Essays about: "today world economic crisis"

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  1. 11. A new index of welfare - An econometric approach on a new index of welfare generated with principal component analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Johan Edfeldt; [2010]
    Keywords : Welfare; Well-being; Principal Component Analysis PCA ; Cluster analysis; 1960-2008; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to generate a wider measurement of welfare by carefully chosen variables in mainly three different areas: economic, socio-economic and environment in order to generate a welfare index which describes the world yesterday, today and tomorrow. Method: With the Principal Component Analysis 14 variables from 115 coun-tries are studied and verified and analyzed with regression models, clus-ter analysis and time series analysis. READ MORE

  3. 12. TRIGGERS OF ACUTE CHANGES IN ETHICAL ATTITUDE : Do Honour Codes cause Priming Effects?

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för management

    Author : Dr. David Kitz Krämer; [2009]
    Keywords : honour codes; ethical conduct; priming effects; mere-exposure effect;

    Abstract : The recent turbulences that led to a global financial crisis have partially been triggered by immoral and overly egoistic behaviour. In the wake of the disaster many have asked, and keep asking, how a sustainable and socially fair economy can be build. Ethics is one of the cornerstones of human interaction in general and in economic interaction. READ MORE

  4. 13. Clean Energy Scenario for Nepal

    University essay from KTH/Industriell ekologi

    Author : Pushkar K Srivastav; [2008]
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    Abstract : The focus of this study was to develop energy futures under different growthconditions in Nepal for 2050 and describes how the sustainable energy supply can bemade by using backcasting method to develop scenarios.The major distinguishingcharacteristic of backcasting analysis is a concern, not with what futures are likely tohappen, but with how desirable futures can be attained. READ MORE

  5. 14. Why compulsory licensing of genetically modified food will not be a possible way of fighting world hunger

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Agering; [2007]
    Keywords : Immaterialrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Over 800 million people in the developing world are affected by chronic hunger today. Hunger reduction is necessary for accelerating development and poverty reduction. It has been argued that genetically modified food (GM food) could be the solution to the third world hunger problem. READ MORE

  6. 15. Contribution of Tourism to the Sustainable Development of the Local Community : Case Studies of Alanya and Dubrovnik

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Sektionen för teknokultur, humaniora och samhällsbyggnad

    Author : Ana Beban; Huseyin Ok; [2006]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Sustainable Tourism; Impacts of Tourism; Mass Tourism; Cultural Tourism;

    Abstract : The Mediterranean is the world’s number one tourist destination and the biggest tourism region in the world, which has been visited by 260 million tourists in 1990 and what is more, it is expected that this number will increase to 655 million by the year 2025. In the last 10 years Croatia and Turkey became two of the most popular Mediterranean destinations, and joined the trend of a growing number of European cities that are promoting the development of tourism in order to overcome the post-industrial crisis, or as in the case of Croatia, the post-war crisis. READ MORE