Government Case Studies Samples For Students

In the case of Becton Dickinson and needle stick, we get to see how the large manufacturers step on the small manufacturers and how they take advantage of them. While doing this, they put thousands of lives in danger. They may have compensated the small manufacturers but still there are some situations that no amount of money can compensate. Nobody can fix a damaged life; therefore, it is important to protect it at all cost. It appears that the large scale manufacturers are not interested with people’s health. The fact that the agencies came up with methods that could ...

- Discuss the case in terms of the attitudes and beliefs of the managers and workers. Pay particular attention to issues related to satisfaction and organizational commitment.

The case is a perfect example which portrays the intricate relationships of the persons of a factory which govern the production and work. The proprietor of the company, J.K. Roberts had kept an amiable relationship with his employees and that came across as a positive thing for all the workers. The company had been seeing good growth until the recent times when it was faced with competition which ...

Summary of Case Study

This case study talks about H&M, a clothing retailer which is based in Sweden. H&M is believed to be the second largest clothing retailer in the world. It faces stiff competition from firms such as Uniqlo, Gap, Zara, and Top shop. All the garments are designed in Stockholm, sent for production in various offices and finally to the manufacturers. H&M designs both fast fashion and staple items. As such, it sourcing strategy is split into two that is, sourcing strategy for fashion lines that turn around very fast and sourcing strategy for items that are not very urgent. The ...

In the emerging markets today, state capitalism has become prevalent. As a result, managers are facing challenges when devising means to live with this phenomenon, solve and understand the issues it brings, and finding opportunities that would foster business relationship environments. In trying to understand the issue of state capitalism and state-owned enterprise reform in emerging markets, this paper will conduct a detailed analysis featuring opportunities and constraints of the investment models mentioned (Klimina, 2013). Recently, states have resumed control and influence of the economy and the activities herein. This can be attributed to the just concluded 2008-2009 global financial crisis ...

Q1. Government agencies and organizations that discourage whistleblowing do so at their own peril. If a bureau’s employees are unable to raise concerns on wrongdoing in their area of work, a scandal is going to erupt in the media. This could throw its reputation into tatters. Organizational leaders as an evolutionary well governance advancement in management are continually adopting policies that encourage whistleblowing. To this end, therefore, whistleblowing is the act of an employee alerting their employer, a media person, a customer or a regulator about an illegal activity taking place at their work place. Its popularity among public sector agencies is ...

The coastal areas of United States is at major risk of hurricane, flooding and such natural disasters, destroying private or public property and even taking the lives of the residents living in these areas. Despite this fact, as the Case Study 118 illustrates, U.S. individuals have continued to lift up their houses near the Atlantic shore, increasing the population of the coastal countries with 28% (approximately 153 million people) from 1980 to 2003 (CS 118-3). This situation was significantly encouraged by the U.S. government itself, because, through its legislations it obliged the entire population of United States to pay ...

The public healthcare is an integral part of national development.in order for the country to move forward in terms of development the citizenry must be of good health. As a result the public health sector has become the center of debate in terms of patient service and patient safety while visiting these facilities.in a public health facility patient safety is very important. This is because public health facilities tend to get a lot of clientele on a daily basis. As a result accidents incidents of confusion are likely to occur. As such is the case it is very important to ensure that patient safety ...

The port actors, terminal operators, public port authorities, carriers and other service providers in supply chain want to achieve strategic goals such as dominance, integration and insertion. These goals are interrelated and mutually strengthening. Port actors insert themselves in supply chains since this provides them with critical resources such as knowledge, technology, capital, markets and expertise. Another goal is the integration of activities in the port so as to lower transaction costs and provide services efficiently and effectively. Dominance is also another strategic goal applied by port actors. They seek to achieve scarce competency, exploit economies of scale or ...

1. The sentinel is a new information and case management file developed to integrate the components of commercial (Hite, 2007).

The Sentinel was intended to provide an electronic management, management of the work flow, management of the evidence, repotting capabilities, search and the sharing of information with other law enforcers and the intelligence at the community level by the FBI (Hite, 2007).

