I put it to you today that in socialism lies the future. Have you noticed that Scandinavian countries‚ such as Denmark‚ Finland and Norway‚ are always highly-regarded in measures of success such as the Forbes 2013 Prosperity Index. Let’s take the example of Norway. The Norwegian tax system is more “progressive” than capitalist systems such as in the USA. Poor people pay much less. Wealthy people (and corporations) pay much more — with fewer tax loop-holes and government subsidies. And what do Norwegians
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1. Introduction Hong Kong is an exceptional region: a previous British-ruled colony constituted of a majority of Chinese and now a special administrative region on the Chinese soil practising "One Country‚ Two System". Despite the transfer of sovereignty‚ Hong Kong continues to enjoy a relatively competitive economy and stable environment as compared with other regions in East Asia. It was not until recently that that the discussion over protection of minorities rights[1] attracted more public
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I. Executive Summary This marketing service plan on Hong Kong Disneyland aims to give concrete recommendations for the improvement of the theme park’s service marketing mix elements or 8Ps. Other than the different recommendations‚ this paper also contains various information regarding Hong Kong Disneyland’s current situation as well as other related vital knowledge needed for the service plan‚ such as; Industry Analysis‚ Competitive Analysis‚ TOWS analysis and TOWS matrix. The industry analysis
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Why did Hong Kong Fall so Easily? Hong Kong is world widely known for being the world’s financial hub and for being the world’s richest city; most people don’t know that before being a financial city‚ it had a rich history behind it. It went through one of the greatest‚ harshest wars in history‚ the Second World War. There are many reasons why the Japanese were so successful in capturing Hong Kong; they invested most of their money into the Japanese Army. While they had latest guns and weapons
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Case 2: Euro Disney 1. The factors that contributed to Euro Disney’s poor performance during its first year of operation were their lack of knowledge of their target market and the fact that they didn’t take into consideration that the target market was not intended to just focus on one culture. Disney builds and promotes Euro Disney as a piece of America in Europe although Disney failed to adapt to the culture. In the European culture they perceived Euro Disney as being overpriced and the vacation
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Usability Evaluation of Hong Kong Hotel Websites PhD Research Proposal Tom Au Yeung School of Hotel & Tourism Management‚ The Hong Kong Polytechnic University‚ Hung Hom‚ Kowloon‚ Hong Kong 1. Problem Definition The Internet‚ especially the World Wide Web (WWW or Web)‚ has had a great impact on the hospitality and tourism industry in recent years. Many hotel organizations have been working hard to develop their own websites. These websites play an important role for mediating between hotels and
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Hong Kong is one of the busiest cities in the world. It is not only prominent as an Asian commercial center‚ but also famous for its air pollution‚ which haunts the lives of thousands of Hong Kong people and wastes billions of dollars of the government and the private sectors every year. It is an unchanging fact that air pollution in Hong Kong not only results in a waste of massive amounts of money‚ but also results in deterioration on the overall health standard of the Hong Kong population. No
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CCCH 9033 Sustainable Urban Development and Hong Kong Individual Essay Topic 2: Sustainability and Cross-boundary Mega Infrastructure Planning in Hong Kong: A Case Study of Zhuhai-Macau-Hong Kong Bridge. Accompanied with the higher level of globalization and increasingly saturated domestic market‚ modern cities and countries start gauging carefully the possible options to promote economic interaction with neighbor regions. This scenario‚ as a result‚ gives birth to many cross-boundary mega
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globalization produces a ‘shrinking world’? A Disney World Globalization and the Walt Disney Company This essay will explore the concept of the shrinking world as a product of globalization‚ and investigate the Walt Disney Company’s contribution towards this phenomenon. It will begin by examining the primary motivating factors behind globalization‚ the spread of transportation and communication links‚ before presenting an overview of the Walt Disney Company and its role in media and tourism. It
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China and India on the Road to success There are tons of economically successful counties in the world. However‚ these days two really stick out in the economic crisis. We are in currently; those are China and India. China and India are almost surpassing the United States faster than we can even try to catch up. They are moving at such an economically booming rate. China and India are moving and surpassing the United States with trade and by getting interest from loans to other countries.
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