Economic Reforms in China and India: Features, Achievements, and Prospects
India and China are rapidly developing countries in the world with over a one third of the world’s population. Average income in China has grown tenfold and quadrupled in India since 1995. Both countries with opposite economic and political models significantly reduced their poverty levels as well as environmental destruction and income inequality (Syed and […]
The Middle East’s Power Businesswomen
In Middle East countries, there still prevails the thought that leadership is a distinctively masculine construct, where women present a minority group. The following issue is perceived as the gender “problem,” making the latter a distinguishing criterion of professional identity (Baxter and Al A’ali 7). Under this approach, numerous stereotypes, prejudice, and superstition contribute to […]
Principles of Microeconomics: Flying Automobiles
Technologies develop rapidly making people’s lives easier. Some innovations are accepted, while others, like novelties, can be rejected if consumers do not understand them. However, the image of flying car has been showed in the movies and described in the books for a long time now. Thus, this fact may show that people are ready […]
Globalization in the United Arab Emirates
Globalization is a powerful process in the world culture, economy, and politics. It has changed the global surrounding both positively and negatively. The main characteristic of globalization is that it blurs the boundaries between countries, transforming them into a great socio-cultural community. Consequently, there are no specific limits between cultures, economies, and social institutions (Paul, […]
GCC: Oil and Banking System
The prices of oil have rebounded in a vigorous manner from their trough at the beginning of the year 2016, and they are expected to provide a moderate rally in the years to come (Alodayni, 2016). The slump in price has led to macroeconomic pressure on the economies that are engaged in oil exports as […]
Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
Canada is one of the most dependent countries on trade. For Canada, it is critical to have strong multinational ties to achieve an economic growth and sustainability. One of the most important negotiation partners is the European Union (EU), which is the second largest investment and trade partner after the US. The paper describes the […]
The Idea of Drilling for Shale Oil
Is drilling for shale oil within the USA the best strategy for the country to achieve energy security or are there better methods? There is a debate concerning the issue of the oil imported from Canada in order to increase non-OPEC oil import being the best solution. Some people believe that investing in non-oil sources […]
The Impact of Logistics
In the contemporary dynamic competitive environment, the successful operation and development of enterprises depends on the quality, speed, reliability, and efficiency of logistics significantly. The transformation of industrial relations and the change of the legal form and nature of the relationships of business entities in the economic system are the primary determinants of the development […]
Infrastructure Issues and Economic Development
The connection between infrastructure and economic development should be studied at a local level as infrastructure investment decisions are predominantly approved locally. Local economic development and activity are stimulated by community groups that divide their resources and conduct partnership arrangements with the private sector and with each other. A valuable challenge is support of the […]
Issues in Taiwan Banking System
Taiwan banking sector is very vibrant, though it can be considered overbanked. Presently, there are 40 domestic banks, 25 credit co-operatives operating in Taiwan that offer credits to business people and members of the cooperatives and 28 foreign banks with a presence in Taipei (“Treasury management profiles: Taiwan”, n.d.). These are totals to over 93 […]
The Process of Transportation of Egyptian Bed Sheets to the USA
High Quality of Egyptian Cotton Egypt is widely recognized as a country that produces high quality cotton for bedding. Egypt is called ‘king of all cottons’ because of the highest quality of manufactured cotton production (Taylor Bed Sheets, n.d.). Usually, manufacturers use special types of plants to produce Egyptian cotton commodities. These plants are Gossypium […]
The Social and Economic Effects of Tourism in Developing Countries
Tourism has now become one of the largest and dynamic sectors of external economic growth of all countries across the world. Its enormous growth with inflow of significant volumes of foreign currency, infrastructural development, and introduction of economic reform systems that affect several sectors of economy, undoubtedly contribute to the economic and social development of […]
Why is the Strait of Hormuz Important?
The Strait of Hormuz experiences the passage of ships that carry about 16 to 18 million barrels of oil and not less than 2 million barrels of petroleum products. This is about 40 per cent of all the oil and petroleum products traded in the international market. According to Bumiller, Schmitt & Shanker (2012), this […]
Money in the Management of Our Economy
“Money is the opposite of the weather. Nobody talks about it, but everybody does something about it.” – Rebecca Johnson Money is one of the greatest inventions of humankind. It is the most fascinating aspect of economics. Money bewitches people. Persons suffer because of money and are working for it. They come up with the […]
Dubai Foundation for Women and Children
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is dedicated to achieving its efforts to promote fundamental human rights. These efforts are in alignment with the Federation’s identify and unique distinctiveness, and in cooperation with both non-governmental (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs) in relation to human rights. The UAE has made significant developments in this area in the […]
Effective Types of Entrepreneurship
The work under discussion investigates whether the whole entrepreneurial activity truly affects the growth of GDP on the example of certain companies activities through different types of entrepreneurial activity and on the basis of many countries development and growth of their economies per capita. Growth competitiveness index is used as a form of adjustment in […]