asking for a little reciprocation. And Canada, Germany and Australia are heeding the call. They top a list of the countries most welcoming to expats. There, relocators have a relatively easy time befriending locals, joining a local community group and learning the local language. In Depth: World's Friendliest Countries......he country that once welcomed the tired, poor, huddled masses is now asking for a little reciprocation. And Canada, Germany and Australia are heeding the call. They top a list of the countries most welcoming to expats. There, relocators have a relatively easy time befriending locals, joining a local community group and learning the local language. In Depth: World's Friendliest Countries......he country that once welcomed the tired, poor, huddled masses is now asking for a little reciprocation. And Canada, Germany and Australia are heeding the call. They top a list of the countries most welcoming to expats. There, relocators have a relatively easy time befriending locals, joining a local community group and learning the local language. In Depth: World's Friendliest Countries......he country that once welcomed the tired, poor, huddled masses is now asking for a little reciprocation. And Canada, Germany and Australia are heeding the call. They top a list of the countries most welcoming to expats. There, relocators have a relatively easy time befriending locals,...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report was commissioned to do an analysis of Germany and make a recommendation as to whether or not to a large Canadian company should expand its foreign operations in Germany. The country was analyzed based on its Macro Environment – country description, Political situation and stability, Legislation, Economic conditions and Cultural issues, as well as on its Factor Endowments. The findings show that Germany has an overall stable and healthy economy with excellent advanced factors of production – especially in regards to productivity and innovation. With new ties to Canada, through CETA, legislation will be easier to deal with. The country also has a similar culture and stable politics. The risks of falling GDP and low FDI do not outweigh the benefits and FDI should soon increase with Germany’s new agreements with Canada and is soon to do a similar deal with the US. It is recommended that foreign operations be expanded into Germany. Operations should proceed cautiously with wages that are stagnant in Germany and try to provide a fair wage to encourage further training and enhance the economy. COUNTRY’S MACRO ENVIRONMENT Country Description: Germany is a highly developed and wealthy OECD country [33] and is the fifth largest economy in the world in terms of PPP [17]. Its GDP/capita in terms of PPP has been on an upward growth trend since 1985 and was just below Canada’s in 2012 (Appendix 1). However, neglect has led to infrastructure that...
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...For Canada, the first World War was a triumphant and glorious victory. From August 8th, 1918 to November 11th 1918, Canada’s 100 Days played a great role in ending the war on a good path for Canada. Many wonder why Canada was so successful in these final battles, and how they defeated German troops on the Western Front. Canada was prosperous in these final days because of German weakness, carefully planned strategies, and determination in many battles. Canadian victory all began with a reason to continue pushing forward with force, and a strategically planned first attack in the beginning of Canada’s 100 Days. With the Russian surrender to Germany, German armies moved an extra 600,000 troops from the eastern front to the western front. With Germany losing extreme amounts of...
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...armies/navies to decide issues - Germany began to build up their armies - European nations became alarmed by others military power - Each country tried to build larger/more powerful war machines; new technology Alliance System: Alliances- groups formed in Europe to support each other in attack - War between two nations would involve more than one country - Triple Entente- Russia, Britain, France - Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy Nationalism: a feeling of deep loyalty to one’s own land - Germany wanted to make empire - Nationalism strong in Serbia à led to assassination of Duke Franz Ferdinand Imperialism: industrialized countries building oversea empires; desire to have a bigger empire - Major imperialist countries à France, Britain, Russia - Germany wanted to expand/dominate on global scale, but by the time they wanted to build own empire, no valuable territories remained Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, 1914 - Serbian Gavrilo Princip shot Austro-Hungarian Duke Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, on the road back from City Hall; goal was to crush Austria-Hungary’s nationalism Alliances Triple Entente- Russia, Britain, France Triple Alliance- Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy Schlieffen Plans German General that created a plan that was used by the Germans in hope to defeat France Battles Ypres: First use of chemical warfare- Germany Battle of Ypres 1915; Chlorine gas strips...
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...Study Abroad Program - 2nd year of Bachelor GE Classement 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 15 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 Université Cornell University Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management - Ithaca NY Cornell University Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management - Ithaca NY Universidad Mayor - Santiago Universidad Mayor - Santiago RMIT University - Melbourne University of Hong Kong Copenhagen Business School Cornell University College of Human Ecology - Ithaca NY McGill University - Montreal University of Hong Kong ESPM - Rio de Janeiro Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane Syracuse University - NY Ryerson University - Toronto Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität - München S P Jain Center of Management Singapore - campus Sydney National Chengchi University - Taipei Hong Kong University of Science and Technology McGill University - Montreal Concordia University - Montreal Manchester Business School Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Universidad Argentina de la Empresa - Buenos Aires Stockholm University School of Business Chinese University of Hong Kong Lund University School of Economics and Management Queensland University of Technology - Brisbane Lund University School of Economics and Management Hong Kong Polytechnic University ...
