APPLIED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT TUTORIAL SOLUTIONS Question 1 (a) Define expropriation The taking of foreign property‚ with or without compensation‚ by a government. (b ) When expropriation does occur – how can a company respond? Broadly the company can offer to allow more local involvement in the project‚ offer to support the local government (legal issues?)‚ work in political opposition to the local government‚ try to use local (due to sovereign immunity) legal solutions‚ lobby the firm’s
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continents‚ Europe and Asia‚ the population‚ of 165 million people‚ contained a wide variety of ethnic groups of different race‚ language‚ religion and culture. Controlling this large multi-ethnic empire over such a vast territory had long been a major problem to the Russian government‚ leading many times the tsars to adopt a policy of ’Russification’ – insisting on the spread of the Russian culture‚ especially the use of the Russian language. This type of repression was possible because of the politycal
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As science and technology advances with time‚ it has brought many benefits to mankind especially those those who are financially challenged. Science and technology has helped man created a higher standard of living and jobs among its other benefits. It has to a large extent solve the main concerns of the impoverished‚ problems such as health problems uch as polio‚ food and unemployment. There are others who claim that oppose such a view as they claim that science and technology has exacerbated
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City problems Modern cities all over the world face the same problems. One of them is poor housing. People often live in old houses or huts that don’t have electricity or sanitation. As city population grows governments don’t have the money to build modern apartment buildings. Cars and industries are polluting city air and rivers more and more. Waste that people throw away is burned or ends up in landfills. All of this makes modern cities an unhealthy place to live in. Especially during morning
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In the 1930s there were many problems faced by American citizens in the Great Depression. The government and american people came together to create special programs to deal with the struggles of the Depression. The aftermath of the stock market crash of 1939 caused the beginning of the Great Depression. The Depression made a drop in the economy and extreme conditions for Americans. During the 1930s the government and the American people learned ways to handle the effects of the Depression. The Depression
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controversial attempts such as racial quotas have been used to redress negative effects of discrimination—but have sometimes been called reverse discrimination themselves. Though gender discrimination refers to beliefs and attitudes in relation to the gender of a person‚ such beliefs and attitudes are of a social nature and do not‚ normally‚ carry any legal consequences. Gender discrimination‚ on the other hand‚ may have legal consequences. Though what constitutes gender discrimination varies between
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(Group B) Essay Discuss the problems international students may face when studying in the UK. Suggest possible solutions to these problems. T2257852 Tutor: Bates‚ Julian 2nd March 2012 Word count: 839 Nowadays‚ a large number of international students study abroad in well-developed countries such as the UK and the USA in order to achieve their desired degree level. The number of international students who study abroad has been increasing every year (BBC‚ 2009)
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Problems that Families face in Canada Introduction A Family is a group of people who resides in a household‚ which consists of several different types of families. Most problems such as divorce‚ abuse‚ alcohol or drug related problems and child abuse usually are the main dilemmas faced by Canadian families. If these problems keeps reoccurring to families in Canada the question we will have to ask ourselves will families keep on rapidly decreasing because
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What problems did Tsarist Russia face at the turn of the century? Russia was a vast country and industrially backward. They were at a serious disadvantage as they were 40 years behind the rest of the world industrially. This was because although they had a lot of resources such as coal and oil‚ they could not get to it. The ground was frozen and Russia did not have the machinery or the experts to get to their resources. Therefore they had to seek foreign aid and employed experts to handle the machinery
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controversial to a leader in renewable energy‚ Wal-Mart has long been a lightning rod for news and criticism. With 2008 sales of over $405.6 billion and more than two million employees worldwide‚ the world’s largest public corporation must carefully manage many different stakeholder relationships. It is a challenge that has sparked significant debate. Although Wal-Mart reportedly can save the average family $3‚200 annually‚ the company has historically received plenty of criticism regarding its
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