An Article Review on: The Borrower of Last Resort: International Adjustment and Liquidity in Historical Perspective* Ramaa Vasudevan According to the author Ramaa Vasudevan the article was aiming to compare and contrast the actual workings of the international l monetary arrangements in the two periods‚ Britain during the period of the international gold standard and USA after post war period. The pyramiding if official liabilities on a disproportionately small reserve base and the parallel
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INTEL CORPORATION: 1968 – 1997 Synopsis: This case traces the strategic decisions of Intel Corporation which defined its evolution from being a start-up developer of semiconductor memory chips in 1968 to being the industry leader of microprocessors in 1997 when it ranked amongst the top five American companies and had stock market valuation of USD 113 billion. Intel in DRAM business: The strategies employed by Intel for DRAM business focussed on: 1. Pushing the envelope of product design
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great powers. He explain that: 1) Military is the ruling important power in modern world 2) Some organization of water limit ability of army .This assumption make a difficult for any state because every state want to get achieve global hegemony and be strong than the other states. 3) Nuclear weapons and the balance of Power 4) Strategic bombing and limits of strategic airpower and neval power 5) The history of blockades We also say that patterns who come together for the
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a unique linguistic situation in world history. As there is no discernible coercion‚ it seems the world has freely chosen English and yet if for example we look at European linguistic policies‚ the hegemony of one particular language has never been an objective. So what has happened? Is such hegemony a good thing? If not‚ what credible alternative could be suggested? Keywords: English as a lingua franca‚ linguistic policy‚ multilingualism Introduction Europe and the world at large
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Google’s? 4. In addition to enhancing its core search businesses‚ should Google also branch out into new arenas? Which of the following would you recommend: 1) building a full-fledged portal like Yahoo’s; 2) targeting Microsoft’s desktop software hegemony; and / or 3) becoming an e-commerce intermediary like eBay? 5. Do you view Google’s distinctive governance structure‚ corporate culture‚ and organizational processes as strengths or potential
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Current system of government in pakistan INTRODUCTION The current system of government in Pakistan is a mixed‚ “hybrid” form of government with elements from the parliamentary as well as the presidential systems. The country initially had a parliamentary form of government‚ it shifted to a presidential one with the 1962 constitution but later reverted back to a parliamentary one according to the current 1973 constitution. However‚ the various amendments and modifications to the constitutional provisions
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What one thing means to someone might not necessarily mean the same thing to another person. IR and the great debates have been characterized by a wide range of shifts‚ contests‚ dialogues and discoveries. In his 1985 work‚ The Dividing Discipline: Hegemony and Pluralism in International Theory‚ Kal Holsti concluded that such shifts‚ contests and dialogues has led to IR becoming a fragmented discipline. Others believe that shifts‚ contests‚ and dialogues between theories helps to reveal their strengths
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more than one group of people were suffering. “The lonely one” could be the friendless child‚ the woman in a man’s world‚ the leader making necessary but unpopular decision or the black man in a sea of white; any person wronged due to the social hegemonies and prejudices of the day. Nietzsche goes on to encourage those feeling isolated to continue to strive towards being good people regardless of their treatment from others. The phrase “shine less for them” can be interpreted to mean that‚ for example
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“Role & Responsibility of Youth in building Modern India” Youth is the backbone of a country. They have a very important role in building a nation. The article narrates the role and responsibility of youth in developing modern India. The bud of nation’s future finds a fragrant blooming in the hands of its youth. It’s the time of culmination when the youth must realize and individually shoulder the responsibility of resuscitation of India in every aspect viz. social‚ economical‚ political‚ administrative
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By the end of the sixteenth century‚ Portuguese hegemony that was in the Indian Ocean was growing weak (359). Portugal was a small country with an even smaller population. With its size‚ Portugal was not able to keep up with the demand that came with a large seaborne trading empire. In the late sixteenth century‚ investors from other areas began to put expeditions together so that trips could be made to Asian markets. Some of the most prominent followers of the Portuguese were the English and Dutch
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