Essays Tagged: "Myanmar"

Wal-Mart - Are "Sweat Shops" Hurting or Harming Third World Countries?

egations that they are doing businesses with factories in international places such as El Salvador, Myanmar (also known as Burma), and Bangladesh who are known to have factories that are sweatshops. I ... over the people. Wal-Mart Canada is reported to have direct dealings with three factories in Burma: Myanmar Euroworld International, Ltd., Crocodile Trading Company, Ltd., and Ever Green Overseas Ente ...

(9 pages) 322 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Tourism of Thailand

somewhat like an elephant's head, the country is bordered at its most northern extremes by Laos and Myanmar. The border with Laos runs down the elephant's ear, along the north east of the country, unt ... the country, before reaching the Gulf of Thailand which caresses the elephant's jowls. To the west, Myanmar dominates the elephant's forehead and trunk before giving way to the Andaman Sea, along Thai ...

(6 pages) 162 0 2.2 Mar/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Thailand info

now officially known as the Kingdom of Thailand. Thailand is found in Southeast Asia surrounded by Myanmar to its north and west, Laos on its northeast, Cambodia and the Gulf of Thailand on its south ... west, Laos on its northeast, Cambodia and the Gulf of Thailand on its southeast and by Malaysia and Myanmar on its south and southwest, respectively.The largest city in Thailand is Bangkok, with about ...

(1 pages) 63 0 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The Future of Bangladesh - Myanmar Relationship and it's Effect on the Region

Introduction1. Bangladesh-Myanmar relations officially began from 13 January 1972, the date on which Myanmar, as the sixth sta ... ia control for a considerable period of time.2. Although categorized as part of the Southeast Asia, Myanmar is a geographic junction for the overlapping south, southeast and East Asia regions. Myanmar ... ar covers only 256 kilometers of common borderline with Bangladesh on her west. Since independence, Myanmar has experienced military regime for about three decades. The SLORC, which is essentially a m ...

(12 pages) 29 0 4.5 Jan/2007

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

My First Plane Ride

me this was my first plane ride. My parents and I were departing from LAX and our destination was Myanmar or Burma. I was probably 6 years of age waiting to see my relatives in Burma for the first ...

(3 pages) 3 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Introduction to Criminology

(20%). Afghanistan dominates most of the supply of "opium" produce (75%). Also, Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar, which is called "the Golden Triangle", can not be ignored as an opium producer. Although so ...

(4 pages) 42 0 4.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

BURMA - En Muntlig Presentasjon

n Suu Kyi fikk tildelt Nobels fredspris i 1991.I 1989 omdøpte militærjuntaen Burma til Myanmar. Dette navneskiftet er ikke anerkjent internasjonalt, og det har blitt stående som et ... gladesh og Thailand, samt til Malaysia. Det antas at ca 500 000 flyktninger lever i nabolandene til Myanmar.I 2005 var flyktningstallet høyest, da på hele 41 135 mennesker. I 2007 var det ...

(16 pages) 11 0 4.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > International Organizations & Conflicts

Strategy formulation of Starbucks

ll discuss in detail regarding the hierarchy of the strategic decision-making process to enter into Myanmar by means of three leading strategic models which are institution-based theory, Porter's indu ... sting and potential risks and influences in the host area, in this case faced by Starbucks entering Myanmar. The institutional factors that may pose a threat are as below.2.1.1 Political RiskThe polit ...

(11 pages) 7 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management