Essays Tagged: "national boundaries"

Domestic Violence Against Women; A Socio-Economic Crisis

IntroductionDomestic Violence Against Women is a global issue reaching across national boundaries as well as socio-economic, cultural, racial and class distinctions. It is a prob ... tic violence (Fact Sheet About Domestic Violence)Domestic violence 'diverts the scarce resources of national health care systems to thetreatment of a preventable social ill' (Violence Against Women in ...

(9 pages) 482 1 3.1 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Australia's International Trade. This assignment covers importing/exporting, absolute and comparitive advantage, trade barriers, account deficits and exchange rates.

Australia's International Trade"International trade can be defined as the exchange of goods, services or capital betw ... the exchange of goods, services or capital between two interested parties, located within different national boundaries". (Fraser, Gionea, Fraser, 1999: p204).Australia is a relatively small country w ... ia is a relatively small country with its own resources. So therefore Australia must engage in international trade in order to receive resources from other countries that cannot be obtained in Austral ...

(6 pages) 369 0 4.4 May/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

This is about the US in world affairs during the late 1800s and early 1900s

sidents. At the same time, however, the US also followed a policy of expansionism, or extending its national boundaries. An example of this was their constant westward movement across the continent. A ... e Entente with France, Russia and Great Britain. These alliance, along with the extreme feelings of nationalism and militarism, were the main causes of the Great War.However, there had to be certain e ...

(8 pages) 105 1 3.7 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Domestic Violence

IntroductionDomestic Violence Against Women is a global issue reaching acrossnational boundaries as well as socio-economic, cultural, racial and classdistinctions. It is a probl ... sticviolence (Fact Sheet About Domestic Violence)Domestic violence "diverts the scarce resources of national health caresystems to the treatment of a preventable social ill" (Violence Against Womenin ...

(8 pages) 373 1 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

Critical Issues of Female Managers and International Assignments

"Globalization" and "internationalization" are undoubtedly two of the major catchwords of the past decade. While the specific ... idely, one commonality is that both of these processes require the transportation of labours across national boundaries. Without doubt, this has led to the increase in the need of expatriates from hom ... empt to unfold the underlying reason behind this trend; in particular, the variables that most multinational enterprise (MNEs) considers when making selection between male and/or female expatriates. A ...

(1 pages) 64 2 2.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Critical Issues of Female Managers and International Assignments

Critical Issues of Female Managers and International AssignmentsStanley C.T. NgBA (Psy), BBA (Honours), MIB, MIRMacquarie UniversityBusiness Dep ... y), BBA (Honours), MIB, MIRMacquarie UniversityBusiness DepartmentAbstract"Globalization" and "internationalization" are undoubtedly two of the major catchwords of the past decade. While the specific ... idely, one commonality is that both of these processes require the transportation of labours across national boundaries. Without doubt, this has led to the increase in the need of expatriates from hom ...

(25 pages) 428 1 3.8 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Australia's movement towards free trade

itiveness of the Australian economy.Free trade describes the movement of goods and services between national boundaries without restrictions or constraints. These restrictions are usually imposed by t ... markets as it discourages productivity, innovation and efficiency and consequently has lack of international competitiveness by world standards. In addition, inefficient markets lead to misallocation ...

(6 pages) 136 1 4.6 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Development Studies

Internal Business - Partnership

opponents, it is best not to go it alone', (Ohmae, 1989). As globalisation leads the world forward, national boundaries diminish and competition increases from less industrialised nations it becomes m ... may collaborate together, we must now put this into practice and consider the methods used by multinational enterprises.Daniels & Radebaugh (2001) outline the reasons why firms may co-operate wit ...

(12 pages) 509 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Unrestricted Cross-border Trade

Unrestricted Cross-border TradeInternational trade can be defined as the exchange of goods, services or capital between two interested p ... the exchange of goods, services or capital between two interested parties, located within different national boundaries. A number of factors may explain why countries potentially gain from trade, incl ... There are also a number of factors that may explain why a country may benefit from restricting international trade. One of the possible problems with free trade is that a country may become locked int ...

