...Inter-country Adoption: A Brief Background and Case Study Inter-country adoption (ICA) is a practice that has gained popularity over the years, and there is every reason to believe this trend will continue. For couples (or individuals) whose country of residence has few healthy babies available for adoption, going outside the country for a child is a desirable option. It is also desirable from the perspective of the child, who usually comes from a country with more available children than potential adoptive parents. Right away, these seem to be two very compelling reasons to support the idea of inter-country adoption, and work toward its best model. The purpose of this paper is to give an overview of inter-country adoption using India as a case study. The paper will give a brief background of ICA and the main problems it both addresses and raises, then look at the case of India in particular, and, finally, provide some directions for policy and further research. Background on ICA ICA began in earnest as a response by North American countries to the post-WWII devastation. At that point, it was a humanitarian reaction to the needs of the newly-orphaned children in Europe. Since that time, ICA has shifted its focus to become a means for individuals in the developed world to have children. In most Western nations, the number of healthy infants available for adoption has been steadily decreasing, due to a number of social and economic factors including widespread...
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...Case 9 “A patent is an exclusive right granted for an invention, which is a product or a process that provides, in general, a new way of doing something, or offers a new technical solution to a problem. In order to be patentable, the invention must fulfill certain conditions.” (www.wipo.int/patientscope/en/, 2012) To translate, if you develop a new method or procedure of constructing a product that has never been done before, no one else can copy or use the process for a set amount of time. By granting ownership on the basis of a filed patent application by a nation and/or regional authority to be enforced within the same nation and/or region, it protects your invention from being commercially exploited and may extend to most known countries within one year of filing the patent application known as ‘priority’, that may be extended as much as 20 years from the date of filing. It is enforced by the proprietor and is meant to protect industrially applicable/technical inventions only. (Nissen, 2012) Patents ensure that the payoff from R&D and a business’ competitive advantage are maximized, they can also be valuable in generating interest and investments in new and also growing business. This is especially important in new business’ attempting to establish themselves in high tech industries where a new technique can mean the difference between making it in the industry and going bankrupt. It also serves as a readily available and accessible public record of the innovation and...
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...QUESTION 1 ● An inter-vivos gift is different than a Will in that… ○ An inter-vivos gift is only valid if the donor is alive at the time of the gift ○ An inter-vivos gift requires consideration to be binding, while a Will does not ○ A Will is irrevocable, while an inter-vivos gift can be revoked ○ All of the above QUESTION 1 - ANSWER ● An inter-vivos gift is different than a Will in that… ○ An inter-vivos gift is only valid if the donor is alive at the time of the gift – correct answer ○ An inter-vivos gift requires consideration to be binding, while a Will does not ○ A Will is irrevocable, while an inter-vivos gift can be revoked ○ All of the above QUESTION 2 ● Archie tells Edith, “Edith, because I love you so much I hereby give you my piano. It’s still sitting in my living room. But you can take it whenever you like.” Is this gift valid? ○ Yes ○ No, because donative intent has not been established ○ No, because there was no delivery ○ No, because there was no acceptance QUESTION 2 - ANSWER ● Archie tells Edith, “Edith, because I love you so much I hereby give you my piano. It’s still sitting in my living room. But you can take it whenever you like.” Is this gift valid? ○ Yes ○ No, because donative intent has not been established ○ No, because there was no delivery – correct answer ○ No, because there was no acceptance QUESTION 3 ● Which of the following could constitute a valid delivery of a gift of a car? ○ Parking the car in the donee’s driveway ○...
