economic structures‚ inadequate infrastructures‚ unprotected borders‚ civil war‚ and insufficient or poor governance; making them susceptible to corruption and lawlessness‚ and a fertile ground for terrorists and organized crime. The West African Region is strategically important economically to the US because of its geopolitical dependency on oil and natural resources; unfortunately‚ the US does not consider the need to assist in regional security and terrorist prevention as a national security
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ON THE ECONOMICS OF ORGANIZED CRIME By Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas Department of Economics University of California‚ Irvine Irvine‚ CA 92697 Revised: February 13‚ 2008 Prepared for inclusion in: Garoupa‚ Nuno (ed.)‚ Criminal Law and Economics ABSTRACT: The core function of organized crime is the selling of protection. Protection can be real‚ against third-party crime‚ or manufactured by the organized crime groups themselves. Mafias and gangs emerge in areas of weak state control‚ because
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Forensics is the study of scientific methods used in crime detection. This field of study also incorporates other fields of study such as chemistry‚ biology‚ physics‚ geology‚ medicine‚ meteorology‚ and psychology (Forensic science‚ 2008). Forensic evidence can be used to prove a person guilty in the courts of law (Forensics). Forensics is a Latin adjective that means “of or before a forum or place of meeting.” Today‚ forensics is a synonym for legal or court related. Also‚ because the term is so
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Business Research Methods‚ Part II Misty Pitts OPS/571 March 12‚ 2013 J. Abraham Brooks Design a Flowchart for a Process * This paper will discuss factors of a flowchart process for commuting to work‚ St Joseph Hospital. As the commute taken is a distance‚ 98 miles round trip. There are many freeways that one could take to get to the destination. One could take streets to either freeway; 10‚ 60‚ or the 210 which all connect to the 57 freeway which the hospital is located off of. Generally
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Quantitative Methods in Business – Linear Programming 1- Statement of the Problem: Middle East for investment offers a bundle of investment options in many types of securities. Mr. Brown‚ an investor‚ would like to invest $ 5 million in various securities. He wishes to maximize his yearly profit over the next year. The investment company offered him a portfolio including Bonds‚ Stocks‚ Gold and Land. The expected return is 6% for Bonds‚ 14% for Stocks‚ 10% for Gold and 5% for Land. For diversification
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Lifting the Corporate Veil Business Law Assignment MGMT 2021 28th October‚ 2013 Prepared By: BRIGGETTE BRATHWAITE(412000034) JULICA CAVE(412000690) RICHARD COGGIN(412000063) CHARLENE CORBIN(412000064) JOSHUA GAY(412000100) Introduction Business Law is a branch of law that institutes the framework of economic transactions and activities‚ and their legal implications within a business context. As a result‚ it provides governance over the manner in which business activities can legitimately
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Structuring the Research Paper Formal Research Structure For emphasis‚ the primary purposes for formal research are repeated here: • find and understand raw data and information • enter the discourse‚ or conversation‚ of other writers and scholars in your field • learn how others in your field use primary and secondary resources For the formal or primary academic research assignment‚ where you will take your place in the scholarly conversation‚ consider an organizational pattern typically used
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The Cost of Capital in Multinational Firms Monique N. Mixon University of Maryland University College FIN 630‚ 04 November 2012 Turnitin.com=_________ ABSTRACT This paper examines the cost of capital for multinational firms and determines that the multinational firm should use the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) to evaluate international and domestic investment decisions and to magistrate the enactment of subsidiaries domestically and internationally. This paper also discusses
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Sony corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ and one of the world’s largest media conglomerate with revenue of US$ 88.7 billion ( as of 2008) based on Minato‚ Tokyo. Its name is derived from Sonus‚ the Greek goddess of sound. The first market mix element is Product. A product is anything that can be offered to a market for attention‚ acquisition‚ use or consumption that might satisfy a need or want. Product decision normally base on Brand name‚ Functionality
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CHAPTER 1 Multinational Management in a Changing World Multinational Management Formulation of strategies and management systems to take advantage of international opportunities and respond to international threats The Globalizing Economy Globalization: the worldwide trend of the economies of the world becoming borderless and interlinked. Negatives of Globalization Not all economies of the world are benefiting equally or participating equally in the process. Terrorism‚ wars‚ and a
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