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Women In The Labour Force
<view this essay>.... high. It is also
mostly high throughout the world in places as United Kingdom because of the
fewer women going to school. But in places like France, Italy, and Japan
the female participation rate is very low. In most of the countries the
labour force is most participated in the age groups between 20 and 24. The
labour force of mature women is very high in Sweden, because of the
encouraged day care facilities which also provides the females with
legislation that provides them with excellent benefits. In Japan there is
a drop in female economic activity, the reason why is it affects their
marriage and the care of their only child.
An observation of labo .....
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Why Were The Japanese So Successful After World War II
<view this essay>.... The upper middle class, which were successful bureaucrats,
salaried businessmen, and professionals made it their agenda to organize
the recovery of Japan. They did it not for their personal gain, but for
the nation. Goals of catching up with technology of the West was thought
of achieving most.2 It was their main concern to do so and because of
their efforts Japan in the first couple decades have soared in economic
growth.
Then comes to education. In every case a country's reform must be
done by people of intelligence. In Japan's case their is no lack of
brilliant reforms. Japan had an ever growing education level. It
influences Japanese society treme .....
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The Importance Of Planning For A Stereo Manufacturer
<view this essay>.... technique has
matured a serious audio industry. It contains of a wide spectre of different
manufacturers, which often link to each other and to other participants in the
music/audio industry.
Sale of records became the modern audio industry's launch. Because all record
players around the world were standardised, the sale of records had an enormous
take off. This made it possibilities to earn a good profit in the music/audio
industry, and many different equipment manufacturers arised.
The market was, and still is, alive because of the continuing audio developments.
Radios, cassette players, CD players, DAT players, minidisk players, etc. give
rise to e .....
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The Success Of Walmart
<view this essay>.... amount of controversy over several different issues; however, none of these have done much more than scrape the exterior of this gigantic operation. The future also looks bright for Wal-Mart, especially if it is able to strike a comfortable balance between increasing its profits and recognizing its social and ethical responsibilities.
Why is Wal-Mart so Successful? Is it Good Strategy or Good Strategy Implementation? -- In 1962, when Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart store in Rogers, Arkansas, no one could have ever predicted the enormous success this small-town merchant would have. Sam Walton’s talent for discount retailing not only made Wal-Mart .....
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National Income As An Indicator Of Standard Of Living
<view this essay>.... the output shows what is being
produced for a nation to buy. In theory the totals of each of these should
be equal as a country should produce enough for itself to buy with itÕs
given income (we must also consider imports and exports). From this
perspective National Income statistics should therefore give at least an
idea of the standard of living in a country. This is why this statistic is
widely used in the USA and Japan.
However, there are some criticisms of National Income statistics. The
first major criticism is that of accuracy due to difficulties in the
measurement. E.g. Second hand deals go unregistered. The second criticism
which is linked to th .....
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An Investigation Of Japanese Corporate Culture, Its Trends And Changes
<view this essay>.... Japanese corporations need to change their basic goals...." This report will
discuss nature of corporate culture in Japan, and why change is needed. The
maximum length is 2,000 words
2.0 Procedure The report was produced using library based research because of
the time scale and cost. The sources used include text books, journals and
newspapers.. The references have been made 'Harvard Style' and can be found in
the Bibliography.
3.0 Findings The Japanese business culture has been described by Beedham as a
culture that acts like a clan, in that there is a large amount of authority
given to the man at the top, and in the commitment that is shown by the peop .....
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Confucian Values And Japan's Industrialization
<view this essay>.... a pliant populace who were
willing to accept long hours and low wages and not question government policies.
The traditions of Confucianism taught workers not to question authority. These
traditions carried over into the post war period and allowed authoritarian
regimes in the four little dragons to go unquestioned by the public. This lack
of dissent allowed the four little dragons to have stable governments which were
critical to investment and industrialization. The stability of these nations was
a direct result of Confucian values being indoctrinated into the population.
Confucian placement of the group over the individual and strong belief in filial
piety .....
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Economics: Turn Around Is Fair Game
<view this essay>.... billion-dollar trade deficit for fiscal year 1996.
The American people must demand reciprocal trade agreements for overseas
business competitors. Complimentary trading would; put an end to subsidized
dumping, curb the loss of manufacturing jobs, and, tear down the barriers
associated with free trade.
The practice of selling items at a price less than what it costs to make
them is called dumping. Foreign governments subsidize the manufacturing
processes of certain industries so their companies can displace the
competition's industry. The television industry is a perfect example of
subsidized dumping. The post World War II infusion of subsidized Japanese-made .....
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