Social factor Nowadays‚ using the smartphone is a trend‚ especially in Hong Kong. Everyone must have a smartphone even more than one. Smartphone penetration in Hong Kong has been rising‚1 from 35% in 2011‚ to 49% in 2012‚ to 63% in 2013. It reveals that there is a smartphone demand for Hong Kong people. In addition‚ according to the Google’s research report “2013 Our Mobile Planet: Hong Kong”‚ 96% of Hong Kong users browse the Internet daily with their smartphones‚ followed by Japan(94%)‚ Singapore(93%)
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Undergraduate Economic Review Volume 6 | Issue 1 Article 7 2010 The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth Daniel Smith University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill‚ danielsm@email.unc.edu Recommended Citation Smith‚ Daniel (2010) "The Role of Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth‚" Undergraduate Economic Review: Vol. 6: Iss. 1‚ Article 7. Available at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/uer/vol6/iss1/7 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Economics Department at Digital
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National Geographic Cover Features Afghan Girl: In December 1984‚ Afghanistan was five years into a bloody civil war between the Soviet Union‚ which sought to maintain a Marxist government there‚ and anti-government Islamic rebels called mujahedeen. Millions of refugees were pouring over the borders into Pakistan to escape the fighting. National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry was in the region for a story on the refugee crisis. While touring a refugee camp on the Afghanistan-Pakistan
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purchase slaves and encouraging the growth of the slave trade to America. During the Revolutionary War and the decades following‚ slavery continued to boom‚ particularly in the South‚ where the use of slaves in crop cultivation came to dominate the Southern economy. In the North‚ industry supported the economy‚ allowing for a decreased need for slave labor. The difference between the economies of the North and South allowed for different levels of importance for slavery in those areas; however‚ discrimination
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Does Economic Growth lead to Poverty Alleviation? Please compare and contrast very briefly the experiences of China‚ India and Brazil. What lessons can an African country of your choice learn from these experiences? INTRODUCTION The last few decades witnessed a rapid economic growth in developing countries. However‚ over 88% of the 1.2 Billion world poor (Olinto et al‚ 2013) live in these countries. (Appendix: Table 1.1) This phenomenon poses the question if the recent growth has been pro-poor
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Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in South Korea and Policy Lessons for Nepal (A Master Degree Dissertation) Submitted by: Raj Kumar Rai MSc. International Finance Student Ref No: M00235713 Submitted to: Middlesex University Business School‚ London 2008/09 September 25‚ 2009 London‚ United Kingdom I Abstract Foreign direct investment (FDI) is taken as one of the key factor of rapid economic growth and development. FDI‚ it is believed to stimulate
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The Introduction Ever since its founding in 1776‚ and even before then‚ the United States has attracted immigrants from around the world. For well over two centuries‚ people have flocked under this nation’s protective wings as opportunists‚ sojourners‚ missionaries‚ refugees‚ and even illegal aliens. With the Statue of Liberty greeting Europeans entering Ellis Island‚ and The Golden Gate Bridge greeting Chinese and other Asians into San Francisco‚ the U.S. has long since been a refuge of the world
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Introduction In America‚ the problem of slavery began as an economic event which saw the affluent Europeans and Americans trade and own slaves who worked for them. The number of slaves that each person owned or commanded represented their wealth and the influence in the society. Coming from another country‚ I think America is all about liberty and rights. However‚ slavery is the opposite of the American concept. For me‚ Slavery was fairly new to me even though it is in the past. I didn’t know the
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Population growth has its own effects on economic growth of a country‚ which can be negative or positive first we will look in to the negatively effecting factors of population growth: 1) Due to increase in Population Consumption Increases‚ which will decrease‚ GNP/GDP and Imports will increase and Exports Fall down Budget Defect is the result and the prices mount high. 2) Miss Use OR Over use of Natural Resources. Due to increase in population Man to Land Ratio decreases. As land is inelastic
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Is Homelessness Society’s growing problem? Homelessness is a serious and growing problem for the whole of Great Britain. It is not merely a ‘housing problem’ but a much more complex mixture of social and economic factors‚ together with ‘individual’ factors which need to be addressed and analysed in order to try and resolve the growing problem of increasing numbers of homeless people. One could question whether society acknowledges the depth and breadth of the problem within our developed
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