Introduction As emerging economies experience growth, they are encountering new challenges in making economic development equitable and sustainable. Increasingly, bringing all parts of society up to minimum standards of living is becoming an issue of social responsibility and political requirement in emerging economies through social security programs. However, emerging economies are facing many constraints in implementing widespread social security programs to affect equality, poverty alleviation
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Studies in Business and Economics THE GLOCAL STRATEGY OF GLOBAL BRANDS DUMITRESCU Luigi Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania VINEREAN Simona Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, Romania Abstract: A few years ago, globalization was the new paradigm in international business, however from a branding perspective it has lost its initial efficiency giving the fact that consumers do not seem to feel a connection anymore with the standardized products of global corporations, catered to them in
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transitional period in which brutal power relations existed alongside paternalist feelings of responsibility towards natives who needed to be civilised” thus, great powers put the then dominant ideas into practice opening up the way to the so called “development” (Thirlwell, 1994). According to Rist (1997:100) “colonialism is a practice of domination, which involves the subjugation of one people to another”. The term colony comes from the Latin word colonus, meaning farmer. Thus, one believes that this
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Anthropology Norwegian University of Science and Technology Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirment for the Dr. Art. degree 2002 Contents Acknowledgements Part I Part II Introduction Migration – a Philippine specialty 2.1 Different perspectives on migration 2.2 The Filipinos – a people in motion 1 8 9 14 Part III Why do people go and who are actually leaving? 3.1 Inducements for migration 3.1.1 The “explorer” and the “escapist” 3.1.2 Migration seen as sacrifice
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ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE PACIFIC INTERNET USE FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AN INTRODUCTORY SET OF TRAINING MODULES FOR POLICYMAKERS UNITED NATIONS Bangkok 2007 INTERNET USE FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AN INTRODUCTORY SET OF TRAINING MODULES FOR POLICYMAKERS United Nations publication Copyright © United Nations 2007 All rights reserved Manufactured in Thailand The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression
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historically. Over time, economists have developed theories to explain the mechanisms of global trade. The main historical theories are called classical and are from the perspective of a country, or country-based. By the mid-twentieth century, the theories began to shift to explain trade from a firm, rather than a country, perspective. These theories are referred to as modern and are firm-based or company-based. Both of these categories, classical and modern, consist of several international theories
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happen in it. Development First of all, before understanding the role of cultural landscapes, we need to understand some concept related to it and how they are linked one another. What is culture? Culture is the characteristics of a group of people that are defined by their language, religion, cuisine, social habits, etc… What is space? In a material point of view, space is defined as a physical reality, reinforcing relations of products. When we see space with the economic view, we see its
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know, overpopulation does not only affect the smallest unit of the society, which is family itself, but also, our country as a whole. It may alter the development and quality of life of every family since parenthood does not merely end on giving birth, but extends to the upbringing of every child, and providing for all their needs. In the Philippines, we often affiliate the concept of family planning to responsible parenthood and contraception. Contraception is a fundamental health care service
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Silliman University College of Business Administration A Comparative Study between Fines and Community Service In the Perspective of Silliman University College Students Enrolled in S.Y. 2015-2016 MEMBERS: Belarmino, Katherine Dela Cerna, Ramon Fabileña, Ida Jayari, Juan Carlo Pinili, Alessandra Sabrina Recto, Monique Schelling, Anke Tomarong, Coleen TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER I The Problem and Its Scope Introduction …………………………………………………………………….......... 3 Theoretical Background …………………………………………………………
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time, the use of herbal medicines declined in favor of pharmaceuticals. Long before the introduction of modern medicines and Western curative methods, herbal medicines had been widely used in the Philippines. The use of medicinal plants or herbs has been gaining popularity this past few years in the Philippines and worldwide as more clinical proof emerges that validates many of the age-old alternative medicines used by Filipino folks that has been passed on. The curative effects of the herbs were tested
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