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Abstract This paper examines the relationship between Foreign Direct Investment and Gross Domestic Product or economic growth of China. To establish the relationship between the two variables, the paper analysed concluded research works, carefully examined the country’s FDI trends and linked them to the country’s GDP growth over the last 15 years extending from 1990 to 2004. It also explored the country’s trade volume for the same period, both inflows and outflows. The conclusions of the analysis show a direct relationship between FDI and GDP growth of the country. Introduction Foreign Direct Investments are the instruments of inflows, both cash and non-cash, into a country from trading and cooperating partners. The role of Foreign Direct Investments to a country’s growth is vital. Even though all countries benefit from Foreign Direct Investments, developing nations benefit the most. Foreign Direct Investments fulfill a nation’s short-term capital deficiency and contributes to the host nation’s capital as well. According to Hossain and Mohammad (2012, p. 9), Foreign Direct Investment “…is not only about investment, but also about transfer of technology, training, skills and other relevant materials.” Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) has accelerated employment in host countries, raised level of productivity, introduced advanced technological knowhow to the host countries, and boosted the countries’ export and import. Multinational corporations operating in the host countries propel most FDI activities. The spillover effects of these large companies commanding huge sums of money benefit the host nation’s population and economy in many ways. The benefits of FDI to a nation cannot be denied. Just as other nations struggle to boost their level of FDI, China has not been left behind. In fact, over the last few years, China’s reputation as a global business hotspot has greatly increased. Large and medium businesses have expanded their capital involvement in China to have a share of its lucrative market. This rush for China’s market can be attributed to steady economic growth, favorable business environment, relatively low production costs, and sound economic policies. The country’s GDP has also grown tremendously. According to Neelankavil and Rai (2009, p. 142), “recent studies overwhelmingly show a positive relationship between FDI and trade,” which calls for a careful analysis of trade trends if FDI patterns are to be accurately established. Additionally, the growth in the country’s FDI has been accompanied by a significant growth in its GDP. This calls for the analysis of the existing relationship between FDI and GDP growth. Literature Review The growth of FDI has been growing steadily over the last few decades (Rotberg 2008). Considering the numerous accepted effects of FDI on the economies of host countries, a more detailed a
Introduction The internet is an information superhighway that has virtually transformed traditional practices in all sectors throughout the globe. One area that has adopted and integrated internet capabilities is marketing. Organizations are now able to create awareness of their products or services without facing physical challenges because of the internet. This paper analyzes internet marketing at Netflix. Netflix is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies. The Internet Marketing Possibilities for Netflix Netflix is a global leader in as far as internet television network is concerned. Viewers from all parts of the globe are able to stream video content from Netflix’s website and enjoy their desired movies without facing challenges caused by physical barriers, such as distance or limited DVDs (Nash, 2004). The company has worked towards securing and maintaining partnerships with significant industry players, including Walt Disney, Paramount, as well as Warner Bros. Such arrangements that enable the company to work in collaboration with television and movie producer provide an opportunity for the firm to have a wider selection of content. In turn, this wide content has enabled Netflix to attract a huge global customer base of 33 million, with the numbers still growing (Overview, n.d.). To further increase its internet marketing performance, Netflix has tackled government policies, such as The Video Privacy Protection Act whose existence denied video tape service providers of disclosing information about the customer without obtaining the latter’s consent (Wade, 2010). This has led to the modernization of the VPPA, thus providing Netflix members with the freedom to share movies that they have streamed
Introduction International security has become a matter of concern to many states worldwide including the United States. Without efficient security, investment is jeopardized. The American government in its quest to protecting its people has put in place measures to guarantee and stability. The biggest challenge to the efforts being made is terrorism that is being carried out by the individuals of Middle Eastern Origin. The United States as a world’s super power has the responsibility of maintaining peace both nationally and internationally. It has been the super power since the end of the cold war in early 1990. Super power is a synonym of pole meaning the pole of power. Polarity is a combination of economic strength, technological power, cultural domination, political might and diplomatic capability. All these combine to give the United States needed power to control the world. The American government therefore has more responsibilities than keeping its citizens safe. It has to control the world politically, economically and socio-culturally (Stephen, 2004). To perform all these functions, it has to ensure that security is maintained at all costs. The American government employs various techniques including making use of its diplomats in other states to collect information on world security. It