Essays on Kazakhstan

Pervin Goker

Introduction Man has created various concepts for his convenience, one of which is institutions, and these are essential for maintaining order in that they streamline the activities to achieve a particular objective. There is a formal organisation to institutions which lay out rules and regulations for the conduct of the operations earmarked for them. This essay deals with the issue of mind and culture over institutions in nurturing social capital in four selected nations of the world. The essay has basically two parts viz. the theoretical basis and the implementation. The theoretical basis consists of resource, bare necessities and ...

Terrorism is a very important issue that is plaguing the world today with a large number of countries being affected by it. While it has had a long history, it has come to the limelight after September 11, 2001, strikes on World Trade Center in the U.S. However, terrorism can be either domestic or international and this distinction is important as the consequences of the terrorism may depend on the type of terrorism. For example, international terrorism can have a greater adverse impact on the economic growth of a country than domestic terrorism. The causes of domestic and international ...

2.0 Introduction As identified in the first chapter of the dissertation, this study will seek to examine the elements of luxury goods positioning and branding. This will aim at examining the cultural settings in purchasing these luxury products in the British and Kazakhstani contexts. This literature review will analyse authoritative sources and ground-breaking definitions that relate to core concepts and theories in the area of luxury fashion and branding. 2.1 Positioning Strategies for Luxury Brands “Brand vision and the culture, personality relationships and presentation are key components of corporate branding that builds brand identity” . Luxury fashion and products are ...

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Organizations from around the world are working on improving the qualities and capabilities of leaders and managers, and developing new leaders. Moreover, a large number of executives and officials consider leadership development as an important priority not only in the present world but also in the future. Nearly, two-thirds of 500 executives showed leadership development as their top most concern (Gurdjian, Halbeisen, & Lane, 2014). This is due to the fact that organizations can’t flourish with average leaders. Whereas, an exceptional leader can deal effectively with employee commitment, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability and these things ...

What lessons should Kazakhstan learn from the collapse of the real estate market?

When the real estate market burst in Kazakhstan in the summer of 2007, it caught the country by surprise. There were signs that were missed or grossly underestimated; these signs could have assisted in the mitigation of the effects of the burst of the construction bubble. There are very many lessons from the events that led to the collapse of the real estate market. First, the introduction of mortgages into Kazakhstan played a key role in the creation of surplus demand for the already booming construction industry (Griffin & Pustay, 2015). This in turn led to an increase in real ...

Various Regional Trade Associations exist in Central and Eastern Europe for economic and trade development. However, not all former Soviet republics belong to these RTAs. One such RTA is the Eurasian Economic Community. Most have however maintained links, strong or weak, with Russia in various interlinked associations. These relationships have both positive and negative consequences. In particular, some of the associations with Russia have presented several economic challenges to the former Soviet republics. Political and religious developments have also suffered some setbacks as a result of the associations with Russia (Mitra, 2008). Continuity in links with Russia has led ...

Although the tourist industry encourages the local population to cheat creating the ‘staged authenticity’ to attract as many tourists as possible and allows the visitors establishing their own rules for money it is still possible to turn the tourism into the constantly developing and profitable sphere with the unspoiled nature and respectableness towards both hosts and guests. Nowadays, more and more people have an opportunity to travel to broaden their mind and gain more experience from the daily routines and lifestyle of other people from different parts of the world. The awareness of the concepts of tourist sphere such ...

Overview of the restaurant industry

In the contemporary context, the restaurant industry can be defined as an industry that involves professional restaurants, bars and other providers of food services structured to allow in-service deliveries. It can be considered as a network or a collection of professional food service companies which operate restaurants and other eating places in both at the country level and at the global levels. Hyun et al (2011, 30) assert that these companies operate in services, which include includes full-service restaurants, quick-service restaurants, cafeterias and buffets, and snack bars, among other services. It is one of the largest professional industries in ...

Seawater Desalination

Availability of adequate clean and fresh is a primary aspect that determines the establishment of any human settlement. With the access to clean water, a population is likely to lead a healthy life, and such a community is highly productive. Climatic changes and other various factors have prompted water shortages in many areas. It is more worrying that the situation is likely to become worse in the future. This highlights the need of finding alternative and efficient strategies for addressing this life threating issue. Failing to adopt such strategies is tantamount to preparing for a disaster that will be ...