The globalisation of work - and people Viewpoint by Prof Lynda Gratton Director‚ Future of Work Consortium Little big planet: As a result of connectivity and globalisation millions of jobs across the world are disappearing‚ according to Lynda Gratton What is fundamentally transforming work is
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To what extent might UK firms benefit from a decision by the UK government to join the Single European Currency? The single European Currency is the currency used by the institution of the EU and it’s the official currency of the Eurozone consisting 18 of the 28 member states. On 1 January 1999‚ the Euro was introduced as the single European currency‚ but today‚ the UK is still using the Sterling Pounds‚ and if the UK join the single European Currency‚ there may be some advantages and disadvantages
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The UK economy reached the peak since 2008. Thanks to the euro crisis which has affected more than 50 countries in 2008‚ the economy of the UK had dropped to the trough immediately during the period of 2008-2009. Not only the UK economy was affected‚ a lot of European countries were affected by it too. The UK government had realized this problem. So they have produced different policies to help their economy. In this essay‚ 5 economic indicators which are the Balance of Payment‚ currency exchange
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GLOBALIZATION Globalization can defined as the system of interaction among the countries of the world in order to develop the global economy. Globalization refers to the integration of economics and societies all over the world. Globalization involves technological‚ economic‚ political‚ and cultural exchanges made possible largely by advances in communication‚ transportation‚ and infrastructure. Globalization has two facets; there are the globalization of markets and the globalization of production
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views‚ products‚ ideas‚ and other aspects of culture. Put in simple terms‚ globalization refers to processes that promote world-wide exchanges of national and cultural resources. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure‚ including the rise of the Internet‚ are major factors in globalization‚ generating further interdependence of economic
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Immigration remains a widely debated issue in the UK‚ which is not surprising since the average gross annual inflow of immigrants into the UK has grown rapidly since the middle of the 1990s. According to the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS’s) International Passenger Survey (IPS) (2012)‚ the number of people immigrating to the UK has risen from around 50‚000 per annum at the beginning of the 1990s to 524‚000 per annum‚ on average‚ between 2004 and 2011(Mitchell‚ J. et al.‚ 2011). A flexible
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Configuration Approach to the Strategic Management of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Josef Mugler Department of Small Business Management and Entrepreneurship‚ Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration‚ Augasse 2-6‚ A-1090 Vienna‚ Austria Abstract: The configuration approach to the strategic management of small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) is presented as an alternative to the traditional approach of industrial economics. The configuration approach combines
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Pizza Hut‚ Inc. Introduction Pizza Hut‚ Inc. is the largest pizza restaurant in the world in terms of both the number of outlets and the percentage of market share it holds. On June 15th‚ 1958‚ two brothers Dan and Frank Carney opened the first Pizza Hut restaurant in Wichita‚ Kansas. A friend suggested to them that they should open a pizza palor‚ the brothers agreed that the idea could prove successful. The Carney brothers borrowed $600 from their mother to start the business with friend John Bender
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Connor Thatcher The UK is a poor exporter of goods and runs at a trade deficit‚ something that hinders its long term growth. In order to combat this‚ the UK government is undertaking a variety of new policies to increase its competitiveness and therefore improve its balance of trade. One of these policies is increasing the investment in infrastructure; the government has pledged over £100bn investment by 2020 and has given guarantees for lenders financing infrastructure projects. More than 200 projects
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This assignment is about gangs which are now a growing problem in the UK as it is reflected in media coverage and governmental responses to gangs‚ crime and violence. Gangs as defined by Eurogang network is said to be any durable street oriented youth group whose involvement are in illegal activity as part of their group identity. The other definition used in the article” Dying to belong” was that a gang can be defined as a relatively durable‚ predominantly street-based group of young people
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