Assignment7 - Identify major features of the latest two CEPAs and comment on their possible impacts. The Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) is the first free trade agreement ever concluded by the Mainland of China and Hong Kong since 2003. CEPA opens up huge markets for Hong Kong goods and services‚ greatly enhancing the already close economic cooperation and integration between the Mainland and Hong Kong. It is also a win-win agreement‚ bringing new business opportunities
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a) Identify the major variables that you controlled or measured in this investigation. What type of relationship do these variables have with each other? The variable that we manipulated was the fuel to oxygen ratio and the variable that we observed was how efficiently the fuel burned in each of the mixtures. The efficiency of the combustion depended on the fuel to oxygen ratio. If mixture was fuel lean the combustion reaction would produce less soot and smoke. If the mixture was fuel rich‚ an incomplete
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All Criminal offenses are grouped into three main categories infractions‚ misdemeanor‚ and felony. Infractions‚ sometimes called violations‚ are petty offenses that are on average punishable by fines‚ but not jail time. The Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States says criminal defendants are entitled to a right to a trial by jury. But in 1996 the U.S. Supreme court affirmed this provision is only granted to people with serious offensives. The constitution only requires defendants
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Economic Systems Theory Assignment Economic Systems 1. Identify the three major economic systems. Command Economy is when the government is in control of the economy about what to produce‚ how to produce and for whom to produce. The government allocates the resources and decides all the factors of production. Private business will either be banned or make an agreement with the government. Market Economy is the government does not affect any decisions that individual businesses make. The decisions
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Assignment 2 The three major macroeconomic goals of an economy should be economic growth‚ low unemployment/full employment‚ and low inflation rates. Economic growth occurs when an economy ‘increases its ability to produce goods and services’ (AmosWeb‚ 2012). The growth or loss of the economy is measured by the production of goods made in a year compared to the production of goods made in the previous year. If there is a greater production of goods and services in the present year‚ then there has
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Determine two to three (2-3) methods of using stocks and options to create a risk-free hedge portfolio I found the research of this question to be extremely interesting. The simplest form of purchasing securities in order to reduce portfolio risk is hedging. These securities are intended to have negative correlation to the remainder of our portfolio so that it can help offset any other potential losses in our portfolio. We can hedge by buying a put option. We can buy stock with one put option with
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There are three major sociology theories known as functionalism‚ conflict theory‚ and interactionist perspective. Symbolic interactionism is the use of symbols and is face-to-face interaction. Functionalism has to do with relationships between the parts of society and how the aspects of society are adaptive. The last‚ conflict theory is the competition of scarce resources and how the elite control the poor and week. The symbolic interactionist perspective which is known as symbolic interactionism
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Exercise 1 A Adidas Adidas Three Major Strengths * It appeals to the younger generation * Endorse young superstars * High Performance product Weaknesses * Rigid pricing structure * Least preferred as oppose to Nike * Price to high though is linked to quality Opportunities * Acquisition of Reebok * Growing revenue from opening of town retail stores * Continuing challenges in import/export duties Threats * Doesn’t have strong distribution network
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question or explain a particular phenomenon. Sociological theories help us explain and even predict the social world in which we live. There are three major theories that are used by a sociologist. Those three major theories are Symbol Interactionism‚ Functional Analysis‚ and Conflict Theory. I chose these three theories because I wanted to learn more about the three theories that are used the most by a sociologist. I also want to give a better understanding for each not only for myself but for those who
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1. The three major schools of thought surrounding the phenomenon of globalisation are Hyperglobalizers‚ Sceptics and Transformationalists. Hyperglobalizers argues that Globalisation is here to stay. “Today’s global economy is genuinely borderless. Information‚ capital and innovation flow all over the world at top speed‚ enabled by technology and fuelled by consumers’ desires for access to the best and least expensive products”. (K. Ohmae‚ 1995) The main arguments put forward by Hyperglobalizers
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