naturally follows that the revolution in the Arab states and continued feuds proves to be a matter of great concern to the super power. Other states that rely on the Arab states for fuel and other products from fuel depend on the United States for action since they do not have the ability to intervene. The Arab states are strategic in that they are endowed with massive natural resources. Their resource base makes them behave in a way that can destabilize world security. Analysis of Arab States Behavior of Leaders in Arab States The leaders in these states are non-democratic; they exercise autocracy. Rarely do they consult the people they represent. Dictators never follow the laid down rules in form of the constitution. They practice risk-taking meaning they enjoy when other people suffer; they are sadists (Hala, 1997, p. 100). The leaders never cede power in any electioneering process even if the age comes calling. The old leaders are conservative and pretend to be wise; they do not pave way for young leaders who are innovative, revolutionary and experimental. Usually, the leaders from these countries have poor health, which end up affecting their level of concentration. It is proven that health conditions such as brain problems and heart conditions affect an individual’s level of concentration, for example, the American President Wilson Woodrow suffered from cardio-vascular disease that made him intolerant to advice. These leaders normally have troubled childhood
Introduction The name of the Company under discussion in this report is Tesco. The Company was found in Cheshunt, United Kingdom. It is a multinational organisation dealing with grocery and general retail merchandise. In terms of revenue, it is ranked as the third largest retail merchandise in the world after Wal-Mart and Carrefour. In terms of profits, it us ranked the second after Wal-Mart stores. Its main market is in the United Kingdom but it has grocery stores in more than 13 countries in various parts of the world. The Company’s mission is to be acknowledged by its customers as the premier drilling services Company (Tesco 2013) while the vision statement is to become a customer’s strategic partner in the elimination of non-productive time. The three core values of the organisation include ethics, compliance and safety. Others include performance; discipline and team work (Tesco 2013). The Company’s corporate social responsibility is aimed at helping people support high standards of life through the provision of low prices for all the goods and services. It also contributes some of its pre-tax profits to charity work. For example, in 2006, it contributed 1.8% of its pre-tax profit to charity work (McLoughlin & Aaker, 201
Two people raised in the same life circumstances still demonstrate unique personalities and can even have antagonistic psychological features. To some extent, Shakespeare’s Hamlet illustrates this point by introducing Hamlet and Laertes, the characters that had quite similar experiences when growing up but developed drastically different characteristics when it comes to thinking and acting. This paper argues that both characters enjoy enormous opportunities in life and have deep spiritual connections with their fathers, but the reaction to stress is what makes them dissimilar. Hamlet and Laertes have some things in common, but they refer to their life experiences and challenging situations instead of the actual personality traits. The first similarity between them is being descended from an honorable family, which involves nurture with an emphasis on family values and ethical principles. Unlike their poorer fellow countrymen, Hamlet and Laertes are not expected to work untiringly just to make a living and be able to support themselves. Being the royal counselor’s son, Laertes has access to good education and other opportunities for personal development (Bross 30). As a prince, Hamlet is also granted these prizes of life. Instead of working without letup, as poor citizens do, the prince is involved in fighting for his place in the sun in a different way. He has to have a well-developed intelligence and a sharp feel for dishonesty and plotting behind the scenes to avoid losing all of his power. Apart from sharing similarities lin
Introduction Whales are marine creatures, as well as sea mammals. The species are referred to as cetaceans and include species like blue, spear and killer whales. The most prolific characteristic of a whale is the size. In recent times, whale hunting has endangered the creatures, and their population has reduced drastically since the 17th century. Whaling is referred to as whale hunting and involves extracting meat and fat from the creatures. Since the 17th century, whaling took a new twist when the concept became a mainstream commercial activity. It was not until 1986 that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) banned the activity due to reduced whale population (WSPA, 2014). The ban was based on numerous negative environmental impacts that this industry posed. However, it is vital that the balance of whales existing in the ecosystem be maintained. In this regard, whales must exist in their natural habitats without human interference. Living whales Whales are an important element for the regulation of the marine food chain. In this regard, the flow of energy and the biological pump of marine life depend on the whales’ survival. Some of the species like the blue whale play a crucial role in regulating the population of the krill. The krill exists in millions, and this determines how other creatures, as well as marine plants, survive. In this regard, one blue whale is alleged to consume an average of 40 million krill in a single day (Whale Facts, 2014). On the other hand, the large population of blue whales would cause complete extinction of the krill population. It is important to note that whales are at the top of the ocean food chain. Therefore, whaling affects the rest