This is primarily intended to improve the FBI capabilities by adopting the use of electronic system in information sharing rather than the paper-based system of reporting. The sentinel therefore provides support to the FBI priorities with the key ...

PART 1

An international Joint Venture is an equity agreement in which foreign and local business organization co-own a business by pooling their resources together, share the risks associated with the business as well as exercising managerial control to operate an autonomous business in order to make profits or to enjoy economic and premeditated advantages.
The success of such ventures depends on a number of factors as. Some of the factors that determine the success of Joint Ventures include:
- Cultural factors- the way of life among different partners in a joint venture has a significant influence on the success of the business. ...

Intelligence Failure: The Iraq War

Introduction
Failure in a country’s Intelligence system often leads to devastating outcomes. The Americans and the British experienced Intelligence failure concerning the issue of Iraq’s Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). This failure came up in diverse forms that would have made it difficult to realize that there was a problem within the Intelligence system. Even so, several lessons were learnt from the intelligence failure thus prompting the US government to make certain changes that would be beneficial to the country in the long run.

According to Mockaitis (2012), the intelligence shortcomings mainly arose from the fact that there ...

Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. V. Federal Commission
[United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 515 F3d 447 (2008)]
FACTS: The Chicago Bridge and Iron Company and its United States subsidiary, Chicago Bridge and Iron Company (Petitioner) is a company that was engaged in designing, engineering, and constructing industrial storage tanks for liquefied natural gas and other gases. In this market the Petitioner and another company, Pitt-Des Moines, Inc., were the dominant firms. The Petitioner acquired all the assets belonging to Pitt-Des Moines, Inc. in the year 2001 for 84 million dollars. The Respondent preferred charges against the Petitioner ...

Problems definition

Dr.Brent James the executive director for the Intermountain health care’s (IHC’s) that is an institute that deal with healthcare delivery research. He explained to the clinical leaders that when the physician and nurses compiles with IHC’s integration the more the patient care improved. The problem arose when one nurse was reluctant. She said that every patient was unique in their own way and cannot be treated in an assembly line manner. And she said that they were not making widgets. The critics saw this protocol that the physician and nurses were to adhere to as Taylors. ...

Reasons why California is difficult to govern

Ken and John believe that political diversity is the largest problem that has made any leadership unable to proficiently govern California. The author states that, “no single political adjective or phrase can capture California’s political diversity, in terms of the bulk state voters.” Geographically, there are metropolitan counties and San Francisco bay counties that present conflicting political views and ideas. In the two differing parties, “About 75% of the state’s voters and its main partisan and ideological division” are present. The San Francisco Bay is quite significant to the Democrat party since it significantly contributes to the ...

There is a need for any country to have its central Bank. Unlike most countries, which use the central Bank system, the U.S has a federal Banking system which is also known as the fed. The headquarters of the federal Bank is in the capital Washington D.C and also has other twelve district banks in different locations. Federal Reserve Act established the fed in 1913 and was formed to solve problems of money in the country (Gali, 2009). The decisions made by the federal Bank directly affect the safety and soundness of the country’s financial system.
The federal Bank ...

Lindblom is not too pessimistic regarding the ability of the administrators to make profound ‘big’ choices that will change or reshape their external environments. Lindblom considers the administrators too afraid of making choices to the extent that they find every approach that is meant to alter their external environments insecure. This means that Lindblom considers the administrators as a hindrance to the sustainable growth of public institutions. He further considers public administrators to be incredibly limited in their scope because of the political environment that exists in both private and public administration (Stillman, 2009, p. ). Lindblom suggests that the bureaucratic ...

According to experts, the storm was as a result of a tropical depression that had formed in the Bahamas early on in August 23, 2005. Although the authorities in metrology were able to warn the authorities earlier, the federal government remains accused of taking its time evacuating people in the Gulf Coast (U.S. House of Representatives, 2006). According to a warning that was passed by the National Weather Service, the Gulf Coast would become inhabitable for months after the hurricane hit. According to statistics, New Orleans has been hit nearly five times before Katrina. However, experts state that Katrina remains the worst ...