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...our views of if what our parents told us was true. The use of violence shows strength and power of a country or a group of people. The more powerful you are the more people fear you and would not dare to challenge your authority, which in turn helps the more powerful nation get away with a lot of cruelty. Using nonviolence on the other hand shows more of a peaceful way of fighting for what the people believe in without anybody getting hurt physically. Achieving things nonviolently shows others that they are not here to use force or to take over but to send a statement. I believe that both violence and nonviolence is necessary in the world we live in today. Violence is key to survival because it gives us the ability to protect ourselves, and our nation. Machiavelli says that there is no code that can be applied to our nation or leaders because we need power to have protection and control, and to get power one must use violence (Steger 24). I think that Machiavelli makes a great point about using violence to protect the people because having security makes our country what it is today, and the United States is the greatest country because we use violence to protect the people that live here. I also believe that violence must be used in war or else we would lose and other countries would see that as a weakness and the United States would be vulnerable which would countries a reason to attack. Nonviolence would not work in this situation as Machiavelli explains If a guardsman...
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...ticket industry that can lift our economy. By this I mean to lift the lives of millions of our countrymen from squalor and poverty — not merely higher GNPs. It will not come with changing laws or policies to please all clashing vested interests. I am afraid EOs, however well they are crafted, are only words on a piece of paper. It is a start but it will not be enough to make the mining industry work for the country. It will need leadership with a vision and the will to realize that vision. Uppermost in that vision is how it is implemented and supervised. If President Aquino truly wants to raise money to alleviate poverty in the Philippines, he is well advised not to dilly-dally. Now is the time with foreign and local investors looking to how he handles the mining imbroglio. The needs of our poor coincide with the high demand for metallic resources we have that other countries can only envy. We need tourism, we need to preserve the environment and we need mining. But these have to be balanced with strong and informed leadership instead of being evaded to the detriment of the country and the...
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...e 2/4/2014 | 1 Comparative Country Studies (CCS) BSc IB - EBB686A05 International Business Lecturers: Henk Ritsema, coordinator Abdul Erumban Huib Stek 2/4/2014 | 2 Overview › › › › Introduction Course format Course plan Literature / Individual assignment › About Comparing Countries 1 2/4/2014 | 3 Introduction › The goals of this course are: 1. To develop and apply analytical skills to understand socio-economic differences between countries; 2. To assess how these differences impact the climate for doing business across countries. Theory and Application 2/4/2014 | 4 Course format › Tutorials (with student teams): • Theory tutorials (TT) • Application tutorials (AT) › Combining theory with application country Factbook • • • • Tools/Methods Application of tools Comparative analysis Recommendation › Industry perspective 2 2/4/2014 | 5 Assignments and Grading/Feedback › Team assignments (70%) & Individual assignment (30%) › Team assignments: • Paper on / synopsis of materials of Theory tutorials (30%) • Factbook grade (40%) › All assignments: minimum of 5 › Overall: minimum of 5.5 › Participation / performance as presenters, reviewers or chair (+/- 1 grade point on team assignments) › Are you allowed to take this course? Propaedeutics or positive BSA › Passing 2nd year courses but failing 1st year courses leads to removal from the program 2/4/2014 | 6 First Application tutorial (starting tomorrow) › Each team...
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...To Drill Or Not To Drill Hum/111 02/13/2011 Natalie D. Harris I think that when it comes to drilling for oil in foreign countries or spending money to create new technology to make our own oil we should make the new technology and have our own oil. Three reasons why I am on this side is because you have to spend money to make money or save money, there will not be any more wars over oil and we will gain more independence. Those three reasons all tie into each other in some way because we will save money by not going to war with other countries over oil and we will gain independence from them because we will not be looking to them for oil. My first reason behind my position is because you have to spend money to make money and that is with anything because if we make our own oil with new technology then we will not have to pay as many people to work for the oil and gas prices will be cheaper. It is a win-win situation if we make the new technology. It may be a little costly at first but eventually everything will be cheaper because of the new technology. At the same time we will be making money because other countries may have to come to us for oil and we will be making more money that we used to give to other countries. Overall money will be made and saved after a little bit is spent in the beginning. My second reason behind my position is that there will not be anymore wars over oil and this is true because we fight a lot of wars over oil and if we have our own oil...
