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Brain Drain There Are Several
Pages: 2 Words: 638

The later will likely stay far longer with the company, having invested their time into the company in far broader ways (Fox, 2007).
However, the two most important steps a company may take to increase the chances of longevity in employees are: a systematized, regular, and balanced training program; and, spend some time and effort examining the actual motivational patterns of employees. For many, it is not all about salary, but maybe work environment, flexibility, dress code, or a host of other items that might be as simple as changing chairs or desks? Now, with e-learning so available, employees may take classes online that will not only improve their skills within their job of the day, but, more important, broaden their intellectual sphere of knowledge and bring valued information back into the workplace (Frauenheim, 2007).

Of course, it is not as simple as establishing formal and informal learning environments, of providing…...

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REFERENCES and WORKS CONSULTED

Buhler, P. (2007). "Managing in the New Millenium: Ten Keys to Better Hiring."

Supervision. (4): 17-20.

Fisher, a. (July 19, 2006). "How to Plug Your Company's Brain Drain."

Fortune. Cited in:  http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2006/07/24/8381688/

Essay
Impacts of Brain Drain in Both Developed and Developing Economies
Pages: 13 Words: 4068

Brain Drain in both Developed and Developing Economies:
Brain drain defines as the personnel migration in the search of better standards of living and an expected quality of life, which includes accessible advanced technologies, better paid jobs and sometimes a more stable political condition in different places around the world. The professionals who migrate for better work opportunities, both locally and internationally are victims of the growing concerns of unstable economic systems in most developing countries. Why do talented people choose to move abroad? What areas are affected by such migrations especially the educational sector? Which policies can stem such movements from developing countries to developed countries? (Samuelson. 2004).

Economic drain is experienced when there is a migration of skilled resources for education, trade, etc. Trained human resource is a requirement everywhere in the world. However, better living standards, attractive salaries, access to modern technology and a more stable governmental environment…...

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What Brain Regions Are Activated by Emotional Stimuli
Pages: 7 Words: 2088

brain regions are activated by emotional stimuli?
There has been a great deal of interest within the medical and scientific community in studying the response of various regions of the brain to emotional stimuli. Much research has focused on the role of the amygdala in response to emotional stimuli, and the effects of such stimuli on learning and memory retention. The amygdala "is a structure in the medial temporal lobe that is known to participate in emotional and motivational functions in animals" (CGN, 2004) however its role in human emotional response has not yet been fully uncovered. It has been directly implicated however, in emotional stimulus related examinations. The amygdale is not the only brain region activated by emotional stimuli. Recent research has suggested that many areas of the brain are activated and affected by emotional stimuli, not just the amygdala. In fact, depending on the type of emotional stimulus…...

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Bibliography

CGN. (2004). "Current Research." Center for Cognitive Research. Retrieved February 13, 2004: http://www.mind.duke.edu/level2/faculty/labar/research2.htm

Hyder, F., Phelps, E.A., Wiggins, C.J., LaBar, K.S., Blamire, A.M. & Shulman, R.G. (1997). "Willed Action: A Functional MRI Study of the human prefrontal cortex during a sensor motor task." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 94: 6989-6994. Available: http://www.mind.duke.edu/level2/faculty/labar/1997(2).pdf

LaBar, K.S. & Phelps, E.A. (1998). "Arousal-mediated memory consolidation: Role of the medial temporal lobe in humans." Psychological Science, 9, 490-93, Available: http://www.mind.duke.edu/level2/faculty/labar/1998(2).pdf

Paller, K.A., Ranganath, C., Gonsalves, B., LaBar, K.S., Parrish, T.B., Gitelman, D.R., Mesulam, M., & Reber, P.J. (2003). "Neural Correlates of Person Recognition." Learning and Memory, 10, 253-260. Available: http://www.mind.duke.edu/level2/faculty/labar/2003(1).pdf

Essay
Greek Crisis
Pages: 7 Words: 2337

Greece Bailout
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The Greek government has faced an ongoing fiscal crisis for the past several years. ecently, for the third time, its Eurozone partners have been compelled to offer a bailout to the country. This is done to stabilize Greece's finances and to impose further measures on the Greek government to remedy the nation's budget and to ensure that there are no similar issues in future. The first part of the paper is a brief overview of the situation. The second part will outline some of the key issues that lead both to favor the bailout and to oppose it, and finally there will be analysis and a conclusion about whether or not bailing out Greece is the right thing to do. It will be argued that it is not, at least in the current form.