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...Aitken 48636120 Poli 320 term 1 Comparative paper, Plan B, Option 1 “Cross-national Comparisons”Sustainability Checks A sustainablity check is defined as an assessment which looks to analyse the costs and benefits of regulations and thus assess whether more or less regulations should be implemented; according to the SGI codebook, a high quality sustainability assesses the short and long-term impact on social, economic and environmental issues when regulations are implemented.. The 2014 Country Report of the United States concedes that "there is no separate check required for “sustainability” per se" (p34 Quirk, 2014) since the definition of the term sustainabilty can be interpreted in many ways. According to other Country Reports, Germany, Canada and the United Kingdom don't have a seperate check for 'sustainability' either, only it is written less blatently due to the different authors involved in the reports. What is initially peculiar about this is that all four countries were awarded a score of at least 7 out of 10 for the criteria of sustainability checks despite none of them actually having a seperate check. This is because the scores are derived from the quality of each country's regulatory impact assessment (RIA) which assess a regulation’s impacts on socioeconomic and other indicators; according to the SGI codebook, a strong RIA "analyses consistently involve stakeholders by means of consultation or collaboration, results are transparently communicated to the public...
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...INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION Introduction Communication is the process of creating and sharing information with one another. Rapid changes in technology, transportation and immigration are making the world into a small-intersected community, where understanding how different cultures communicate is extremely important. In order to achieve effective intercultural communication we have to understand how different cultures communicate. Communication styles differ by how power is distributed within an organization. There are essentially two types: hierarchical, and democratic. In a hierarchical structure the most power is held by the highest ranking individual, where as in a democratic structure, power distribution is uniformed among the individuals. The classification of high-context versus low-context cultures based on the amount of information that is implied versus stated directly in a communication message. In high-context cultures, the meanings of the messages are found in the situation and in the relationships of the communicators, or are internalized in the communicator’s beliefs, values, and norms. In low-context cultures, less emphasis is placed on the context. Instead they rely on explicit verbal messages. Understanding these differences is essential to accurately decoding the message. Communication specialists estimate that three-fourths of our communication is nonverbal and takes place through our behavior. Nonverbal cues serve as the markers of ones’ identities...
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...Poland by Germany and declarations of war on German by France, as well as several countries in the British Empire. Even before the beginning of WWII several countries were already at war, where as other countries practiced a policy of isolationsism, perferring to stay out of the war. However, many of the countries who were not initially involved in the war joined later as a result of several events. Among which included the attack on Pearl Harbor and British colonies by the Japanese and German invasion of the Soviet Union. Canada and Brazil were among the countries that joined the war later. Both countries would play critical roles duing WWII, both diplomaticly and militarily. Reluctant to enter the war, Canada would not officially take part in WWII until September 10, 1939 when they declared war on Germany. Canada was active throughout the war, completing numerous voyages across the Atlantic, as well as being active in the Pacific. Canada contributed to the Allies by contributing conveys, which provided protection for troops and supplies being shipped from Canada to Britain. Canada also battled along side with the British Royal...
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...century. Canada and Germany both have their roots tied to misapplication of Darwinism that emerged from Britain. The term Eugenics first appeared in England and was coined by Francis Galton in 1869. Galton and supporters of eugenics promoted Social Darwinism, which applied the concept of biological evolution to societies. This embraces the notion that human societies can evolve into “superior” forms. These Governments targeted marginalized groups and applied the principles of racial hygiene using forced sterilization, and genocide. Even though Canada and Germany used different over arching strategies, but their main objective was to determine who is fit to be apart of the nation. Similarities During the 1930’s eugenics benign form promoted healthy living and “social purity”. However in its tyrannical form, the program-sought ways to ensure “fit” members of society that portrayed undesirable elements were bred out of the population. In most countries where eugenics beliefs were enshrined in legislation, efforts were made to limit reproduction among “unfit” groups through public education, institutionalization and forced sterilization. While Nazi Germany, eugenics beliefs woven into nationalism led to the forced sterilization thousands. They created concentration camps for Jewish and the “Lebensborn” program in which young German women with classic Nordic features forced to mate with members of Hitler’s elite SS troops. Eugenics Movement in Canada and Germany: The...
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...Mini Case 12.1 Q2 International Business Wal-Mart’s success in Latin America and Canada was due to the fact that they could respond quickly to cultural errors such as creating a large parking lot in Mexico’s Wal-Mart when many customers used the bus. This was solved by creating bus shuttles to make customers’ travels across the parking lot easier. They were “easy to address” mistakes. It also changed its competitive emphasis to customer service and providing more variety in its stores than the competitors. They also bought other local stores for pursuit of internal growth. Wal-Mart also quickly learned that when expanding internationally sometimes it does not work in your favor to “stick so closely to the domestic Wal-Mart blueprint…”Latin American Wal-Marts also had large success because they were large developing nations where market entry was easier. Although Canada was a more matured nation than those of Latin America, Wal-Mart still thrived there and bought 122 Woolco stores and transition teams were also brought in from the U.S. to aid the transformation. Entry was the hardest in Europe. Although Wal-Mart took a similar approach as they had in Canada ( by acquiring 95 chain stores in Germany and 229 stores in the United Kingdom), but the market was very advanced and competitive. This was true especially in Germany. Wal-Mart had a limited European infrastructure with too many U.S. employees who didn’t speak German. Wal-Mart’s well-known inventory and systematic specialties...
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