The world, today, is facing several issues and problems that pose a threat to the wellbeing of humanity. It is important for all humanity come together to find a solution to these global problems facing us. The gap between poverty and the wealth continue to rise between countries, and it is important to act early or risk an increase in poverty level throughout the world. The other issue facing us is protection of our environment as we seek better economic prosperity for developed and developing countries. Several other issues affecting us include global pandemics, drugs trafficking that pose major problems to ...

Regional integration refers to a process of states entering into regional agreement in the bid to enhance regional cooperation following regional rules and institutions. Despite the merits that the process may possess, there are extensive disadvantages that go along with regional integration. This element of trade may become exclusively significant through combination with other factors that may enhance performance. Having proper understanding of free trade, various measures must be undertaken.
Free trade is a major policy in international trade. Following the exclusive drawbacks of regional integration, free trade should not be allowed to take its natural course. One of the ...

The Background and the legal process

Brazos manufacturing company is an internationally acclaimed company that deals in spare parts of reputable automobiles. The company has a large organizational structure that deals involve several employees. It has many Vice presidents, an Executive vice president and a president. The executive vice president is in charge of the operations of the company. The vice presidents of the companies were requested to cut their costs. The Executive vice president continued with his flashy lifestyle. He attended the most expensive Italian restaurant in Los Angeles.
The company controller, Jack noticed the executive vice president fraudulently used the company’s resources. The ...

Federalism as a system of government in the United States of America is one democratic governance. It ensures that power is vested in the people, as opposed to a central government and the political structure that come with it. Federalism has played a great role in the economic development of the Union. It is believed that it is in America that one would find the most stable democracy in the whole world. So below is a case study of three states with distinctive types of federal governments within them.

California State Government

California is among the few states that practice direct democracy in the United States ...

Issues that are pertinent to this case are on aspects of relevant of technology in business. Impacts of certain actions taken in the business are also fundamental concepts. When Richards Davis drives to the place where they had established a construction site, he is upset. The gloomy nature that he assumes can be appreciated to the view that the construction impacts on him. It is clear that, the job was not done appropriately as per his expectations. In order to curb the above phenomenon, the following can be done: Richard and his partner should engage subcontractors that are of high ...

- What are the justifications for workplace drug testing?
For a long time, drug use has been a common problem at the work place in the United States of America. This was not until 1982 when the first random drug test was carried out at the work place. This set the ball rolling for the institutionalization of workplace drug testing. The justifications for workplace drug testing were informed by the accidents at the workplace that were attributable to drug use and abuse. For instance, the first random test for drugs at the work place was in the United States Navy. ...

The case seeks to address a proposal of a new site for Intel’s Assembly Test factory. Of importance to this assembly test factory is the cost implications. In the collection of data for analysis of the possible locations, parts of Asia have been considered largely as they have in the past had the lowest operating costs compared to other sites in the world.

Background Facts

Company History
Intel Corporation began in 1968 and ventured into the production of semi-conductors. Later, the company developed the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) and commercially produced the microprocessor. In the subsequent years, the company was ...

An overview of the challenges faced in Zanzibar as well as in one other exemplar "developing country" as regards the evolution, and adoption of IT/Corporate Governance standards in the public sector
Whilst most developing countries are faced with similar challenges when it comes to the establishment of public information security, most have realized the significance of coming at par in this respect with their developed counterparts. The use of Zanzibar in this regard is therefore an exemplar to prevailing circumstance. The public sector in this respect is considered as lagging behind the private sector in the implementation of ...

The History of CSR in China before CSR Law

Corporate Social Responsibility has attracted the attention of businesses and governments throughout the globe in recent times. Perhaps, it is imperative to note that the concept of CSR was invented in the United States, and it spread to the rest of the world as a result of world. China is among the leading countries in developing policies to deal with this issue. This history of CSR in China is associated with the emergence of multinational corporations (MNCs) in the country as early as from 1970s, following the economic reforms of the country (USA China Law Group, 2013). Prior to the ...

International Financial Management

Answer-5)
All the money supply in the country is controlled by the Central Bank and it has a number of options to control it. The best of them is Open Market Operations (OMO). It will be used in this particular analysis. Let’s assume that Thailand’s central bank is looking for the ways to prevent the withdrawal of the funds from the country.
It is fully controlled by the government and the country. The country may issue government based T-Bills and securities of different maturities like 1 year, 6-Months, 2 years and others. This would help investors ...

