The Malaysian Government supports the concept by promoting the idea of how CSR helps and contributes to the growth of the country. Prime Minister’s CSR Award and ACCA Malaysia Sustainability Reporting Awards are just a few examples of awards given for good CSR practices. According to CSR WeltWeit‚ the CSR activities in Malaysia focus on education‚ health and environment. Most of Malaysian companies as well as foreign companies offer scholarships and low-interest-rate loans for students to pursue
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To what extent does globalization narrow the development gap? The development gap was first identified in 1981 by the West German Chancellor Willy Brandt. He explained that there was a clear North-South divide where the North holds 80% of the earth’s wealth and the south 20%. The development gap was explained in this case as the difference between the wealth of the countries. This can be measured via GDP per capita. However the general development gap is explained as not only the differences in
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Introduction Foreign direct investment (FDI) has grown dramatically as a major form of international capital transfer over the past decade. Between 1980 and 1990‚world flows of FDI-defined as cross-border expenditures to acquire or expandcorporate control of productive assets-have approximately tripled. FDI has become a major form of net international borrowing for Japan and the United States (the world’s largest international lender and borrower‚ respectively). Direct investment has grown even
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Introduction: It was the year of 1969 when man has taken its first step toward the moon and “Doris and Don Fisher opened the first Gap store in US in San Francisco.” The fast change in style between teenagers and adult lead to formation of company name called “GAP”. From just a single store in 1969. Our Story Doris and Don Fisher opened the first Gap store in 1969. The reason was simple. Don couldn’t find a pair of jeans that fit. They never expected to transform retail. But they did
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New Information Technologies University of Phoenix CMGT 583 Paul Stokes New Information Technologies Information Technology (IT) is enriched with opportunities and has become one of the most well known industries for never ending change. For anyone working with or involved in IT today the pace at which technology changes is frighteningly fast. A technology that is leveraged today could be completely outdated in only a few years. The ability to quickly learn and adapt to
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Host countries (developed and developing) will benefit from globalised infrastructure through the proper integration of their three levels of markets - financial markets‚ markets in goods and services and labour markets (Buckley & Ghauri‚ 2004). The authors went ahead to say that financial markets have achieved a high degree of integration globally‚ while same cannot be said of labour markets and there are notable resistance by national governments on the effort to achieve it (Buckley et al.‚ 2001
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India (i/ˈɪndiə/)‚ officially the Republic of India (Bharat Ganrajya)[c]‚ is a country in South Asia. It is theseventh-largest country by area‚ the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people‚ and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south‚ the Arabian Sea on the south-west‚ and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east‚ it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west;[d] China‚ Nepal‚ andBhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east
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Developing countries are countries with non- or undeveloped industrial base‚ low living standards‚ and low HDI (Human Development Index) compared to developed countries like the United States and the European Union countries. Morocco is a good example of a typical developing country. It has an undeveloped industrial base‚ low living standards‚ and a low HDI. In fact‚ Morocco is ranked at the 130th place over 185 member states of the UN in 2013. Also‚ according to the United Nations Development Program
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to recover from the furor brought about by the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill‚ and now comes another bill that will excite his thoughts once more. The proposed Freedom of Information or FOI Bill has been getting a piece of the news recently‚ and debates won’t end‚ not until the bill is passed by the lawmakers down in the Lower Chamber. The Right to Facts Article III Section VII of the 1987 Constitution reads: “The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall
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Internet Brings People Together Dilek Kahveci B¨¸ra Bayrak¸ı us c October 9‚ 2010 B. Bayrak¸ı‚ D. Kahveci 1 c Technology is a very big concept which consumes televisions‚ telephones‚ cell phones‚ computers and Internet etc. If we examine the effects of the technology on the relation of people‚ we must specify which technology we are talking about. Before explaining which technology which is selected for this paper‚ we must explain the meaning of the communication. Communication is a type of
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