Preliminary results of a survey undertaken by Oxfam Australia on the social impact of the global economic crisis on families in Vanuatu found that this impact has been negligible. The biggest impact reported by families was in fact from the global food crisis of late 2007 and 2008, which has affected in particular urban families more reliant on imported rice and flour for daily sustenance, and ...

Corporate entrepreneurship is a growing field of study that has been gaining ground in recent decades. Entrepreneurship exists in large and stable organizations and small and medium enterprises. Therefore, entrepreneurial business form include entrepreneurial practices in organizations, profit-making practices, and opportunity recognition. Also, entrepreneurship encourages competition in the en...

Not long ago, everyone was talking about the New Economy. Recent events — notably the global economic slowdown and a possible impending war — have crowded out discussions of the New Economy. To be sure, some of the rosy scenarios portrayed at the time — most notably, that the New Economy portended the end of the business cycle — seem curiously dated. Indeed, in terms of the gap between the econ...

As to the global warming, China has confidence in the development of the economy by bearing responsibility and obligation toward curbing global warming, which at this time can be achieved by reducing carbon emissions. Industry is an important material production department in the national economy, and plays a leading role in the national economy. Chinese industrial production is mainly based on...

Recent years saw the global wave of new low-carbon economy which is a strategic measure to cope with global warming, and it has gained concerns from many governments. As the representatives of developing countries, China is responsible for “common but distinguishing duty for global climate change.” Many policies have been made to develop low-carbon economy with the hope to advocate and innovate...

Recent years saw the global wave of new low-carbon economy which is a strategic measure to cope with global warming, and it has gained concerns from many governments. As the representatives of developing countries, China is responsible for “common but distinguishing duty for global climate change.” Many policies have been made to develop low-carbon economy with the hope to advocate and innovate...

Introduction: The Linchpin of the Global Economy Transportation is one of the least visible, but critical components of the global economy by supporting a wide array of movements of passengers and freight between nations. Freight transportation is particularly unnoticed even if globalization depends on the trade of raw materials, parts and finished products. The substantial diversity, availabil...

 The excess liquidity of the open economy has become one main factor influencing the monetary markets, financial markets and even the whole macroeconomic. In era of the post-crisis, many countries have implemented the loose monetary policies, especially the quantitative easing policy in the U.S. which worsened the situation of the excess liquidity. Under this background, it will be more meaning...

To determine the directions of managing the intellectual capital of a university, the authors studied the impact of the knowledge economy on the education sector, analysed the most prestigious international rankings of universities and their criteria and methodologies, assessed the current state and prospects of Ukrainian universities in global rankings. The study of theoretical developments ha...