Background

There are several key issues at work with the Greek bailout. Greece was admitted to the…...

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References

BBC. (2013). IMF admits mistakes on Greece bailout. BBC. Retrieved April 17, 2014 from  http://www.bbc.com/news/business-22791248 

Bloomberg. (2012). Greek crisis timeline from Maastricht Treaty to ECB bond buying. Bloomberg. Retrieved April 17, 2014 from  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-05/greek-crisis-timeline-from-maastricht-treaty-to-ecb-bond-buying.html 

Chu, B. (2012). Interview with economist Paul Krugman: Greece will leave Eurozone within 12 months. The Independent. Retrieved April 17, 2014 from  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/interview-with-economist-paul-krugman-greece-will-leave-eurozone-within-12-months-7804753.html 

Esparza, A. (2013). Chinese investment in Greek port the biggest FDI after the crisis. Marketpulse. Retrieved April 17, 2014 from  http://www.marketpulse.com/20131127/chinese-investment-greek-port-biggest-fdi-crisis/

Essay
Health Care and Egypt
Pages: 11 Words: 3829

Quest Diagnostics
Economic Support

Social Support

Technological Support

Opportunity Supporting Client's Operational Needs

Threat Factors and Trends

Iran

isk of maintained and possibly new U.S. sanctions

Structural Weaknesses in economy

Social threats

Egypt

Political Instability

Economic Threats

Poor technology and brain drain

Opportunity and Threat Factors/Trends

Country Level Analyses

Quest Diagnostics has its headquarters positioned in Madison and its main operation encompasses the provision of diagnostic information. The company's operations encompass two arms. One, Diagnostics Solutions Group provides resolutions for insurers, and also the firm's health information technology operation that provides resolutions for healthcare providers. The other arm is Diagnostic Information Services, which nurtures and offers diagnostic testing information and services. The two countries in this essay is Iran and Egypt and the analysis encompasses a PESTEL framework of both nations. From the perspective of Iran, opportunities include political support through the reelection of Hassan and ouhani, securing the nuclear deal and continuing reign of Ali Khamenei. There is also economic support through the revitalization of…...

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References

Egypt in Chicago. (2014). Egypt's Economic Recovery & Investment profile. Retrieved 6 June 2017 from:  http://www.egyptinchicago.org/investment-opportunities-in-egypt.html 

Euler Hermes. (2017). Iran. Retrieved 6 June 2017 from:  http://www.eulerhermes.com/economic-research/country-reports/Pages/Iran.aspx 

Focus Economics. (2017). Egypt Economic Outlook. Retrieved 5th June 2016 from:  http://www.focus-economics.com/countries/egypt 

Focus Economics. (2017). Iran Economic Outlook. Retrieved 5th June 2016 from:  http://www.focus-economics.com/countries/iran

Essay
U S -cuba Relations and the Potential
Pages: 12 Words: 3863

S., become attracted to the U.S. And flee the country. Cuba certainly needs to prevent a brain drain at all costs. It could do so by encouraging the U.S. To invest in its infrastructure and for U.S. doctors to train and learn at Cuban facilities, which, by all accounts, have some of the highest standards of excellence in the world (Schoultz, 2010, 8). By helping to build up the Cuban infrastructure, further economic trade could be encouraged. This could also help both the U.S. And Cuba exploit its other natural resources by providing the necessary framework for extraction and export of its huge nickel and sugar stockpiles.
ith the coming economic recovery, the world will certainly need raw materials like nickel and steel as well as sugar to fuel the building and population boom that will more than likely follow a recovery. The political ties that bind the current U.S. And…...

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Works Cited

Coll, Alberto R. (2007). "Harming Human Rights in the Name of Promoting Them: The Case of the Cuban Embargo." Foreign Affairs. Vol. 3, No. 88. Pp. 199-209.

Griswold, Daniel. (2005). "Four Decades of Failure: The U.S. Embargo against Cuba." CATO

Institute Homepage. Published 12 October, 2005 .

Hanson, Stephanie. (2009). "U.S.-Cuba Relations." Council on Foreign Relations. Report delivered 14 April, 2009.

Essay
Positive and Negative Effects of
Pages: 5 Words: 1496

All this may lead to instigate cultural disharmony within the nations (Knight, 2006, p. 2). On economic front too, often globalization is attacked as a view that it supports excruciating imperialism and colonization.
It is undeniable fact that globalization has improved the world to a greater degree, yet the negative effects of some consequences cannot be denied. It has led to wide increase of socio-economic disparities within societies, nations and between different regions of the world. The phenomenon has also empowered the relatively poor people across the world to migrate away with the means of moving from one country or continent to another. Migration has its positive effects that can be easily seen in the nations that are suffering from slowing birth-rates. Many European countries are running out of people. Migration helps these countries to maintain the workforce. On the other hand, migration leads to difficulties caused due to brain…...

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References

Knight, Nick., 2006. Reflecting on the Paradox of Globalization: China's Search for Cultural Identity and Coherence. China: An International Journal, vol. 4, no. 1, pp: 1-31.

Lene-Bomann, Larsen., 2004. Responsibility in World Business: Managing Harmful Side-Effects of Corporate Activity. United Nations University Press: Tokyo

Pieterse, Jan Nederveen., 2003. Globalization and Culture: Global Melange. Rowman and Littlefield.

Ricardo, David., 1821. The principles of Political Economy and Taxation. John Murray: London.

Essay
Google Is the Global Leader
Pages: 5 Words: 1263

At the same time, as Google will try to diversify its presence on the market, it will run into Microsoft, an important adversary.
However, the IT market offers numerous opportunities as well, starting with the diversification and amplification of the portfolio of instruments that Google is offering to entering some of the related segments, such as some of those that have been described previously.

Alternative solutions

There are several alternative solutions to some of the problems that have been previously identified.

1. Develop new technologies

This type of solution would allow Google to enter new markets, but will also address one of the problems that has been identified as the brain drain: important executives migrating to other companies because of the need for new challenges. This type of solution is a feasible one: the company has enough financial resources to pour them into developing new technologies and into research and development in general. The…...

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Bibliography

1. Penenberg, Adam L. "Why Google Is Like Wal-Mart." Wired. 21 April 2005. Retrieved on 25 February 2007.

2. Google Annual Report 2008.

Penenberg, Adam L. "?   o "http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2005/04/67287 

Essay
Mills Decisions About International Business Take Into
Pages: 8 Words: 2411

Mills
Decisions about international business take into account a wide range of different factors, including political, economic and social environments, in addition to firm-specific issues such as where to produce, what the company makes and how easy it is to ship the company's product. In this report, the case of General Mills in Europe will be considered. General Mills is a major producer on consumer consumables, and the countries in question are going to be France and Greece. The paper is going to discuss the key issues with respect to each country, keeping in mind the General Mills context.

General Mills produces food under a number of common household brands -- Cheerios, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Haagen-Dazs, Old El Paso, Yoplait and Nature Valley. The company is based in Minneapolis and began in 1860 with two flour mills, hence the name. The company would change its name to Gold Medal Flour in…...

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Works Cited:

ABC. (2012). Brain drain: 120,000 professionals leave Greece amid crisis. Der Spiegel. Retrieved May 6, 2013 from  http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/unemployment-and-recession-in-greece-lead-to-brian-drain-a-893519.html 

General Mills.com (2013). History & brand heritage. General Mills. Retrieved May 6, 2013 from  http://www.generalmills.com/Company/History/Brand_heritage.aspx 

2012 General Mills Annual Report.

Hofstede, G. (2013). France. Retrieved May 6, 2013 from  http://geert-hofstede.com/france.html

Essay
Personal Philo One of the
Pages: 8 Words: 2584

" (7)
Chomsky warns of ideological motivations of some scientific paradigms, just as with the aforementioned racial emphasis of early anthropology. Here, Russell espouses a Platonic episteme by enunciating the expectations of behavior between different classes. While Plato philosophized that persons are born with the characteristics fitting of their caste, Russell envisages a society in which "ordinary" men and women are expected to be collectivized and, therefore, devoid of individual expression.

Jean Jacques Rousseau paid his respects to the philosophy of Plato, although he thought it impractical, citing the decayed state of society. This sort of romanticism has been downplayed by the modern scientific establishment, who denounce the noble savage theory of human nature. Humans are not born purely good, modern science maintains. Instead, evolutionary traits are promoted at the biological level, thereby giving rise to how people are. It is not society that corrupts, but rather an interrelationship between human tendencies…...

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9. Woolhouse, R.S. (1995) Locke: A Biography. Cambridge University.

10. Pinker, Steven. (2007) the Blank Slate, New York: Penguin Books.

11. Grasha, Anthony. (1989) Teaching Styles. Cambridge University.

Essay
The Concept of Overcoming
Pages: 8 Words: 1971

Antecedents
Defining Characteristics

Empirical eferents

The ability to help a person or a patient is often a complex affair that involves care on a much deeper level than simply treating symptoms. "Overcoming" is a concept that was chosen by the authors; this concept is multifaceted and includes many different aspects, but can be thought as roughly being able to overcome a personal challenge to meet a desired outcome (Brush, Kirk, Gultekin, & Baiardi, 2011). The concept of overcoming is interesting to me and I feel that I have had overcome many things in my life; although these challenges were on a different scale than the case studies provided. However, understanding what it takes to "overcome" could be a valuable concept to many people.

The significance of the concept in the profession can be largely thought of in terms of expanding the lexicon to include terms that might be more relevant to a larger…...

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References

Brush, B., Kirk, K., Gultekin, L., & Baiardi, J. (2011). Overcoming: A Concept Analysisnuf_227 160..168. Nursing Forum, 160-168.

Freire, P., Soares, A., Nakayama, M., & Spanhol, F. (2010). Succession Process in a Family Business: Knowledge Management Overcoming Resistence to Organizational Changes. Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management, 713-736.

Levatino, A., & Pecoud, A. (2012). Overcoming the Ethical Dilemmas of Skilled Migration? An Analysis of International Narratives on the "Brain Drain." The American Behavioral Scientist, 1258-1267.

Walker, I., & Avant, K. (2005). Strategies for Theory Construction in Nursing. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Essay
Human Resources and Culture
Pages: 3 Words: 1043

Post: Global Conflict: Mass Population Migration and the EU
The Brexit crisis reflects ongoing tensions in the European Union related to a complex of problems including the decreased relevance of national sovereignty within the European Community and also the increased relevance of immigration policy in light of mass population migrations into Europe. Individual European nations have also contended with domestic crises linked to the same cluster of issues, which at the risk of oversimplification can be boiled down to economics. The Greek economic crisis shows that while national and cultural identity do matter, economics matters far more in the fomentation of international crises. Crises generally emerge over perceived or real resource scarcity: those resources can be tangible such as land, water, oil, money, or minerals. However, often those resources are intangible or symbolic as with power, clout, and status. The United Kingdom has for centuries wielded considerable power, retaining global…...

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References

Chua, A. (2014). A world on the edge. Wilson Quarterly, 38(1), 101-122.   direct=true&db=a9h&AN=94318652&site=ehost-livehttp://library.esc.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx ?

Fox, J. (2001). Two civilizations and ethnic conflict: Islam and the West. Journal of Peace Research, 38(4), 459- 472. Retrieved from:  http://www.jstor.org.library.esc.edu/stable/424897?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents 

Huntington, S. P. (1993). The Clash of Civilizations. Foreign Affairs, 72(3). 22-49. Retrieved from:   408bb26072f4%40sessionmgr4007&vid=1&hid=4105http://eds.a.ebscohost.com.library.esc.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=d984c31e-a98a-4d90-a8bc -

Essay
Racist Ideology and Imagery
Pages: 6 Words: 2383

R's of American Racism:
Representation, Rejection, and Realization

Racism is a system of meaning that promotes and legitimated the domination of one racially defined group over another. Racism assigns values to both real and imagined cultural and physical differences, benefitting the dominant party and making negative claims about the subordinate, so that this dominance may be justified ideologically. The seeming illogical or even counterproductive nature of racism may be explained in that it comes in the wake of more concrete oppression. (Shohat & Stam, 1995) Through the last five or six centuries, and possibly earlier if one includes the history of the Crusades and anti-Semitism, light skinned Europeans have had a history of oppressing other nations and ethnicities through conquest, colonization, and enslavement. As the thin justification of religious zealotry wore increasingly thin through the ages, the justification of inferior race was no doubt especially important. So, the theory holds, light…...