of the animals in the food chain. For example, other sea creatures become endangered by human activity once the whale population becomes extinct. When whales are alive, their contribution to making the environment healthy and clean for other marine animals and plants is significant. In this context, whale excrement is alleged to be environment-friendly. Marine researchers allege that the whale excrement supports ocean life, such as the phytoplankton (Whale Facts, 2014). To be precise, the excrement is nutritious and allows phytoplankton to grow and provide food to other marine creatures. In this context, carbon dioxide is trapped by phytoplankton from the atmosphere. Therefore, this has a positive impact on the surrounding environment, which remains healthy from carbon and allows both the land and water to be clean. From a scientific perspective, at least 400,000 tons of carbon are trapped by phytoplankton. Dead whales Dead whales are important to marine life as well. Considering that whales are large-sized mammals, their bodies are a source of food to other creatures.
Many are the, times outsiders suffer afflictions following their ‘being new’ in society. It is worthy noting that these are the very people the society later trusts and relies on on its vital development project. George Elliot, in his Silas Marner tale, proves this fact. He uses a major character, Silas, who is currently living in Raveloe village as an outsider. His life in this village is not as one can imagine, but as the narrative unfolds, he later becomes the village’s cornerstone. Though Silas becomes an outsider following the false accusations said against him by his church, he is later the most trusted and the beloved insider of the village following his adoption of Eppie, a girl child whose love and trust to Silas, makes her refuse her biological father, Godfrey as explained below. Silas is a skilled linen weaver living in a lonely place as an outsider from the town of ‘North ard,’ living in the village of Raveloe. In his former town, he stands out as a man, young and zealous of faith and one whose character is worthy imitating. His former place is subjugated by a particular group of religious people who frequently meet in the ‘Lantern-Yard,’ a place destined for worship services. Silas is then a devoted member of this yard. His misconceived fainting in the church one night marks the beginning of his troubles in this place. His friend William posits that this scenario is more of a devil’s visitation than a favor from God (15). This is no more than the root cause of Silas migration from his ‘North ard’ region to Raveloe as the following scenario expounds. One night in his work-shift as he is nursing one of sick senior Lantern-Yard deacon, he realizes that it is almost dawn, but little does he know that it is the dawn of his false accusation. As he explains to the church about William, who among other church members falsely accuses him, he says, “there is no God that governs the earth righteously, but a God of lies, that bears witness against the innocent” (Elliot 20). These words dictate his departure, not only from God but also from his place. Following the presented evidence of a knife and the empty money bags found in his house, the church declares him a thief, having stolen its church money from the sick deacon. Angered by this and knowing very well it is false, he denounces his God and leaves for Raveloe anyway. He is now an insider of this village as explained below. Angry of the church conflicts, Silas moves to Raveloe village, as an insider. His life is not significantly different from his previous. Afflictions have become his daily dose. “the Power in which he had vainly trusted among the streets and in the prayer-meetings, was very far away from this land in which he had taken refuge, where men lived in careless abundance, knowing and needing nothing of that trust, which, for him, had been turned to bitterness” (Elliot 23). This shows the kind of life he is living. He is lonely, his money and gold is stolen, and none se
Personally, I have not experienced episodes of incivility or bullying in my workplace. However, I have witnessed recurring situations where more experienced healthcare professionals dealt in a rather humiliating manner with less experienced nurses. I often had to talk to the nurses after such events, and it was noticeable how emotionally stressful it was for them. Such events led to disruption of communication in the team and a tense atmosphere, which reduced the level of comfort significantly. It is also noteworthy that on the part of the leadership, these episodes sometimes went unnoticed or remained unaddressed. The problem of bullying and incivility in a clinical setting can negatively affect the quality of care provided, so it needs to be managed. One of the approaches is personnel training, including education, communication in conflicts, the practice of active response to incivility (Armstrong, 2018). Cognitive rehearsals and role-play activities, which allow nurses to model and rehearse responses in episodes of incivility, are also effective strategies (Armstrong, 2018). Additionally, team-building programs can be used, but they are not essential to the success of the approach (Armstrong, 2018). Thus, the emphasis when addressing the problem should be placed on improving interpersonal relationships within the team, as well as on the training of behavioral defense skills. Incivility or bullying can have a negative impact on patient safety as it puts stress on nurses. Medical professionals may experience emotional aversion due to these episodes, which reduces their performance in the clinical setting. Additionally, Alquwez (2020) notes that “problematic communication among healthcare team members could lead to adverse events and medical errors, which could harm patients” (p. 297). This factor is the most significant, as it leads to a systematic decrease in the quality of care and patient safety.
