Education and the Knowledge-Based Economy in Europe EDUCATIONAL FUTURES RETHINKING THEORY AND PRACTICE Volume 24 Series Editors Michael A. Peters University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign‚ USA J. Freeman-Moir University of Canterbury‚ Christchurch‚ New Zealand Editorial Board Michael Apple‚ University of Wisconsin-Madison‚ USA Miriam David‚ Department of Education‚ Keele University‚ UK Cushla Kapitzke‚ The University of Queensland‚ Elizabeth Kelly‚ DePaul University‚ USA Simon
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International Economics - Spain Somebody asked me the other day what happened with my country‚ Spain; why it is known by almost every young European person that it is so hard to find a job in Spain‚ and why is the Spanish economy so weak‚ with so much debt and with such high unemployment? Well‚ there are many reasons to explain the failure of the development of a stable and sustainable economic system of such an industrialised country‚ with so many resources and influences all over the world
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United States Economy Changes in the structure of global production and trade have been difficult for certain sectors of the U.S. economy. As other countries have developed new manufacturing capacities‚ the lower wages of workers in those countries have given them a cost advantage relative to manufacturing in the United States. This has led to a steady increase in U.S. imports of manufactured goods that are cheaper than equivalent domestic goods. It has also prompted a number of U.S. companies
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STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY Outline of a Simple Input-Output Formulation* Nobel Memorial Lecture‚ December 11‚ 1973 by WA S S I L Y LE O N T I E F Harvard University‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts‚ USA. I The world economy‚ like the economy of a single country‚ can be visualized as a system of interdependent processes. Each process‚ be it the manufacture of steel‚ the education of youth or the running of a family household‚ generates certain outputs and absorbs a specific combination of inputs
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CHAPTER 1 INDIA’S TRANSITION FROM A CLOSED TO AN OPEN ECONOMY A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends‚ and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance. 1.1 These are the words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ the first Prime Minister of India‚ in his speech marking the Independence of India on 14 August 1947. These words still hold true today as India moves onto the global scene and is making its presence felt as
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History of the Chinese economy Although this is not a historical essay we simply cannot understand the Chinese evolution without first taking a brief look at their history. Beginning with the fall of the Qing dynasty which lasted from 1644 to 1912‚ the country soon became embroiled in a civil war headed by warlords that emanated from the Qing dynasty and blighted most of the newly established Republic of China. These civil wars officially lasted until 1928 but some minor warlords still operated
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Innovation and its role in the economy Literature review project Since at least the 18th century the world has experienced new standards of living. The economic growth was not provided only by simple exploitation of natural resources anymore. Advancing technology has become a source of the growth in the world’s standard of living. The interest in this growth became the main topic for the researchers from 1950s. The economists were aimed to answer such questions as what are the key reasons for
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The Role of Business in the Economy Michelle Peters Milton Lawler‚ Ph.D. Business 100 – Introduction to Business February 22‚ 2013 Abstract What is the role of business in economic development? Some might say that business is the lifeblood of any economy. This is because businesses provide benefits to an economy in ways like job creation‚ the payment of a good portion of a region’s taxes‚ and the use of local resources. This cycle continues as the people employed by these businesses contribute
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Transition from Centralized Economy to Capitalist Economy After the fall of Soviet Union in 1991‚ the transition of its centrally planned economy to capitalist economy was hindered with several difficulties. Before the collapse of Soviet Union‚ it was practicing a command economy wherein state planners assigned the production of particular manufactures to particular places. All factories‚ farms and energy providers were state controlled. After the collapse‚ the new leadership decided to privatize
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Marketing in the Global Economy Marlene Garay AIU Online Abstract In today’s world of constant change and technological advancements‚ it is imperative that marketers stay up to date and ready to tackle and challenges. Companies are battling neck to neck in order to make sure the products they offer are available and in the consumers mind. Not only do they have to be concerned about the local target audience. Now the reach is worldwide and the target audience can be a eclectic mix of races
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