Running head: Hurricane Katrina: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters Hurricane Katrina: The Economic Impact of Natural Disasters Timothy T. Boyd Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract Major natural disasters can do and have severe negative short-run economic impacts. Disasters also appear to have adverse longer-term consequences for economic growth‚ development‚ and poverty reductions. Natural disasters cause significant budgetary pressures‚ with both narrowly fiscal
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Sommario ABSTRACT 3 NATURAL RESOURCES COURSE 3 Volatility 4 Corruption 4 Weak Government 4 Unaccountable government 4 Dutch disease 5 RUSSIA AND THE DUTCH DESEASE 5 Growth and oil price 6 Appreciation of Real Exchange Rate 7 Manufacturing and services sector 7 Growth of real wage 8 LESSON FROM NORWAY 8 Benefits from the management of the natural resources 9 The separation of power 10 Diversification growth 10 CONCLUSION 10 REFERENCES 11 ABSTRACT Despite common
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of soft drinks. Due to the facing of highly competition in the market‚ the Company used more than million dollars in the R& D‚ marketing and production‚ in order to design a new product to gain a higher margin. This report is mainly focusing on how Coca-Cola Company Limited uses strategies in order to competitive in the mature market. Firstly‚ the issues of the Company will be identified‚ and then SWOT analysis of the company will be conducted. After that‚ evaluation of alternative strategies
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Enzymes are a major role in the process of accelerating chemical reactions. Environmental factors affect the enzymes‚ These environmental factors include ph levels and body temperature. While both of these environmental factors affect the enzyme‚ body temperature affects the enzymes the most and can result in death. Enzymes are affected by high body temperature. Enzymes are highly specific and they work at certain temperature levels depending if it’s hot or cold. However‚ when the
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many environmental concerns‚ such as those posed by technology‚ customers and competitors‚ ethics and law‚ the economy‚ politics‚ demographics‚ and social trends. One technique used by organizations to monitor the environment is known as environmental scanning. It allows marketers to understand the current state of the environment‚ so that the organization can predict trends. The Macro Environment There are a number of common approaches for how the external factors‚ which describe the macro environment
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continents and with their mission “to harness diversity and inclusion to inspire ideas and ignite innovation”‚ Nike is an organization that conducts both domestic and global marketing. In this situation‚ it is inevitable that Nike is influenced by environmental factors much. Let’s start with this example to see what happened in Nike’s history: Nike had introduced its "Air" line of basketball shoes in 1996 with a stylized‚ flame-like logo of the word Air on the shoe’s backside and sole.Yet‚ there was
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environment also divided into two parts‚ which are Macro environment and Micro environment. But in this section‚ I just discuss about Macro environment. The elements of macro environment can affect business decision-making in the long term and unstoppable. Macro environment contains of four elements‚ such as Politic and legislation‚ Economy‚ Socio-cultural and Technology. 2.1 POLITICAL AND LEGISLATION The first element is Politic and legislation. The political environment consists of laws‚ government agencies
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Environmental Factors of International Business By Walter Johnson‚ eHow Contributor Environmental factors for international business comprise the external relations a firm will face in going global. These include‚ most importantly‚ the economic‚ political and legal environments‚ each of these always entangled with the others. Basic Issues The central issues for the decision to go global are concerned with minimizing risk. A company‚ when considering the environment that it will deal with when entering
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Economic Factor Affecting Automobile Sector. 1. Excess Capacity. According to CSM Worldwide‚ an automotive research firm‚ in 2004 the estimated automotive industry global production capacity for light vehicles (about 74 million units) significantly exceeded global production of cars and trucks (about 60 million units). In North America and Europe‚ the two regions where the majority of revenue and profits are earned in the industry‚ excess capacity was an estimated 17% and 13%‚ respectively
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Dubai INTRODUCTION In recent years‚ Dubai‚ a city within the United Arab Emirates‚ or emirates (UAE)‚ has seen significant growth and is continuing to be viewed as a great place to do business. With a population of over 2 million‚ not only is Dubai booming‚ but it is a free trade zone‚ offering 100% foreign ownership and zero taxes for potential investors (CIA Factbook 2012). While the Dubai economy was once almost exclusively about oil‚ today‚ Dubai is only directly
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