1. INTRODUCTION Despite its overwhelming small physical size and lack of natural resources‚ the Singapore economy has experienced rapid economic development since its independence in 1965. Within those few decades‚ Singapore has metamorphosed from a third world country to one of the countries with the highest GDP globally (292% of global average in 20131). GDP grew with an average of 7.7% since independence; and topped 9.2% in the first 25years. Per capita GDP over the same periods grew by 5.4%
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journals and personnel. 2.0 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS - ENVIRONMANTAL FACTORS Environmental influences and trends can be thought of as layers around an organisation. The most general layer is the macro-environment where an understanding of political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal (PESTEL) can provide an overall picture of the variety of forces at work around an organisation. Understanding the key components of PESTEL is essential to an organisation
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THE ART OF BUILDING ECONOMIC MODELS When you build a model‚ how do you know which details to include and which to leave out? There is no simple answer to this question. The right amount of detail depends on your purpose in building the model in the first place. There is‚ however‚ one guiding principle: This means that a model should contain only the necessary details. To understand this a little better‚ think about a map. A map is a model—it represents a part of the earth’s surface. But it leaves
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PUBLIC EXPENDITURE AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WHAT IS PUBLIC EXPENDITURE? MEANING: Public expenditure refers to Government expenditure i.e. Government spending. It is incurred by Central‚ State and Local governments of a country. Spending by government ‚ municipality‚ or any local authority. It covers things such as health‚ education or social services and is funded by tax revenue. It is one of the element that make up aggregate expenditure. Government spending or government expenditure is classified
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|Economic Needs Motivation – Rational Economic Model | |Writers such as FW Taylor (1856 - 1915) believed workers would be motivated by obtaining the highest possible wages through working in the most efficient / productive | |way. In short‚ the more money you offer the worker‚ the more motivated they will be to work. Taylor‚ identified as the Father of Scientific Management‚ was
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research officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Lowell J. Taylor is an associate professor at the Heinz School of Public Policy and Management‚ Carnegie Mellon University. Eran Segev and Joshua D. Feldman provided research assistance. Economic Models of Employee Motivation Joseph A. Ritter Lowell J. Taylor use the terms “wage” and “compensation” interchangeably throughout the article) high enough to deter undesirable behavior by making a job too good to lose are said to pay efficiency wages
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finding the right business and growth models that Extraz‚ a UK-based industrial appliance company‚ may consider before moving into Europe within the next 12 months‚ and before going global within the next five years. The Mckinsey Growth Model This model will act as a basis for the courses of action to be taken in respect to Extraz. The Mckinsey growth model argues that businesses should develop their growth strategies based on operational skills‚ privileges assets‚ growth skills and special relationships
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ECONOMIC GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT Introduction Economies grow and develop‚ they expand and advance‚ and they progress and prosper. There are phases when they decline too‚ and there are economies that experience continuous decay. If one considers long stretches of human history‚ one knows that economies (civilizations) disappeared altogether. We will not take into account such long stretches of time. We shall not consider too distant a past either. We will leave them to historians‚ may be‚ economic
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IMPACTS OF PUBLIC DEBTS ON THE ECONOMIC GROWTH Government debt is also known as public debt. It is the debt owed by a federal government to the internal or external sources. It is required when the stocks of government securities are insufficient to cover previous budget deficits. Budget deficits occur when the level of government expenditures exceeds its revenues. Based on macroeconomic theory‚ the level of government expenditure must be positive with the economic growth. The higher the expenditure
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Having economic growth can be very advantages for a country because it decreases the level of unemployment and gives the majority of the population to enjoy a better standard of living. But‚ there are some drawbacks when it comes to a high rate of economic growth. Inflation Risk : If there’s a high rate of economic growth‚ there could be a negative impact on the economy because it will lead to inflation. If there is a high growth rate with a high inflation‚ the growth rate can hardly be
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