Singapore

Introduction A firm’s existence is to maximize profits for shareholders. In order to achieve that, firms seek to reduce cost while enhancing growth. Modern technology has enabled the market to be more efficient and firms may benefit with lower cost for externalizing certain activities. However, in “The Nature of the Firm” Coase (1937) argued on the cost efficiency of using the market compared to using the firm. Firms are often caught in a dilemma of vertical integration or utilizing available…

Evidence from Singapore,” researchers intended to answer whether genetics or the environment in a child’s early life determines its intelligence and if so, to what extent. The study was composed of 662 children between the ages 7 to 9; 342 children from a bottom-ranked north-eastern school and 320 from top-ranked south-eastern and western schools. This longitudinal study took place in Singapore, started in 1999, and was carried out over a period of 3 years, throughout which The Singapore Cohort…

scenario involves establishing the mental capacity of a particular patient according to the Mental Capacity Act. The basic principles in guiding ethical dilema will also be discussed that is autonomy, beneficence, normalificience and justice. In Singapore, patients are protected with an act called “Mental Capacity Act”. This act explains that one shall be assume…

Entering year 13, the business strategy for DigitalMax will be the same as the strategy used in year 12, which was to sell a lower grade AC camera to compete with other companies that cornered the market of low-end camera sales and produce and sell a UAV drone with the highest quality possible to target government agencies and other customers that desire a high quality product. This strategy has paid off well for our company and has enabled us to increase market share in all four markets for the…

The changing foreign policy and alliances during World War 2 (1939-1945) saw Australia begin to shift its dependence from Britain to the United States of America (USA), due to threatening attacks from Japan, consequently impacting Australia’s participation in the war and the shaping of the nation’s policies and identity. As the Axis forces continued to advance with Japan at the forefront, threat toward Australia grew and the country questioned their connection with their ‘Mother Country’.…

is none other than Pokemon Go. Walking along the streets, one can safely say that more than 50% of the people that pass by have their eyes glued to their phone screen, and obviously on Pokemon Go. People spend many hours in the sweltering heat of Singapore, catching the virtual pokemons. People are oblivious to their surroundings and the only thing that runs through them is the exciting thrill that comes with the chase. The success of Pokemon Go is another example of how technological advances…

Ostracism; a technique exercised to manage societies. Ostracism can be defined as a form of social control, in which the general mass utilizes exclusion. WWII is a historical example of ostracism. Adolf Hitler had a desire to develop one race and one religion in Germany: the pure Aryan race. The Aryan race can be described as having, blonde hair, blue or green eyes, and fair skin. Hitler used violence, or in other words, the threat of violence, to exclude Jews from a “pure” Germany. Hitler used…

Cyberbullying takes place when individual harassment or damage is achieved in a deliberate, continual and an aggressive manner by means of using electronic communications via social media sites and messaging applications, on computers and handheld devices. Cyberbullying is commonly categorised under 8 different types. The first type is impersonation of an individual upon conveying or posting untrue or nasty messages online is one such type. Secondly, when the sending of online malicious messages…

Predominantly occupied by Malays and some Chinese, it was one of the oldest settlements in Singapore and believed to have existed for over two centuries. Being a coastal region, villagers reared farm animals and traded fish, vegetables and fruit. Even at the height of Singapore’s development during the 1970s, villagers resisted moving out, as Kampung…

developed. Sweatshops have transformed the economy of many underdeveloped countries to developed ones. Not a long ago, Hong-Kong and Singapore were having a number of sweatshops. These sweatshops improved their condition to the extent that now they are one of the most important economies of world. “Those are precisely the jobs that were the stepping stone for Singapore and Hong Kong, and are the jobs that have…