Question one

It is not guaranteed that technology will work in an organization immediately it is installed. Even for it to work after some time several elements must be considered critical and necessary effort employed. Therefore, the inability of new technology to work in ITS.Inc. depends on several factors.
One of the factors that could have been the cause of failure of the technology is incompatibility of the technology with the size of the organization. Every factor being tested in a company must be evaluated in terms of compatibility with the activities of the organization (Bruch, 2005, p.99). The level of ...

U.S. v. Waldon

The decision in this case is an affirmation of the United States Court of Appeals of the decision rendered by an inferior court concerning the death sentence of the appellant. The defendant sought the reversal of the death penalty passed on him by relying on some irregularities committed by the grand jury. The appellant claimed the trial judge acted contrary to the language used in the Federal Death Penalty Act (FDPA).

Facts of the Case

Waldon was the deputy sheriff at Jacksonville’s Sheriff Office (JSO). Between 1994 and1997 he served on the SWAT team. In April 1197, Waldon was ...

Delegating authority is a very complex decision that has to be taken by managers. In this case Mary made a decision to delegate authority to John Links. Mary’s decision was based upon Link’s position as Senior Research Analyst at the company. Her decision to appoint John Link as her temporary replacement was a good decision overall. Link was able to manage her department effectively but at the expense of his own work. This suggests that John Link was unable to multi-task and while performing Mary’s duties he ignored his own work.
Mary did not clearly specify Link’s ...

Brazil case study

1. In your opinion, why is there still political uncertainty in Brazil?
I believe the current wave of uncertainty in the Brazilian political system is purely due to lack of the government to uphold socialism in their policies. In socialist governance the infrastructure, industries and development is widely controlled and owned by the state. However, in recent years the ruling class has been advocating for increased foreign and direct investment to accelerate growth. This has in turn rubbed some of the political elites the wrong way leading to an escalation in political heat. This creates an uncertainty in ...

Abstract

This paper is on the topic of Government Expenditures and Revenues, Budget, National Debt. The first part of this paper will discuss the effect of government purchases on aggregate demand. The second section of this paper will discuss the shift in aggregate demand curve and change in GDP in comparison to aggregate demand curve, on the bases of factors like government purchases, GDP and the multiplier. The Final section of this paper will discuss the issue of crowding out and its implications on fiscal policy changes.

Government Expenditures and Revenues, Budget and National Debt

Yes, all government purchases have the same effect on the aggregate demand curve.
...

Should you (the office manager) try to reorganize the office into a team?

As the office manager, organizing the office into teams will benefit the business operation as whole. Instead of managing and supervising the staff individually, which takes more effort in ensuring that everyone adheres to their responsibilities, it would be easier to create teams. This is because a teamwork environment enables close working relationship among its members and sharing of responsibilities will make the work easier for everyone. Since the core operation of the business is to sell insurance. Setting goals are much easier to achieve since there are more than one individual working on achieving such goal. Ideas to improve ...

Executive Summary

China Development Bank is among the most essential financial institutions in China. This is because it is among the vital drivers of economic development and growth within the country. Although the institution was characterized by relatively high levels of growth between 1994 and 1997, it has the potential to exude better performance. The government of China is a major stakeholder of this financial institution, hence this paper will seek to highlight the manner in which it influences the operations of this bank. At the moment, its primary dilemma is how it will manage to carry out market oriented reforms, given ...

Not all nations follow the same political and development course. Although that would make subjective evaluations easier, it is not the case and federalism is an example of this. After Marshal Tito retied, Yugoslavia announced a decentralization plan; Belgium and Czechoslovakia are heading towards federation. The federalist government of Pakistan began as an expedient solution to the political discord extant at the close of British imperial control of India. The Hindus and the Muslims united to cast off the British, but then the Muslims demanded to have their own nation. This resulted in two territories geographically separated by a thousand miles ...

