Curriculum Development Essay

Introduction As the threats of climate change have increased, so has research on alternative energy. Alternative energy differs from classic fuel sources (i.e. coal, shale, natural gas) because it uses natural resources that has the ability to be consistently replaced; thus it is also termed “renewable energy.” “Biofuels” are a specific class of renewable energy that refers to biomass (versus other natural resources like sunlight) or harvested metabolites from living organisms that can be…

Editor Comments: The paper effectively highlights a research gap on the interesting topic of service innovation. In addition, the paper makes a theoretical contribution concerning economic theory of globalization (Huttons and Giddens, 2001). On a constructive note, the unit of analysis needs to be clarified and the mix of top journal articles in the literature review needs improvement. A flaw in the paper is the lack of a conceptual model which would depict relationships between constructs and…

• My topic is nuclear energy and my proposal is that the Unites States should utilize nuclear energy as the nation’s main power source. My research goals include finding statistics of refueling cycles and the reliability of nuclear, coal and gas power plants. In addition, I plan on finding what nuclear energy is and how it is produced. Furthermore, I need to understand the cost of building and running nuclear, coal and gas plants annually. The most important research goal is to find…

Market-oriented theory is based on the economic development and people making their own economic decisions. Dependency theories are based on the economic development and the countries exploitations of the wealthier countries. The Market- Oriented theory believes that unrestricted capitalism will lead to economic growth. They think that government should not…

As I walked into my interview with Dr. Lisa Calvano, I did not have the impression that research took in any part of business management. After having a meeting with her, I learned exactly how important research is to the discipline. Research in business management is a systematic investigation that helps to answer complications within businesses. Research in the field contributes to management understanding and knowledge. Information from research is usually produced by the classical methods:…

Many have been debating whether Ontario has made the right decision or not. Ontario has decided to build 2 new nuclear units at Darlington along with 10 refurbishments at Darlington, Bruce, and Pickering. $33-billion will be spent on nuclear energy and $27-billion for renewable energy along with $12-billion on conservation. Ontario has proudly stopped using coal for electricity in 2014 and currently has 2 nuclear, 65 hydro, and 3 thermal fleets. These three types of energy have been used…

Why is there no similarity in growth if countries have the same tools, such as access to resources and historical and social context? According to the CIA Fact book, the data shows that countries do not expand their standard of living at the same pace as each other (263). Countries such as Saudi Arabia and North America have achieved higher living standards than countries in Asia, South America and Africa. Some of the reasons for this difference in economics is that some countries do not change…

A discussion about the Randfontein municipality and what challenges it is faced with when coming to the Local Economic Development (LED). Randfontein is based in the west side of Johannesburg, it falls under the West Rand District Municipality (WRDM). According to ( Reich, 1991) “ suitable economic policies could cure all economic problems by stimulating local economic development to create better human and financial capital flows”. South African government has developed a policy in which all…

In the 1980’s, there was a shift to a new kind of development often termed an alternate development. The establishment of the Brundtland Commission paved the pathway for future aggressive plans designed to combat the environmental problems being faced globally. (WCED,1987).Prior to the 1980s, economies were in the rebuilding phase and recovering from years of warfare, civil unrest and other social issues. These countries had a universal goal, economic recovery, regardless of the implications…

From 1991 until the end of 2012, globally installed capacity has increased from about 2GW [1] to over 31GW [2], with an annual growth rate of about 2%. With this increasing focus on sustainable development and the rise in popularity of, renewable energy generation, as a clean energy source, it is predicted that the worldwide installed wind capacity will be more than double by 2012 and 2020 [3]. Rapid advances in wind turbine technology and materials…