Essays Tagged: "economic performance"
Chinese Economic Reform under Communist Rule
Two years after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of China's leaders that economic reform was necessary. During his tenure as China's premier, Mao had encouraged social movem ... d maintaining the class struggle. By 1978 'Chinese leaders were searching for a solution to serious economic problems produced by Hua Guofeng, the man who had succeeded Mao Zedong as CCP leader after ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History
This essay is about china and economic reform in china
Two Years after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976, it became apparent to many of China's leaders that Economic reform was necessary. By 1978 " Chinese leaders were searching for a solution to serious ec ... after Mao's death" (Shirk 35). As Susan L. Shirk describes the situation in The Political Logic of Economic Reform in China, restoring the CCP's prestige required improving economic performance and r ...
Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays
How does Japan do it
shows influence of social aspects on economics...needs work needs more examples...(best mark in class)Japan has performed a miracle. The ... onomic performance following its crushingdefeat in World War II is nothing short of astounding. The economic expansion of Japan issecond to none. All of the elements are in place for Japan to continue ... e business (and possibly the Japanese mind.) Theways of the Japanese provide a foundation for their economic adaptability in modern times.Japan is a culture where human relations and preservation of h ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
What are the current business Threats facing the Malaysian economy?
S FACING MALAYSIAMalaysia, being a trading nation that highly dependent on international trade, our economic performance is very vulnerable to the performance of our major international trading partne ... is very vulnerable to the performance of our major international trading partners. For decades, our economic growth has been overly reliant on external sector developments, foreign direct investment ( ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Management restructuring and cost cutting efforts
rlier eras, the success of a company was judged by a mixture of measures, including its fundamental economic performance, its reputation with customers and employees, its stock price, and its responsi ... relatively little control? Research suggests that the relationship between a company's fundamental economic performance and share price over the near term is loose at best. Factors outside management ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Essay plans
mmunist government. Explain that some new reforms have been put in place which are improving Chinas economic performance and are based of globalization. Thee reforms include 'open door' policy and tar ... lain 'open door' policy as being a policy which foreign trade and investment is encouraged. Special economic zones have been setup where incentives have been provided for foreign investment such as ta ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Coping with China
ary:China becomes the hottest topic around the world within this years; you can find that the rapid economic growth in China obviously, therefore, the competition of China in the future cannot be igno ... Trade Organization (WTO), the future of China had been predicted as good as possible. Actually, the economic performance of China, in this year, is better than many others Asian countries. In addition ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Vietnam for Business, A Rising Star
Journal Date: January 30, 2003Title: "Vietnam for Business, A Rising Star", Far Eastern Economic Review,January 30, 2003Author: Margot CohenPage: P.12-15Summary:After the Vietnam War almos ... y:After the Vietnam War almost 25 years, there has a great improvement in the Vietnam, no matter on economic, political or infrastructures. Within the 1990's, the economy of Vietnam is revived again. ... focusing and deploring about the Vietnam War and sometimes lack of the attention on their country's economic performance.However, everything is different from the past. The new generations of Vietnam ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Assignment II Case Study--Perfect Competitive Market Model
A firm is the smallest unit of production, the objective of its performance is to maximize the economic profits which can be achieved by minimizing cost of production or maximizing the total reve ... hen uses the covered principles and ideas to explain the impact of satellite tracking system on the economic performance of a typical firm of American trucking industry.Main assumptions of PCMMPerfect ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
What does the notion of legitimacy and social contract have to do with corporate disclosure policies?
n changing their disclosure policy towards the "triple bottom line reporting", where in addition to economic performance, social and environmental issues of the company's performance are given (Deegan ... ey use legitimisation strategies to justify their coexistence with the public and to continue their economic pursuits, which in turn allows for the organisation's long term survival.Neu et al. (1998) ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
How and why do you think that corporate governance and the principles of transparency have moved up the public agenda?
he crisis in those countries. Corporate transparency and accountability are so critical for overall economic performance that they have begun to be the accepted norm throughout the world since the Asi ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Drought and the Australian Economy-
Drought and the Australian Economy-2002/03IntroductionAustralia's economic performance was mixed during the drought. Some parts of the economy expanded due to the com ... he drought, weak world demand, the SARS epidemic and security concerns on tourism.Positive forecast economic growth and inflation remained low.A survey by Brad and Dunnstreet found that only one in fo ... ryThe Australian Government's objective during the drought period was to achieve a balance over the economic cycle. Australia's credibility was enhanced through the charter of budget honesty legislati ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Explain what is meant by GDP and how it is measured
eful for assessing an economy's performance over that period, particularly in terms of the level of economic growth that it has experienced. It can also be used to compare the relative sizes of differ ... ed to compare the relative sizes of different economies, and it can be used to compare the relative economic performance therefore of different countries; especially when it is down-scaled to take acc ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Rates & Indexes
A Critique of Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity
velop cultural norms, such as hard work and mutual trust, more than others. Fukuyama maintains that economic activity represents a crucial part of social life and is knit together by a wide variety of ... ic: the level of trust inherent in society. Fukuyama's claim that trust is the major determinant of economic performance is displayed through his masterful analysis and detailed examinations of specif ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Argentina and Kenya
e form, and the more they cumulate, unresolved, the less likely democratic consolidation will be.1. Economic PerformanceIt is by now a truism that the better the performance of a democratic regime in ... sion of the interwar years and the historic vulnerability of Latin American democracies during hard economic times, powerful quantitative evidence for the argument emerges from the research of Przewor ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science
In practice, do you think YOUR firm should go to the time and expense of implementing a capital budgeting system into the planning process?
y have fundamentally different purposes. Financial accounting looks backward in time: it summarizes economic performance for a past period. Budgetary accounting, by contrast, looks forward: it measure ... accounting, by contrast, looks forward: it measures the cost of planned acquisitions and the use of economic resources in the future." (2)This seems to me to be a contradiction in terms, or could this ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting
China policy mix and economic performance over the last decade.
-------------------------------- 43.0 Date And Information Gathering Methods Used ------------ 54.0 Economic Performance From 1992 To 2003 -------------- 65.0 Economic Policy From 1992 To 2003 ------- ... market economy is increased. In 1992, when China putted forward socialism economy system, the macroeconomic policies begin started. From 1993 to 2003, China government adopted two opposite macroecono ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Human Capital
most valuable asset an organisation can hold today. It is seen increasingly as a key determinant of economic performance (Fitzsimons, 1999). Human capital is defined as the attributes of a person who ... as the attributes of a person who are adding value to the organisation by being productive in some economic context which can either make an organisation fly or fall (Purcell & Ahlstrand, 1994). ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Are Filipinos Ready for Globalization?
nry and environment to the possible effects of it. Globalization is not the cure-all answer for our economic woes. There are more things to life than a competitive market or liberalization. It does au ... and a set of institutions to ensure the appropriate and justified working of an open market economy.Economic performance is heavily dependent on the vitality of institutions outside the economy - the ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics
How can a company improve its Supply Chain Management to gain low cost competitive advantage?
be exploited by the organization can produce sustained competitive advantage and earn above average economic performance (Barney, 1997). Many management specialists suggest that companies that learn t ... tution. For this reason, there is a strong connection between how firms manage their people and the economic results achieved. Results from studies of five year survival rates of initial public offeri ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management