Executive summary

Headquartered in Calgary, Canada Talisman Energy develops, produces and markets petroleum and natural gas globally. Being one Canada largest independent oil and gas company, its existence commenced in 1992 after British Petroleum (now BP) sold its subsidiary in Canada. Talisman Energy primary regions of operation were mainly in North America, North Sea, and South East Asia. The company achieved a phenomenal growth rate due to several key mergers and acquisitions that are apparent in its large and diverse number of holdings. In 2008, Talisman Energy listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The ...

According to Mendel (653), the phenomenon of homelessness in a affluent society and actions of business leaders in Cleveland to address it provides the starting point of Daniel Kerr’s Homelessness and Urban Development in Cleveland, Ohio. Kerr makes immense contribution to aid our understanding on what most of the public and private civic leaders consider as intractable urban residential poverty, discriminatory public housing policy, contribution to Communist Party, urban renewal public planning, and costs to affordable housing.
Molinari et al. (487) and Mendel (653) agree that the homelessness is prevalent in United States and triggers challenge for veterans ...

The study of Bear Stearns abrupt fall and demise reveal the importance of credibility for a financial institution in a specific sense irrespective of its robustness. A business in general could fall if credibility and illiquidity become questionable. Bear Stearns is the first ever major investment bank to fail during the global financial crisis (Li and Mizrach, 2010). The 85 years old firm has survived a number of economic turmoil and recession, yet it fell when it was least expected to fall. A number of factors become apparent when studying the Bear Stearns demise, and these include the role of management, illiquidity, ...

This paper is going to present a discussion on Nike’s main officers, their compensations and some corporate governance issues that the company is facing.

Nike’s Main Officers

The main officers in Nike include Philip Knight, the chairperson of the Board of Directors; Mark Parker, the President, CEO, and a member of the Executive Committee; Donald Blair, the Executive Vice President and also the Chief Financial Officer; Trevor Edwards, President of Nike Inc. Brand; Jeanne Jackson, President, product and Merchandising; Erick Sprunk, the Chief Operating Officer (Nike Inc., 2014).

Brief Description Officers

Philip Knight
Knight is Nike’s Chairman of the Board of Directors. He moved ...

The population of Germany refers to the "golden billion" of developed countries, and the average German consumes much more than people in developing countries: energy in 20 times more Indian, steel in 100 times more than Filipino, aluminum by 15 times more than resident of Argentina. And all this in a very limited area. On this relatively small area focused exclusively concentrated powerful potential of the most polluting industries: coal mining, steel, great chemistry. In West Germany 19 operating nuclear power plants, it permeates the most dense network of roads. In the cities motor exhaust fumes give more ½ of all ...

There has been a significant increase in the amount of waste produced in Malaysia over the years. This situation has led to its government implementing a law that will help control the situation. By next year September, all households will be required to separate their waste. The households will be given two bins, one for organic waste and the other for inorganic. The waste collection schedule will be implemented once the program starts running. Garbage will not be collected in households, which will not follow this law.
The government, however, cannot implement this law without partnering with all the stakeholders ...

The ban on soda in New York City by the city’s mayor Michael R. Bloomberg is a move by the government to safeguard the people of New York against health implications associated with obesity. This is normally caused by high uptake of sugary beverages with high amounts of sugar and calories. The ban aims at restricting establishments in the city dealing with food services to offer drinks that are larger than sixteen ounces. This move was aimed at a large variety of soft drinks and other beverages. However, the move offered exceptions to some such as fruit juices, alcohol and ...

D. U. Singer Hospital Products Corp

Question one: Construct the nine elements of the plan identified above

Question two: Analyze the plan for potential problems
The above plan represents the stages that D.U. Singer Hospital would follow to develop a new product. The plan seems sufficient to come up with the perfect product as per the objectives of the organization, but it contains some problems that might hinder timely development of the product. Firstly, the plan only has the objective of developing a product, but lack rationale for coming up with the idea. The rationale would have been provided before the work breakdown structure in order to provide the main reason ...