This paper will analyze the content of a health website that is used to manage health information. Authority Cerner is a big company that has been there for many years. It is a household name in many healthcare systems. Cerner Software is a health care management system that was developed by Cerner Corporation. Cerner Corporation was developed in 1979 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. The company has all its modules in one platform, called Cerner Millennium 2007. The modules range from administration, financial, and clinical. The company also designs individual systems which include laboratory systems and records management. This way, the clients are able to purchase individual modules and are not compelled to buy the whole system (Poissant et al, 2005). Cerner provides training and support for all their clients so that there is smooth running of their systems at any given time. The source of information is the directors and the public relations department of the company itself. Objectivity The content of the website is easily swayed by the corporation. This is because the information and the whole website are owned by Cerner Corporation. This corporation deals with medicine and health information and services worldwide. Cerner as a company has been in existence for a long time. They, therefore, have control of information on the website. There are no adverts on the website. The website is flat with no adverts toned on it. The author of the website can easily be identified. This is so given the fact that the website belongs to a well-known corporation. One can easily identify the person who did the website by going to the contact us page. Coverage The website covers every aspect of health information. It has an online record system that is used to track the health information of the company. There is a lot of information that is tracked on the website. What is more, it has a database. The data for this information system range from ambulatory, inpatient, and payer environments. The database is the foundation of its big repository of applications. The databases are designed so that it provides scalability (Poissant et al, 2005). The fine-tuning that was made to it was to endure that the response times were greatly reduced within the hospital and that data integration would be improved within the hospital What With Cerner, the security has been implemented from the authentication of the people using the s
Ageism is a global problem of discriminating and stereotyping people based on their age. It contributes to prejudice in society, causing a psychological impact on individuals and creating biased attitudes toward certain populations (Ayalon & Tesch-Römer, 2018). Media is often responsible for stereotyping different age groups, in particular, older adults. This paper aims to discuss two examples of ageism and one example of a positive characterization of the elderly in the media. Cliches and stereotypes about older adults in advertising cause negative attitudes in people as they present unrealistic and out-of-touch messages to the audience. For example, “This Is Getting Old” is an advertisement by E-Trade that depicts older adults working jobs they hate and cannot perform because they have not managed to save enough for retirement (Advertising TV, 2018). This stereotypical video is ageist because it supports bias and discrimination against older workers, people struggling financially, and the elderly in general. Another example of ageism is an advertisement, “Dear Young People, Don’t Vote,” where older adults urge the youth not to vote (NAIL Communications, 2018). This video is ageist because it portrays the elderly as a selfish, indifferent, and uncaring category, which is inaccurate and discriminative. A positive example includes an advertisement by DocMorris, where an older man persistently exercises to lift his granddaughter to help her put a star on top of the Christmas tree (Sport for Business, 2020). This video is respectful, supportive, and heartwarming as it pictures an older individual who can achieve goals and live a fulfilling life. To conclude, ageism has harmful effects on the perception of older people in society. Bad examples of the elderly’s media portrayal discussed in this paper devalue the abilities of older people. Besides, they form negative attitudes towards aging in society, even though this process is natural. However, there are also positive examples not marked by ageism. They do not promote misconceptions and bias, helping form a healthier and more supportive attitude to this age group in society.