report the focus is on LEED certification and accreditation‚ and the impact LEED has on several different service firms. The report begins with background information about the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)‚ LEED‚ and LEED certification and rating systems. Following this‚ will be several different articles regarding the impact that LEED has on the building owner and the building industry as a whole. How LEED also impacts new construction projects‚ while at the same time targeting local and
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2010 Niki Geiersbach 119 THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ON THE GLOBAL ECONOMY Niki Geiersbach Abstract With the dawn of globalization‚ international business is becoming increasingly popular. Multinational organizations are among the most profitable in the world. A company needs to be aware of the language and culture of the country where it plans to embark with its investment. Politics and laws of the nation can either make international business easy or hard. With the success of international
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Literature review of economic impact of large sports event Introduction Over recent years‚ there have significantly controversial discussions about the economic impact that large sporting events bring to the host city and country. This literature review mainly draws attention on four aspects: tourism boosting & expenditure of tourist‚ employment‚ price and living cost‚ reconstruction and investment. It is argued in each item about the extent of the economic impact works and the process they
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Analyse the impact of macroeconomic policy on economic growth in Australia since 2008. In your response you should refer to the economic information provided. "It was always easy to predict that fiscal policy would come back into fashion just as soon as the economy dipped into recession. The politician who could resist the temptation to use the budget to stimulate the economy during recession has yet to be born. But there were two other‚ more economic arguments favouring greater reliance on
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GLOBAL WARMING AND IT’S EFFECTS ON GLACIERS Global Warming The average global temperature has raised more than expected in the past few decades. Many prefer to use the milder term ’climate change’ instead of the harsher ’global warming’ to describe this change in average global temperature. The main cause of global warming is thought to be the ’greenhouse effect’ that is mainly caused by us humans. With an increase in temperature glaciers worldwide are melting faster than the time taken for
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Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying‚ representing all non-military aviation‚ both private and commercial. Most of the countries in the world are members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and work together to establish common standards and recommended practices for civil aviation through that agency. Civil aviation includes two major categories: * Scheduled air transport‚ including all passenger and cargo flights operating on regularly scheduled routes;
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The rise of the global leisure/cultural industries Introduction The term ‘globalization’ is widely used to describe a variety of economic‚ cultural‚ social‚ and political changes that have changed the world over the past 50 years (Guttal‚ 2010). Globalization can be conceived as time-space compression‚ accelerating interconnectedness‚ and action at a distance (Kim‚ 2005). Globalization thus suggests the expanding scale‚ speeding up and deepening impact of flows and patterns of social interaction
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TITLE : Tourism industry as the economic generator INTRODUCTION : Malaysia is a beautiful tropical tourist destination in Asia which is the potential not only to attract international tourists but also offer local people. Tourism had become a wise investment that will drive the growth of related industries‚ all the other acts as a vehicle in the development of mega Malaysia to developed countries in this century. This essay examine the efforts boosted the tourism industry and reveals how
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The Great Depression The Great Depression is known as an economic crisis of the 1930s‚ it happened on a Tuesday of October 29th‚ 1929 many call it Black Tuesday and it lasted until the early 1940s. The stock market crashed and the value of an item costing 25 cents‚ now costs 2$ and many people couldn’t afford to keep the luxuries of things they wanted. Banks went out of business because people would rush to their banks and take their savings in hopes of not losing all they had invested in their
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The Untold Cost of Invasive Species Jessicarose Thurber Environmental Economics EVSP201 Professor Ray Bartholomew March 30‚ 2013 Imagine going on a day hike through your favorite forest. You take great pains to pack your gear‚ ensure you have adequate food and water for the day. You bring your camera and other gear to ensure you get photographs of the local forest. You visit this same place every few weeks‚ it is close to where you live and the scenery is amazing. There are ample opportunities
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