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INTRO With the rise of the Asian Tigers, the world’s attention has shifted to the East in terms of growth prospects and economic potential. Similar to other Asian countries, India has possessed the right ingredients for this transformation. However, because of its combination of a closed economy and a democratic government, changes were slow to come. India is in a different place now; it has been growing rapidly: inflation has eased, international investors are bullish on India and the Modi…

Abstract: In late 2009, Toyota Motor Corporation came into the bad light of the U.S. media and became the subject of scrutiny before the U.S. House of Representative committee after the emergence of many cases of deaths, accidents and injuries. These cases of death and injuries were majorly attributed to accidents that resulted from the problems of sudden and uncontrolled acceleration of its cars, including the popular models in the U.S market like Corolla and Camry. Even after the Toyota’s…

1. Compare catching-up patterns in the semiconductor industry between South Korea and Taiwan. What are their relative merits and demerits? Introduction The Gerschenkron model is a framework that views the catching up process of countries in the “historical and comparative perspective” (Shin, 2005). It states that the differences in the degree of backwardness affects the strategies and institutions undertaken by the countries. However, while South Korea and Taiwan were both extremely backward…

I. Different ends of Japan’s postwar era The death of emperor Hirohito in 1989 is often considered as the end of Japan’s postwar era. Because the emperor is the symbol of the nation during wartime and the immediate postwar period. His death marked the fading of the elder generation. Moreover, other facts in the late 1980s and early 1990s could also be counted as the end of postwar. The shrinking support of the LDP since the early 1970s finally led to its lost of majority in HOC election in…

All of the above are valid reasons for globalizing operations. http://www.scribd.com/doc/37278190/Test-Bank-for-Heizer-Operations-Management-9e 66. NAFTA seeks to a. substitute cheap labor in Mexico for expensive labor in the United States b. curb illegal immigration from Mexico to the United States c. phase out all trade and tariff barriers between the United States and Mexico d. phase out all trade and tariff barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico e. All of the…