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...cosmopolitans, in general, are more lifelike and practical than statelessness. Summary Pankaj Ghemawat states that majority of organisations are ingrained in their home countries. Even those those companies that are assumed as being highly acting global are this usually not. Therefore the author speaks of “the World 3.0”, a world which does not try to abolish differences and distances among other influences such as people, cultures, and places, but to comprehend them. Moreover he thinks that the key is to understand them. A method to analyse and understand this “cosmopolitan problem” is to utilize a rooted map, which uses measures as, for instance, inhabitants of one state and the GDP and is then compared with other parts of the world in order to identify the rate of growth or size. Equally important to mention are also three, to the author important, ways which lead, in combination of each, to adding value; namely the “AAA strategies”. This “AAA strategies” include the match of differences between countries and the respond regional needs (adaption), the effort to cope with differences in order to gain economies of scale and scope internationally (aggregation) and last but not least the exploiting of differences by getting something for a low price in one country and selling it for a higher price in another country (arbitrage). Furthermore the Professor of Global Strategy states that a firm can...
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...more efficiently Nike is expecting china sales to increase. in the endorsement business golf has been the leading sports industry to have endorsers. In the year of 2008 Tiger Woods is at the rank number 1 in golf so Nike sponsors him for 10 years. For the result 4.5 million customers switched to nike because of him. Nike economic started to increased and Nike earned 60 million for the 10 years endorsement period. Political-nike: the main countries for Nike trades are America, united kingdom and other European countries such as france and germany. In all that countries Nike sell product in there is stable political environments where the democracy meaning that the governments in this countries have been elected by the general public in that particular country. The majority nof these countries is because the markets have been boosted with the inclusion of the euro meaning that it is the easier way to trade between countries and the advantage is Nike don’t need to be influenced by exchange rates when reporting goods from one country to...
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...WHY TRAVEL? I have been a tourist in many years, and only few people have visited as many countries as I have. But I have never really thought about why travelling is so important to me. Have you ever thought about why so many people those to go on a vacation? And what makes people those to go on a vacation in one country out of another? That is for sure some of the questions that I am asking myself about travelers. Travelling has always been a big part of my life. One of the things that make travelling so exciting for me is the different cultures you meet when you are in another country. But what is important, when you visit another nation, is to have some sort of knowledge about the culture; because it can be very different from what you are used to. Normally when I go on a vacation to a country I don’t know anything about, I by a book about culture and important information about the nation. And having knowledge about the country you are planning to visit is very important: If you decide to visit for an example Paris and if you are a woman, you may never walk alone at night, because of the high crime and rapes. That is very important to know as a woman because otherwise you might be exposed to some unpleasant or undesirable experiences. It is also important to know that some nations ‘refuse’ to speak English and therefore it can be very difficult to communicate. A country that prefers to speak only their language is France. It could also be information about young people...
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...the sporting events are becoming popular worldwide, a high competition among the countries to host such events has been noted. This clearly hints us of the benefits a country can get by hosting international sporting events. A country can boost its economy through the rise of trade and advertisement during such sporting events. In the meantime, the country gets an opportunity to display its culture and hospitality to the world which, in turn, will boost its tourism industry. However, the host countries face different hurdles to successfully accomplish such events. The chances of spread of disease like HIV and other pandemics; difficulty in the management of crowds and various other problems are noticeable at such occasions. The host country can establish its identity as a well-off and civilized nation by accomplishing the sporting events successfully. The people from all over the world judge how well the country manages such events. The country can lure such people through its competency. The host country of 'Olympic Games' of 2008, China, is a good example. Everyone was looking over China with doubts and suspicions, but China left them in amazement with its superb hosting of the most prestigious sporting event, The Olympics. China not only became a great success in hosting the event but also succeeded in changing the mentality of the people worldwide about China. In addition to this, a country can become economically stronger by hosting such events. First of all, the local...
