FROM “(R)EVOLUTION” TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: CURRENT FEATURES AND PERSPECTIVES ABSTRACT This article aims to address the issue of Sustainable Development (SD) in an evolutionary perspective within its multidisciplinary scope. The complexity of developments for sustainability has frequently proven difficult in its implementation, evaluation and effective communication.It was our intention to provide an outline of the diverse views on the subject, focusing on globalization as a change of attitude
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managerial text book on business ethics was written by Frank Chapman Sharp and Phillip D. Fox in 1937 and the title of the book was “Business Ethics”. This book is the proof that many contemporary topics were also the relevant topics more than 50 years ago. While the relevant issues of business ethics during the latter half of the last century were environmental issues,
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New Zealand to be a sustainable nation and sustainability as central to the future of business. Waikato Management School’s Research Programme The School’s research generates world-leading theory and practice-relevant research. The overall aim of the School’s research is to shape management theory, influence
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The action of trade is so heavily integrated into today’s modern society that it is hard to believe a time where trade did not exist. In can be found in the preliminary stages of North American culture where the natives would trade with one another before the creation of currency, to a more modern level where society trades their labour to create a product or service in exchange for a wage. The discussion of private property is one covered by many different scholars throughout the years; this essay
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Date: 20th April 2015 The report discusses Critically evaluate how effectively and sustainably Mercedes-Benz has utilised the marketing mix in a country of your choice evaluating: A. How Mercedes Benz may have utilised the Marketing Mix Theories B. How in your view Mercedes Benz may have practically deployed the marketing mix in your chosen country. Use a range of practioner sources to support your points. Mercedes-Benz firmly staked out its territory at top of the premium automobile
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GLOBALIZATION Firm Internationalization and Capital Structure in Developing Countries: The Role of Financial Development Halit Gonenc and Daniel J. de Haan As the trend in globalization continues, developing market economies are moving to the forefront of the world market, diminishing the dominance of developed countries. Their rapid expansion is often underpinned by strong domestic firm performance. The resources and funds required to fuel the sustained future growth of these firms as
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region to achieve economic gains from the free flow of trade and investment among themselves. There are five levels of economic integration. In order of increasing integration, they include free trade area, customs union, common market, economic union, and full political union. Integration is not easily achieved or sustained. Although integration brings benefits to the majority, it is never without costs for the minority. Concerns over sovereignty often slow or stop integration attempts.
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INDEX 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. 1.2. BACKGROUND ENVIRONMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL 2. THE IMPORTANCE OF SMEs 3. ROLE OF ENTREPRENEUR 4. ENTREPRENEURSHIP. International 5. INTERNATIONALIZATION PROCESSES. Theories. 5.1. 5.2. UPSALA MODEL. HECKSCHER-OHLIN MODEL 6. THE PROCESS OF INTERNATIONALIZATION 7. ENTREPRENEURIAL MARKETING 7.1. 7.2. 7.3. SWOT ANALYSIS MARKET ENTRY STRATEGY COOPERATION STRATEGY 8. TARGET COUNTRY 9. GEM 10. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT 11. CONCLUSION 12. RECOMMENDATIONS 13. REFERENCES
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The Changing Geographies of Manufacturing in the UK since the 1970s Since the 1970's, the geographies of manufacturing in the UK has been one of steady decline in relative contribution to GDP and in relative and real terms of employment. This dominant trend can be explained by 4 Theses and this essay will focus on them. The Maturity thesis focuses on the decline in the relative contribution of manufacturing to the employment in the UK. A typical Industry is going through: 1. Growth
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research on the academic field of international business (IB) is a bit latter-day. Starting with the pioneering works of Dunning (1958) and Vernon (1965) on firm internationalization, the field has grown momentously churning out some time-tested theories. Unlike its counterpart business disciplines which focus on narrow subject areas, IB research is broader focused and draws on multidiscipline approaches (Aggarwal 2004) to explain the reasons why businesses go international. It has been argued by
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