of North America Kristin Daughdril & William Cassidy Business Administration 418 Abstract Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an investment involving a long-term relationship and reflecting a lasting interest in and control by a resident entity in one economy of an enterprise resident in a different economy (UNCTAD). There are two types of FDI‚ inflows and outflows‚ which can be used to help determine the investment strategies and economies of countries engaged in FDI. North America has
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TB0301 Dmitry Alenuskin Andreas Schotter BMW of North America: Dream It. Build It. Drive It. Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black. Henry Ford Introduction In early January 2012‚ Joseph Wierda‚ BMW’s X3 Product Manager‚ reviewed the latest sales numbers of the popular X3 Series compact SUV. He was‚ in particular‚ interested in the effects of BMW’s customization program called “Dream It. Build It. Drive It.” on both unit sales and overall profitability
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Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America Benjamin Franklin describes the cultural difference between the savages and English in North America. “Perhaps‚ if we could examine the manners of different nations with impartiality‚ we should find no people so rude‚ as to be without as to be without any rules of politeness; nor any so polite as not to have some remains of rudeness” (Franklin 219). Franklin is saying that nations who are polite usually don’t have rules to have a polite society and
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living in what was to become the United States of America‚ representative government was essential to their freedom. Where the limits of freedom meet the rules of law has been debated for centuries. Governments have proven to infringe upon the rights of citizens time and time again. History has also revealed that too much freedom left unchecked in the hands of citizens can also lead to anarchy and injustice. When the settlers first came to the Americas‚ they took the dangerous journey across the Atlantic
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and conflicts. One of the many conflicts concerned the domination of North America. While many European powers competed for control of North America‚ Britain gained the most territory through the four French and Indian wars‚ King William’s War‚ Queen Anne’s War‚ King George’s War‚ and the French and Indian War. As these wars progressed‚ Britain achieved the most success and eventually became the most dominant power in North America. King William’s War‚ which occurred from between 1689 to 1697
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Obesity in North America In 1999‚ an estimated 61% of adults in the United States were obese. One in seven children was also obese. Obesity is the biggest public health problem in North America. It can cause serious disease such as diabetes. In economic term‚ the cost of obesity in the United States was about $117 billion in 2000. Therefore‚ North American Society needs to be aware that modern life can cause obesity. This modern life includes fast food‚ transportation and new technology.
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fast food is an increasingly popular replacement for healthy home-cooked meals. Canada and the United states have been called the “fast food” nations because it makes up an unhealthy and substantial amount of North American diets due to busy schedules. It is normal for people in North America to work ten hours a day‚ five days a week and on top of that have many extra activities that don’t allow them to take the time to properly concentrate on their eating habits. Fast food companies have catered
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On August 19‚ 1910 the Big Burn in the Rocky Moutains began‚ recorded as the largest and most destrustive fire‚ in North America. At the time the United States fire service was only five years old‚ with very little experience and preparation to handle such a large forest fire. It destroys an area the size of Connecticut within a matter of 36 hours‚ equaling more than three-million acres of forest‚ and $1 billion worth lost in timber. There were atleast 78 firefighter fatalities‚ however it is unknown
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had happened between first nations and Europeans‚ the Europeans insulted and made first nations abandon their religion‚ culture and beliefs and some where even made slaves. Soon after in 1670 the first black slaves were brought from Africa to North America. In the southern United States the ‘One Drop’ rule was placed‚ that meant that anybody with African American grandparents or great grandparents was a slave‚ unlike the northern states where it was only if you had coloured skin. Soon even the northern
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Colonization of Latin America and North America When Christopher Columbus led a Spanish expedition in 1492 to India‚ he came across a land that would change the world forever. This region was called the Americas‚ a land the Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ French and English saw as their own to change and rule. However‚ the two regions‚ Latin America and North America saw two vastly different yet similar colonization processes from the Europeans in their social‚ political and economic systems
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