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...The Law of One Price Definition The Law of One Price indicates that between any two markets, the difference in prices should not exceed the cost of transport and commercialization Law of one Price: Evidence. (2011). The Annals of Regional Science, 47(2), 329-351. Summary This article goes through some controversy around the Spanish Wheat market in South and Central America. It goes through the law of one price and how people were trying to let certain countries get wheat from them for a cheaper price than another country. The law of One Price is there so that you cannot help hinder another country by only raising the prices to them or visa versa with cheaper prices. Discussion The Law of One Price is something that I had no clue existed until I started this course. It is a huge deal to the world economy and it really does make a lot of sense when you take a step back and evaluate it all. The world is always out to hurt people it seems and this is one way we can help make it a more even playing ground for everyone. This “Law of One Price” could even be used to discuss equality in any market for anything really. There should be no reason that someone else gets special treatment just because of which he or she is or what they might believe in. This should almost be considered a natural right in my opinion to be able to buy something for the same price that the other guy gets to buy it for. Citation Law of one Price: Evidence. (2011). The Annals of Regional...
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...Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands By Terri Morrison and Wayne A. Conaway Some countries you kiss the cheek, some countries you bow, some countries you shake hands, and some countries you do something totally else. The book Kiss, Bow, or Shake Hands, is written specifically with those doing international business in mind. It is essentially a guide to over sixty countries and an explanation of their society and cultural customs. Knowledge of those with whom you are doing business not only can help you avoid costly blunders it can also give you an advantage when dealing with them. The authors identify that there are three main factors that effect how people act, think, and make decisions: * First is religion; in some countries faith plays an important role in all areas of life in the culture of the country and can influence many of their customs and behavior. * Second factor is that of fact. In many countries their greatest desire is to find the best deal and the best product or services. * The final factor is feeling, if a culture is based on feelings the people will conduct business accordingly. For example it would be essential to make a personal connection with this type of individual. The rest of the book is spent discussing each of the countries in detail. For each country the authors give a brief explanation of the history of the culture. Then they give tips on what each country expects from a visiting businessman or businesswomen. This includes tips on...
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...another economy for customers on transportation costs. As a result of new store layout, IKEA has been able to allow sales clerk to focus more on in-store displays and fast moving lines. Another set of firm specific advantages of IKEA is related to the relationship with suppliers. IKEA has created global sourcing network of more than 2,300 suppliers in 67 countries. With these connections around the world, it has been able to cut price at many stores while maintaining sufficient quality standards. Because of these influences, IKEA experiences huge economies of scale, allowing it to match rivals’ quality while undercut prices worldwide. Lastly, IKEA has its legacy of quality in different countries. IKEA has always maintained the best quality in all the countries that it has opened outlets in. It’s creative business model and store layout has created its own advantages for IKEA, as word-of-mouth advertising, along with limited traditional advertising and record-breaking distribution of free catalogues, have created an unmatched all over the world buzz for the company. 2. Country specific advantages IKEA experiences many country specific advantages. First, IKEA’s location spread throughout the rest of Europe. IKEA...
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...GDP, levels of consumer wealth and people’s propensity to consume, CPA (Country Portfolio Analysis) places all the emphasis on potential sales. It ignores the costs and risks of doing business in a new market. o Most of those costs and risks result from barriers created by distance • Distance: Not just geographic separation, but also has cultural, administrative and political and economic dimensions that can make foreign markets considerably more or less attractive. • Example: The amount of trade that takes place between countries 5000 miles apart is only 20% of the amount that would be predicted to take place if the same countries were 1000 miles apart. Cultural and Administrative distance produces even larger effects. A company is likely to trade ten times as much with a country that is a former colony, for instance, than with a country to which it has no such ties o Geographic distance, for instance, affects the costs of transportation and communications, so it is of particular importance to companies that deal with heavy or bulky products, or whose operations require a high degree of coordination among highly dispersed people or activities • Cultural Distance: A country’s cultural attributes determine how people interact with one another and with companies and institutions. Differences in religious beliefs, race, social norms and language are all capable of creating distance between two countries. o Some cultural attributes, like language, are easily perceived and...
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