China’s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) growth rapidly with an average 8% raise per year and seem will maintain its high-speed increase in the future. At the same time individual income gain fast growth particularly in some eastern coastal city like Shanghai (see Appendix 1‚2). A top economical official predict: “China’s gross domestic product will maintain its 7 percent growing speed in the future” (Yang‚ 1998). Social/Culture Labour Market: China ’s abundant labor resource has provided a great
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Internet Case Study for Chapter 4: Forecasting The Akron Zoological Park During the early 1990s‚ changes in consumer preferences and changes in governmental priorities‚ almost resulted in the permanent closing of the Akron Children’s Zoo. Lagging attendance and a low membership level did not help matters. Faced with uncertain prospects‚ the city of Akron opted out of the zoo business. In response‚ the Akron Zoological Park was organized as a corporation to operate the zoo under contract with the
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Activity 6.2 - Case Study: Goodbye‚ Indiana - Hello‚ Mexico: The Whirlpool Plant Closing Complete the answers to the six questions at the end of Case 30‚“Goodbye‚ Indiana—Hello‚ Mexico: The Whirlpool Plant Closing”. pages 694-696 1. Was the Whirlpool plant closing just another “business decision‚” or did it carry with it social and ethical responsibilities and implications? Explain. The closure of Whirlpool plant definitely carries social and ethical implications. Many people will lose their
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Case Study 1: Closing Gaps and Improving Performance: The Basics of Coaching Cortney Hansen Ottawa University BUS 7003 – Developing Leaders and Leadership Capabilities March 22‚ 2015 Introduction "Coaching is an interactive process through which managers and supervisors aim to close performance gaps‚ teach skills‚ impart knowledge‚ and inculcate values and desirable work behaviors" (Harvard Business School Press [HBS Press]‚ 2006‚ p.2). Effective coaching can have lasting results for both
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China (Shanghai) Pilot Free-Trade Zone is a free-trade zone launched in Shanghai‚ China on September 29‚ 2013. It is reported that there will be revolutions in finance‚ social service‚ cultural service‚ shipping and professional business services. There are several characteristics of this FTZ (Free-Trade Zone). Firstly‚ this FTZ focuses on function innovation and this is different from other bonded areas in China which focus on special policies. Secondly‚ this FTZ is different from the Singapore
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In an article titled “Closing the health-wealth gap” Kristen Wein says‚ “People living at the low end of the socioeconomic spectrum may be most affected by health inequalities‚ but poorer health doesn’t exist only among the poor.” In this‚ the author is acknowledging that both
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Explain the importance of closing a session Each counselling session is likely to be emotive which will leave the client vulnerable to the outside world of the counselling room. Since some difficult topics are likely to be discussed and the client is likely to express a variety of emotions‚ it can be hard to bring a session to an end. Sometimes it can feel that the timing of the endings is insensitive to the clients needs. It is extremely important to summarise accurately and sensitively to confirm
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sexuality‚ many people use this theme as a main topic of their novels‚ articles or any other literatures; included Wei Hui – one of the controversial Chinese feminist writer – who put women and sexuality as her main topic in her forbidden novel‚ the Shanghai Baby. Having lived in a state of quasi-servitude for over two thousand years‚ Chinese women began to demand liberation from their serfdom within the family clan complex. They sought to outlaw arranged marriages‚ selling of wives and children‚ infanticides
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Shanghai Cooperation Organization is not an anti-Western alliance The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)‚ after more than a decade since its inception‚ merits increasing attentions from the world and meanwhile different explanations of the objective and main agenda of this organization are heatedly debated and evaluated. One of them is the sensational argument that it is an anti-Western alliance which reflects a reasonable suspicion given China and Russia’s leading role in it. However‚ it
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Economic Analysis on Development of Marine Insurance in Shanghai WANG Yun‚ LIU Juanjuan Research Institute for Science of Water Transport Economy‚ Shanghai Maritime University‚ 1550 Pudong Av.‚ Shanghai‚ China wangyun1896@163.com Abstract: This paper studies the relationship between marine insurance and the development of shipping‚ finance and regional economy based on statistics. We use the quantitative analysis method‚ partial correlations method‚ to find out the key factors in local marine insurance
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