(4 pages) 150 0 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

The pharaceutical industry

ation of mergers and acquisitions taking place across virtually all sectors of industry, as well as national boundaries. This recurrence has clearly been the result of many motivations and is an indic ... to establish a larger and more dominant power base in what is an increasingly competitive and multinational world.Also embraced within the strategic management theory framework of particular interest ...

(6 pages) 113 0 4.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

"The Limitations of Globalization and Transnationalism"

In recent years, there has been a large shift in the international system from the traditional views of nationalism. Political identification and human intera ... onal views of nationalism. Political identification and human interaction are increasingly crossing national boundaries to create new global connections. As a result, globalization is becoming a commo ... rs? Rourke defines the term as "...the integration of economics, communications, and culture across national boundaries." He also notes that this is greatly attributed to technological advances that h ...

(5 pages) 114 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Nagotiations in the joint ventures.

tion evolved as companies.Previously these companies were confined among their own regional and national boundaries. But growing competition among themselves, they were forced to expand their busi ... among themselves, they were forced to expand their businesses in other countries - they become international.These international companies entered host countries, in many ways and most recently Jo ...

(10 pages) 117 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The impact of globalisation on business.

tically but reach out globally in search of better profits. When a company conducts business across national boundaries, it is participating in international business.International business paves the ... or penetrates a foreign market, it is not surprising that the company normally tags along.Many international companies wanting to market and distribute products in ASEAN have appointed Texchem for the ...

(20 pages) 384 0 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

International Banking In Canada and Canada as home courty for Banking business.

of the aforementioned trends, many banks have decided to extend their business transactions across national boundaries in search of new business opportunities and higher profits. However, there remai ... f banks that, for one reason or another, have been reluctant to take their operations into the international market. These banks, though their reluctances can be justified to a degree, are making a hu ...

(17 pages) 79 0 4.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

Would a stronger U.S. economy would benifit the Global Economy?

s our own. In order to understand this concept you must understand trading. Trading is part of international business which is all business activities that involve exchanges across national boundaries ... into foreign markets.Globally speaking a weaker U.S. dollar would be better. Some high ranking international officials are worried that the U.S. dollar may be holding back economic growth in several p ...

(3 pages) 96 0 2.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges

International marketing.

The term international marketing refers to exchanges across the national boundaries for the satisfaction of human ... ers to exchanges across the national boundaries for the satisfaction of human needs and wants. International marketing activities intends to facilitate the exchange or transfer of goods between nation ... and expansion and secondly to survive.There are many firms which have started at the outset as international firms in the sense that their mission is to be involved in international business activitie ...

(11 pages) 426 0 4.3 Dec/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

HSC ECONOMIC TEXT BOOK..TOPIC 1 SUMMARIES

logies and the customization of goods and services marketed and distributed on a global rather than national baseGross World Product is defined as the total market value of good and services produced ... good and services between nations, leading to a increase in World Gross Product- The integration of national financial systems to create a world system- Technology plays a greater role in linking trad ...

(17 pages) 186 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

The expanding field of sports sponsorship and relate it to growth in market share for multinational organisations

etitors gaining increased television coverage, commercialisation of sport and its acceptance across national boundaries (Meenaghan & Shipley, 1999). Sport sponsorship has evolved from being viewed ... an increase of 25% over the past three years (Bloom, Hoeffler, Keller, & Meza, 2006). The International Events Group anticipates this figure to further increase by 10.6% in 2006. The biggest brea ...

(10 pages) 221 0 4.8 Jul/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Introduction to international marketing management

argument.In the past two decades, world trade has expanded. Nations are much more affected by international business than in the past. The volume of international trade is an indicator of the economi ... f international trade is an indicator of the economic interdependence of nations. The share of international trade in world economic activity has more than doubled since 1945 and that nations are more ...

(11 pages) 291 0 1.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Crime in our society

llenging. Criminals are becoming more organised and sophisticated, operating with little regard for national boundaries.What is Crime?Crime has so many faces, and is perpetrated by people at so many d ... llenging. Criminals are becoming more organised and sophisticated, operating with little regard for national boundaries.As organised crime becomes increasingly globalised, foreign criminal groups are ...

(3 pages) 94 0 3.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues