In terms of professional experience, starting 2008 I had the privilege to work in Citibank Romania, a competitive and multicultural company that allowed me to put in practice the knowledge I gained as a student of the Academy of Economic Studies in Bucharest. ... I am also fully aware that becoming successful in the business environment requires hard work and continuous exposure to activities that will further develop my managerial and entrepreneurial instincts, communication techniques, decision making and theoretical understanding of finance, marketing, and accounting concepts. ...

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Intangible factors of production are subject to network effects and the contrary economic laws such as the law of increasing returns.[11] Social Capital[edit] Social capital is often hard to define, but to one textbook it is "the stock of trust, mutual understanding, shared values, and socially held knowledge that facilitates the social coordination of economic activity.... One can acquire social capital through purposeful actions and can transform social capital into conventional economic gains. ...

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As a result of globalisation being a mainstay in the political realm and rhetoric, it is imperative that an understanding of globalisation is made in order to grasp the reality and acknowledge how the Khilafah state would survive in these new economic conditions that beset us in the twenty first century. ... It is therefore important to gain an understanding of globalisation so we as Muslims realise that not only is the Khilafah the solution for the Ummah today but in fact will be able to survive and withstand the new economic environment she will stand in. ... It is this very understandi...

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China has been a remarkably successful economy since its adaptation of market-oriented reforms in 1978. The country's real GDP growth has averaged about 9% each year from 1979 to the present (Naughton, 1995). Vietnam has also gone through a terrific economic development after the country's transitio...

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Liberal thought values individual freedom and tends to be optimistic about the potential for mutual gains in human interaction, including under globalization. ... Globalization has helped to reduce transport and transaction costs so the potential gains from specialization are increased. ... Fundamental to all, however, is a considerable skepticism concerning the liberal emphasis on mutual gains from economic interaction. Marxists concentrate less on efficiency gains (though many accept these may take place) and focus more on how changing production provides new kinds of economic power that can...

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Existing novel products may help market players in gaining access to fresh markets that were unapproachable in the past. ... For this reason, it might be recommendable to first evaluate the risks of a proposed fresh commodity before emphasizing on the gains. ...

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About my in-class writing submission in week 2 tutorial about my understanding of the need of engage in responsible commerce, it is just a superficial discussion. ... The notion of diminishing marginal utility of income suggests that these dividends would have resulted in relatively small utility gains. ...

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Article Reviews As editor of the book, "Exploring Post-Development," Aram Ziai provides an introductory look at the discussions of post-development theory, taking a cursory look at the various arguments for, or against, post-development. Ziai expertly delivers an overview of the post-development movement, having arisen in the 1980s as a response to the dissatisfaction with the concept and practice of "development" already in place. Ziai more or less defines this movement as placing an emphasis on alternatives to development via grassroots, local and regional movements. Alongside su...

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Adam Smith was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland in 1723. His father died before he was born and was raised by his mother. He attended Glasgow University for three years and later on went to Balliol College, Oxford for the next six years of his life. Afterwards, he decided to return to Kirkcadly in ...

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Adam Smith Economics is a science that most people practice everyday. Economics is the social science dealing with the use of scarce resources to obtain the maximum satisfaction of society's unlimited economic wants. Many of the ideologies of the modern world have been shaped by prominent ...

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