GREEN THINKING AS A NECESSARY, BUT NOT SUFFICIENT CONDITION FOR HAPPY FUTURE Ivars Brīvers BA School of Business and Finance, Riga, Latvia K.Valdemara iela 161, LV-1013 E-mail: abrivere@td.lv Abstract: The objective of human actions eventually is prosperity – happiness for all the people. Prosperity is constituted not only by individual wealth but by the environment as well. A typical misunderstanding in the public opinion in Eastern Europe, and particularly Latvia, is overly narrow
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percentage of the human workforce and in turn make us obsolete. In this wise and wide-ranging book, he surveys the impact robots and smart technology is having upon the economy, work, leisure, education, health care, and the acceleration of inequality and unemployment. Introduction: The central idea of this book by Martin Ford is that smart machines, robots and algorithms are increasingly going to substitute for workers. As we all know these theories have been around before, this isn’t the
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as a rapidly developing country in a very dynamic region. This can be shown with the amount of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) Malaysia receives and has received throughout the years even within a context of a worldwide recession and a global economic crisis. Firstly, I will explain more in detail what an FDI is, the trend it has been following in Malaysia and the way it has been growing on the time span of 1990 to 2010. Secondly, I will mention the rate of growth in Malaysia’s
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Total Quality Pioneers Paper xxxxxxxx Quality Management and Productivity MGT/449 xxxxxx xxx Introduction People are confronted with scenarios concerning quality nearly every day. The word or notion of quality can be defined a number of ways. Some think quality should be determined by individual standards and expectations, while others believe quality is an ever changing state. Goetsch and Davis systematically broke down the elements of quality and determined that “quality is a dynamic
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cut down, the income distribution would improve. In fact, after a successful plan of stabilization of the inflation, the unequal pattern of income distribution did improve in a consistent way in this decade. Other important aspect about income inequality in Brazil is related to regional pattern of income distribution, which is extremely unequal between different regions of the country. Although a generally improved distribution of income took place, the differences between regions remained in the
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few customers find out they are using bad practices, then it shatters the whole reputation and brand image. Socio-cultural and Global Under Armour and other competitors can and have been using a global image to win the customers over. It is very important that Under Armour utilizes the global image of their quality product, for instance, showing their products on a global scale such as providing gear to the NFL and MLB. People are likely to wear what the professionals wear because they want to be
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international world views, with products from manufacturing to cultural resources that promotes worldwide exchanges of ideas, economic impact and global interaction. The major factors which have contributed advances on an exponential scale include transportation in the air, sea, and ground, and the international infrastructure in telecommunications, from fiber optics, global thinking and the World Wide Web2. The processes in globalization has affected small business to large corporations, economics, social cultural
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TM-Chapter 1 (Motivations, Means and Mentalities) In this chapter, a number of important questions that companies must resolve before taking the leap to operate outside their home environment. 1. What market opportunities, sourcing advantages, or strategic imperatives provide the motivation for their international expansion? 2. By what means will they expand their overseas presence-through modes such as exports, licensing, joint ventures, wholly-owned subsidiaries, or some other means? 3
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Introduction One of the most important items about gaming is there are winners and losers (in a fun and entertaining way), which influences and entices players all over the world. All of the variables involved with the networks that provide gaming platforms are so dynamic and diverse. From games that are purely for fun or learning there will be a huge market for deploying bigger networks. This is one reason networks growth should grow exponentially. Below is what I have identified as a gaming
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in BRICS Busines - Way of growth and sustainability strategy Chirinos Adriana Wuhan University of Technology, School of Management, Wuhan 430070 P.R. China （E-mail:adrianachirinos20@hotmail.com) Abstract: The last decade has presented a new global economic scenario lead by emerging markets. BRICS countries (comprised by Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have been at the forefront in this phenomenon. During these years, the real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of the world
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