National Laboratory Report No. 42580. Climate for Change An Actuarial Perspective on Global Warming and its Potential Impact on Insurers By Andy Peara and Evan Mills As the debate over global warming rages‚ actuaries may be able to play a greater role in evaluating the merits of the opposing views and contributing to climate research itself. Since hurricanes Hugo and Andrew‚ insurance companies have had to fundamentally rethink pricing‚ underwriting and financing for catastrophic weather-related
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Globalization‚ Culture‚ and Moroccan Identity Merieme EL AMINE April 2007 INTRODUCTION Identity is a question that may be expressed by an anxiety and a hope at the same time. The anxiety lies in the sense of the existence of our Moroccan identity in all its dimensions‚ Arabo-berber‚ Muslim negro-African and modern. It also lies in our existence in the world in different parts of the planet where we have decided‚ voluntarily or not‚ to assert our existence; a planet that has become a finished
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International Business Strategy Lecture 1: Globalization. Perspectives on strategy. Module Themes and Learning Objectives • International Business Environment module is focused on the external environment of the firm and how the external environment impacted firm operations and strategy. • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY is about international business from a firm perspective: – We will examine the strategies that firms use to engage in international business – We will also look
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Special Working Paper Series Globalization and Politics Suzanne Berger MIT IPC Globalization Working Paper 00-005 P1: FMF April 18‚ 2000 15:37 Annual Reviews AR097-03 Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci. 2000. 3:43–62 Copyright c 2000 by Annual Reviews. All rights reserved GLOBALIZATION AND POLITICS Suzanne Berger Department of Political Science‚ Massachusetts Institute of Technology‚ Cambridge‚ Massachusetts 02139; e-mail: szberger@mit.edu ? Key Words internationalization
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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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Measuring Globalization: KOF’s Index Submitted by S.M. Manzoor-E-Khoda Measuring Globalisation: Globalisation is not a new phenomenon. From the ancient era‚ people used to share their ideas in need of their livelihoods‚ survival. Globalization is a broad concept‚ used to describe a variety of phenomena that reflect increased economic‚ social and political interdependence of countries. Thus globalisation indicates global interactions‚ in terms
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“The Future of Globalization” What exactly is globalisation? Before I talk about the future of globalization it is first of all important to understand what it truly means. From my research on the topic I feel that the following definition by the IMF is the most accurate. They describe globalization as the “growing economic interdependence of countries worldwide through the increasing volume and a variety of cross-border transactions in goods and services and of international capital flows and also
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The notion of globalization has become a highly debated topic as its implications and consequences are becoming harder to ignore. Individuals‚ institutions and whole communities‚ local‚ national or transnational‚ are finding it more difficult to thrive without taking part in the global market system. Petras states‚ “The concept of globalization argues for the inter-dependence of nations‚ the shared nature of their economies‚ the mutuality of their interests‚ the shared benefits of their exchanges”
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Introduction to Globalization "Globalization" is a term that came into popular usage in the 1980’s to describe the increased movement of people‚ knowledge and ideas‚ and goods and money across national borders that has led to increased interconnectedness among the world’s populations‚ economically‚ politically‚ socially and culturally. Although globalization is often thought of in economic terms (i.e.‚ "the global marketplace")‚ this process has many social and political implications as well. Many
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The company Toyota Motor Corporation is driven by a vision to be “a model organization”. In pursuit to this ideal Toyota Motor is guided by the principles of Innovation‚ Quality‚ Integrity and Simplicity. Toyota Motor is a limited liability and a joint stock company under the Commercial Code and continues under the Corporation Act. Toyota commenced operations in1933 as the automobile division of Toyota Industries Corporation. The company is headquartered in Toyota City‚ Aichi and the company was
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