Immigration Enforcement

Immigration Enforcement

Arguably, enforcement of immigration regulations and laws has and remains to be an overwhelming task in the context of the United States. This culminates from various factors that have and continue to jeopardize immigration enforcement. One of the primary issues that jeopardize immigration enforcement is the skewed immigration enforcement on the U.S. borders rather than in the whole United States context. Precisely, immigration enforcement has often been focused on the borders at the expense of the interior contexts of the United States. This is evident by more resources in terms of hours and staff that are allotted ...

Business Law Case Study - Case No. 112,063

Issues
1.Was the appellee entitled to a reimbursement of the maintenance costs he had paid to the children welfare?
2.Did the trial court have the authority to modify an administrative order?

Oklahoma Laws provides that a trial court has the authority to amend an order that it has made if new fats that warrant its amendment are discovered during the hearing of the case.

Application

The appellate court addressed the issue regarding absence of a hearing notice .The court stated that if the appellee had been served, he would have the opportunity to present his argument that he was not the ...

India: An Automobile Hub in the Making

Part 1
Prior to 1991, India had protective investment policies that prevented foreign direct investment to flow into the country. For the financial stability, India depended on the bilateral loans from politically closer countries. Foreign firms were allowed to have equity less than forty percent and that too were overlooked by government authorities. The laws were against propagation of foreign brands, but Indianised hybrid brands were allowed for example Hero-Honda, Maruti –Suzuki, etc. Because of the restrictive trade and investment practices, India was not connected to technologies available in the developed countries. Also, India lost many labor –intensive ...

Question 1 (Appendix A):

Government interventions in the financial markets have been and will always be an issue of ethical dilemma (Stiglitz, et.al, 1993). Therefore, it may be worthy to understand beforehand, what an ethical dilemma is. In YourDictionary, ethical dilemma is defined as “situation in which there is a choice to be made between two options, neither of which resolves the situation in an ethically acceptable fashion. In such cases, societal and personal ethical guidelines can provide no satisfactory outcome for the chooser. Ethical dilemmas assume that the chooser will abide by societal norms, such as codes of law or religious teachings, in ...

Question 1

Communication is important in improving quality especially in all aspects of operations of the company. Communication is key in most of the improvement programs in the company and by the members or stakeholders of a particular company observing the use of effective communication skills. They can develop the company and thus produce quality services and goods. Communication through the use of visual management pictures is important in a company as it presents the goals and approach that the company uses to solve some of the problems that it faces. By presenting the goals of the company, people are motivated, and most ...

Earthquakes may have varied effects on the ways in which they affect the human settlement and activities that are conducted on a daily basis. The natural disasters that result from the geographical activities of earthquakes affect the settlement patterns and the human activities that might be of use when it comes to earning a daily life. Earthquakes have adverse effects on the housing and settlement of people. They are forced to change the way they were initially structured which makes it difficult to cope with the new ways of life. They are also driven into hard economic situations where they have ...

The case of Peruvian asparagus unearths a grave ethical dilemma relating the trade-off between human interests and environmental concerns. Overtly, asparagus exports have enabled Peru's growth economically and socially. Unemployment is substantially reduced; children are better nourished, and the situation of women is ameliorated. However, asparagus cultivation has deteriorated the water table to a great extent. As the place is nearly a desert, intensive asparagus growth has dried up natural aquifer thereby causing pressure on the land. It has made the irrigation costlier directly causing a burden on small-scale farmers also.
Progressive ethics explicitly states that social development and economic progress should ...

The article talks about that Honda Power Company is spending $750 Million in its Ontario based plant. In return the Ontario government will share the 10 percent in the investment cost Honda’s development effort to develop a new car.
The reason given in the article for the government giving backing to this investment is that fact that recently a giant in the industry, Ford Motor Company has shut down its operations resulting in the loss of 300,000 jobs in the Canadian economy.
The article talks about that the auto industry is declining in Canada due to the ...

Globalisation is the integration of production, distribution, selling, financing, and investing into the markets across the national boundaries. Overall, the impact of globalisation has put both positive and negative aspects where positives are higher than the negative ones. Majority of U.S people says that it is good in terms of economy, consumers, and American businesses. At the same time they show less positive attitude for local jobs and environment. People are more acquainted with the term globalisation and understood its meaning in context of the interconnectedness it is achieving. It is not only the economic process rather it is ...

