Book Review How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor By Erik S. Reinert The book How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor is written by Erik S. Reinert and it is published in 2007. Reinert is a 62-year-old Norwegian economist who specializes in development economics and economic history (Wikipedia). Reinert attended the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland (where he studied economics)‚ Harvard University for MBA‚ and Cornell University
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It has been said that many organizations today find themselves DATA RICH → INFORMATION POOR → KNOWLEDGE STARVED It can be said today that many businesses are “data rich”‚ meaning that they have more raw data than they know what to do with. Most data rich businesses also find themselves “information poor”‚ meaning that they are not getting any useful information or value from their data. This in turn leads to organization’s becoming “knowledge starved”. In today’s competitive business environment
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The gap between rich and poor in the world today. In the world of 1995‚ there are still huge differeces between rich and poor‚ developed and less developed countries. But why? Who is to blame? What can we do about it? Many things have been tried out to solve these problems‚ but does it work? It seems bizarre‚ that we‚ modern‚ intelligent people‚ have not yet succeeded to get rid of the differences between DCs (developed countries) and LDCs (less developed countries). We try‚ don’t we? Every year
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Rich World‚ Poor World Samantha Valentine Dr. Rochelle Steward-Withers 131121 18 September 2012 Word count: 2275 Debt is made when one party owes party money (Oxfam‚ 2005). Just like people‚ governments of both developed and developing nations borrow money in order to function well and to maintain their economies (George‚ 1994). Debt is the economic mode that promotes economic activity in the global market (Lomborg‚ 2004). The acquisition of debt comes through loans‚ grants and aid
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Poor little rich brands 1. Main ideas: -island for rich people which buy brands because this is what their local local stores sale only designer shops -new idea: big groups (LVMH=Louis Vuitton&Moet Hennessy) buy license from small rich groups to sell their products -big companies have the power and money to market products -little companies can`t afford it control whole value chain 2. Title of the case study: -small rich companies can`t afford it to advertise their products any more -designers
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In Marie G. Lee’s “My Two Dads” Marie‚ a girl who grew up in America‚ watches as her dad seems to become another person when they travel to Korea. Marie only thought of her dad as an American- a pizza loving‚ baseball playing father‚ she didn’t know just how Korean her dad was. She also didn’t know much about the Korean language‚ and she knew even less about her Korean heritage. One day‚ Marie’s dad told her a story about the hardships the Korean people had to go through‚ the hardships he had to
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01/16/13 ENGL 205 Sirohi‚ Gayatri Rich Man‚ Poor Man: Resources On Globalization Summary According to Carol Hammond and Robert Grosse‚ Globalization has become the motto of the 21st century. We are becoming more aware people’s ideas‚ world views‚ products‚ ideas‚ and other aspects of cultures. Globalization has opened many opportunities for other countries to explore new and different things. Globalization has increased interconnectedness among many countries most notably in the areas of
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Dad was dying. That I knew. Every night I would wish on a star. I would sit on my bed‚ looking out my window‚ and waiting for the star to make my wish come true. But I never found that star. I didn’t follow the rules and so my wish didn’t come true. Now I know it couldn’t have mattered anyway. I still remember the day my dad was diagnosed. We were packing for our annual trip to Florida and he needed to get a check-up at the doctor. After practically shoving my dad out the door‚ my mom and I started
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have read in Passage A. October 6‚ 2011 Dear Dad/Mom of the kids I’ve been looking after you children for a week so today I write this letter just to let you know how we’ve been doing‚ and tell you the plans that we will do for the next week. From the very first time that you asked me to take care of the kids while you go on business‚ I’m extremely excited because I will have a chance to get to know them better. Do you remember that our dad was in the military? I was hoping that I could teach
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The best lesson my dad taught me was……. To always be honest. I’m glad he taught me this because at home if I do something wrong and he knows I’m lying and I tell the truth‚ I get in less trouble instead of getting things taken away. He tells me the odds are in my favor if I listen. I agree with him because I wouldn’t want my kids to lie to me. You always get in less trouble if you don’t lie. I only lived for about 13 years but every single second I learned more and more. It always ends up embarrassing
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