opened outside of the USA was near Mexico City in 1991. This signalled the start of Wal-Mart being an international company. Currently Wal-Mart operates in 27 countries under 69 different banners. We recently saw the acquisition of Massmart in South Africa which incorporated the Game‚ Dion Wired‚ Makro and Builders Warehouse group of companies. For the financial year 2011-2012 the Wal-Mart group turnover was approximately $444 Billion. Wal-Mart employs +- 2 million people worldwide at its stores
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Economic development is the sustained‚ concerted actions of policy makers and communities that promote the standard of living and economic health of a specific area. Economic development can also be referred to as the quantitative and qualitative changes in the economy. Such actions can involve multiple areas including development of human capital‚ critical infrastructure‚ regional competitiveness‚ environmental sustainability‚ social inclusion‚ health‚ safety‚ literacy‚ and other initiatives. Economic
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Motivation Factors in Dark Tourism Case: House of Terror LAHTI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES The Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management Nature and Soft Adventure Tourism Bachelor’s thesis Spring 2010 Titta Niemelä Lahti University of Applied Sciences Degree Programme in Tourism and Hospitality Management NIEMELÄ‚ TITTA: Motivation Factors in Dark Tourism: Case: House of Terror Bachelor’s Thesis in Nature and Soft Adventure Tourism‚ 43
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for transport across Africa. Around this time‚ the Europeans developed the world’s first automatic gun. The weapon was unstoppable and it overwhelmed and overcame any attackers. With the power the Europeans now possessed‚ they began to extract Africa’s wealth for their own profit. However‚ the Africans had germs on their side. The Africans traveled in small groups and in strategic areas to prevent disease. The Africans also had some immunity to the diseases present on Africa. The Europeans were placed
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Pakistan is facing Economic challenges. It shows that our country is in the list of under developed countries. In this article we will discuss about the Economic Condition of Pakistan. In the last budget‚ the government gained 4.3 per cent economic growth but with gas and load shedding problems they didn’t achieve the targets. So due to lake of experience and knowledge they came in the figure of 2.2 per cent growth which shows almost no growth in the current year. The major problem in Pakistan is
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Russian Empire gave rise to Soviet Union‚ German and Japanese empires collapsed after WWII‚ Mexican Revolution (1910) against U.S. presence which was a non-imperialist state -> colonialism and imperialism rendered illegitimate * What various factors contributed to the end of colonial empires in the 20th century? * Christianity and increasing democratic views contradicted the dictatorship colonial rule and the racism that came with it * Change: Nationalism drove colonialism to create and
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ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING Social and Economic Development towards Sustainability in Tondo‚ Manila I. Abstract Every day‚ people suffer from hunger‚ poverty‚ and pollution as a result of a low economic standard of a locale. It is caused by either the misleading of the government or the community or society itself‚ their lack of obedience to higher authority. The main problem in this locality involves the social‚ environmental‚ and political aspects within. For this reason‚ the community within
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ENTERPRISES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH Nigeria as a developing economy cannot achieve full development without the contribution of the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). In most developed economies‚ the main stay of their economy has been attributed to the effectiveness of the small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs). Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) is accepted globally as a tool for empowering the citizenry and economic growth. It has been associated with the rapid economic growth of
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Professor: Theodore Lapekas Economic Analysis The South African economy is widely affected by the decisions that the government makes and unfortunately due to its history still experiences affects from the Apartheid era. Many upper class citizens and even middle class citizens have immigrated to other countries in order to find a safe community in which they can live. High crime and illiteracy rates make it a volatile market for foreign investors. South Africa has an estimated population
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org/JGRP DOIXXXXXXXXXXX ISSN 2070-1845 ©2011 Academic Journals Full Length Research Paper The relevance of tourism on the economic development of Cross River State‚ Nigeria Ajake‚ Anim O. and Amalu‚ Titus E.* Department of Geography and Environmental Science‚ University of Calabar‚ Calabar‚ Nigeria. Accepted 21 December‚ 2011 This study investigated the relevance of tourism on the economic growth of Cross River State‚ Nigeria. Special focus was on the difference in visitations over the years under
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