Introduction

India is a country of multiple ethnicities, religions, and races. Its diversity is not only seen in terms of its people, but also geographically. Despite its diversity in ethnicity and geography, India is able to exist in harmony and peace. After the country got its independence in 1947, different parts of India were at different developmental levels. Through the implementation of Five Year Plan, the Indian government has successfully bridged most of the developmental gaps between states and regions. Although all the Indian states are not doing as good as Punjab and Gujrat economically, but at least each state has ...

1. Outline the three most important points – in your opinion – in the Chairman’s statement [pages 2]

Answer:

Referring to the Chairman’s Statement included in the beginning of the annual report, we found the following significant points that may be of interest to all the stakeholders:
i)Consistent steps towards expansion:
The company, in response to increasing demand for data services has been consistently investing in mobile and fixed capabilities that will assist them in expanding their network and offer service differentiation. The company has also kept its focus on balancing the long-term needs of the business with ...

Introduction

The conflict in Syria has raged on for over three years now with the various warring parties actively sustaining it. It began in early 2011 as a part of the series of demonstrations dubbed as the Arab Spring witnessed globally in a number of Arabic countries. The protests were aimed at the Bashar al-Assad led government that was dubbed as tyrant and retrogressive. After various crackdowns, these demonstrations evolved to deadly armed rebellions (Cole, 2013). The armed conflict pitted various opposition groups namely; Free Syrian Army and the Islamic Front against the Syrian government and its allies such as Hezbollah. The ...

(Professor/Instructor)

With the rash of mass shootings that are frighteningly rising in America’s schools and streets, the issue of gun control has once again been thrust into the societal limelight. The fact that “loose guns” are finding their way to nefarious elements is an issue that is being debated in society as well as in legislatures. And in any debate, there are two sides that are aggressively seeking to gain the “upper hand” in presenting their cases to the public, and ultimately, sway public opinion enough to influence the manner that laws are drafted. One of these sides ...

Situation overview

In 1980s, the Chinese government was planning to buy a new technology developed by K. G. Marwin Inc Trilliamp Process. The government was planning to implement this technology at the ethylene facility in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province. Marwin had exceptional negotiation skills, and this helped in a contract with Chinese Government. Marwin recommended Auger-Aiso, a Japanese company the most capable for producing the turbines. However, the Chinese government also invited other manufacturers from United States for the production of machinery. The case discusses the negotiation among these competitors and manufacturers and the Chinese government and how the negotiation was undergone. ...

(Professor/Instructor)
In 2001, American military forces in Afghanistan arrested American Yaser Hamdi. US military officials charged Hamdi with collaborating with the Taliban and subsequently termed as an “enemy combatant,” and detained to a military detention facility in Virginia. Virginia-based lawyer Frank Dunham filed a motion for habeas corpus for Hamdi in Federal court, initially for his own and then on behalf of Hamdi’s father.
In Dunham’s motion to declare Hamdi’s detention unconstitutional, Dunham argued that Hamdi’s “right to due process” as enshrined in the Fifth Amendment by detaining him sine die and not allowing Hamdi ...

Despite displaying the features of an emerging economy and creating a perception that things are improving in the year 2008, a closer look at Egypt reveals otherwise with major economic and political problems hidden underneath. One of the long-term issues was inflation which was relatively high. As the worldwide economic meltdown took the center state in year 2008-2009, the country saw many of their economic drivers slowdown. Tourism one of the drivers in the country economy fell sharply as the economic crisis continued. Also, the Egypt’s working expatriates remittances dropped as the as construction in the gulf region stalled. Earning ...

Emerging Financial Market

Over the past more than ten years, world economic growth is characterized by emerging economies that represent different economic portfolios. Countries that are in the phase between developed and developing economies are emerging markets. They face a number of challenges ranging from underdeveloped financial markets to heavy reliance on debt capital. Inadequacy of accurate information is also a challenge in these economies thus affecting their decision-making. The investors in emerging markets finance their business ventures with short-term loans as opposed to long-term loans. Due to their poorly developed financial markets, they primarily rely on debt from banks as opposed to bonds ...