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Category Archives: Global Articles
The Law of the Land – A Primer on Jurisdiction
At the core of modern legal systems is jurisdiction, an ancient legal concept which means ‘to speak the law.’ However, the legal definition of jurisdiction and the common lay understanding of jurisdiction are not the same. In fact, there are multiple types of jurisdiction which differentiate between time, space and people. The colloquial understanding of jurisdiction refers to `the power’ of an institution, such as a Sheriff, to take a certain action (as in one having ‘jurisdiction’ to do something). This is only obliquely related to the core concept of legal jurisdiction. The second colloquial understanding of jurisdiction refers to the purview of one’s authority (`this is outside my jurisdiction’) and is also an extension of its legal concept, but actually is more consistent with state authority and the police power than jurisdiction proper. Continue reading
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Will Burundi make it in time to join the East African Monetary Union?
Burundi formally joined the East African Community (EAC) in 2007. The EAC is an intergovernmental organization with its headquarter in Arusha, Tanzania. The other member countries are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda (www.eac.int).
Burundi – a francophone African nation – is situated between Rwanda, Tanzania and the DRC Congo. It has a population of approximately 7 Million People. There are three major ethnic groups in Burundi- Tutsi 14%, Hutu, 85% and Twa.1%. Traditionally, Tutsis were considered to be a Royal Tribe, known as Abaganwa. Continue reading
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The Significance of Education in Afghanistan
Over 30 years of war and instability have ruined the infrastructure of all spheres of Afghan life. Education has probably been the sector that has sustained the most devastation in Afghanistan. Educating the Afghan populace – especially the young generation – is a critical facet toward engendering enduring peace and stability, alleviating endemic poverty, and resuscitating economic growth in the country. Continue reading
Early Childhood Education and Global Business
It is generally acknowledged that American Academics, educators, business leaders and the general populace espouse the internationalization of U.S. Business school curricula in higher education as imperatives for the continued future and increased expansion of the global business frontier. Proposals from many esteemed educational institutions, community business leaders and other major governmental bodies around the globe have recognized the inevitability of international market globalization. Continue reading
The debilitating effect of U.S. Education on Global Business
As we move into the second decade of this new millennium, American business leaders cannot afford to limit themselves to considerations pertaining only to their domestic environment. 2010 continued to produce a vastly expanded range of cross-continental commerce, making it imperative for any effective American business leader – and his staff – to possess a global mindset. Continue reading
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Global Coal Mining Considerations
Oil and natural gas significantly reduced the usage of coal in home heating. This change caused the United States, and other developed countries to focus on the acquisition of oil and natural gas as cleaner burning technologies. An article published in Technology Review by MIT opines that Developing nations like China have continued to mine and burn coal at Continue reading
Global HR Management
Modern Multinational corporations are synonymous with globalization. In all of their far-flung operations therefore, they accrue a responsibility to be good corporate, and global, citizens. Among other considerations it is the belief of this writer that they must be their purpose to preserve the environment, to uphold labor standards, to provide decent working conditions and competitive Continue reading
Political Risk Analysis
Not long ago Warren Buffet the world renowned American business expert and head of Berkshire Hathaway said: “When the economic tide goes out, you find out who is swimming naked.” Certainly the financial upheaval of the last few years has revealed a number of inadequately clad investors. Continue reading