Essay
Neo-Confucianism Is a Philosophy Which Was Born TEST1
Pages: 15 Words: 4858

Leadership and Human esource Management in the Public Sector
The public sector consists of the section of the government, which attends to matters of production, ownership, sales, provision and delivery and allocation of services and goods to the government and the citizens of the state, nationally, regionally and locally. The public sector conducts activities such as delivering of social security services, overseeing urban planning and organizing the national defense among other services. The organizational structure takes various forms, which dictate the leadership formula of the countries sectors. Some of these forms of organization include the direct administration founded on the lines of direct taxation; in this form, the government does not have particular requirements but to meet the commercial success and production decisions of the country. Another structure of organization under public sector is the publicly owned corporations. These differ from the direct administration of the government as they have more…...

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References

White, J.D. (2007). Managing information in the public sector. Armonk, N.Y: M.E. Sharpe.

Raffel, J.A., Leisink, P., & Middlebrooks, A.E. (2009). Public sector leadership: International challenges and perspectives. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.

Berman, E.M. (2010). Human resource management in public service: Paradoxes, processes, and problems. Los Angeles: SAGE.

Berman, E.M. (2013). Human resource management in public service: Paradoxes, processes, and problems. Los Angeles: SAGE.

Essay
Higher Education Abroad
Pages: 8 Words: 2305

Essay Topic Examples 1. The Impact of Cultural Exchange in Higher Education Abroad:
    This essay would explore how studying abroad at the higher education level serves as a platform for cultural exchange. It could address how interactions with diverse academic communities enrich students cultural understanding, influence their social perspectives, and contribute to their personal growth.

2. Economic Implications of Studying Abroad for Developing Countries:
    Delve into the economic impact that studying abroad has for developing nations. Analyze the pros and cons, such as the brain drain phenomenon versus the potential for brain gain if students return with new skills and knowledge beneficial to their home country's economy.

3. Comparing Educational Systems: Higher Education Abroad Versus Home Country:
    This essay would compare and contrast the higher educational systems around the world, focusing on pedagogical styles, curricula, and academic rigor. The implications of these differences for international students and the quality of education they receive…...

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Primary Sources

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Education at a Glance 2022: OECD Indicators. OECD Publishing, 2022.

Institute of International Education. \"Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange.\" IIE, 2022.

European Commission/EACEA/Eurydice. The European Higher Education Area in 2020: Bologna Process Implementation Report. Publications Office of the European Union, 2020.

De Wit, Hans, and Jamil Salmi, eds. The Internationalization of Higher Education and Research: The Challenges Ahead – Proceedings of the EAIE Spring Academy 2020. European Association for International Education, 2020.

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Global Flow of Tertiary-Level Students. UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2022.

Q/A
why was ireland so poor for so long?
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Ireland was poor for a long period of time due to a number of historical, political, and economic factors.

1. English colonization: Ireland experienced centuries of English colonization and control, resulting in land confiscation, forced tithes, and economic exploitation. The English prioritized their own interests, which hindered Ireland's economic development.

2. Penal Laws: The Penal Laws, enacted in the 17th and 18th centuries, restricted the rights of Irish Catholics, preventing them from owning land, holding public office, or practicing their religion freely. This discrimination limited upward socioeconomic mobility for the majority of the Irish population.

3. Agricultural practices: Ireland's reliance on subsistence agriculture....

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Can you offer advice on outlining an essay discussing The causes and consequences of migration in trinindad and australia?
Words: 363

Outline for an Essay on "The Causes and Consequences of Migration in Trinidad and Australia"

I. Introduction
A. Hook: Begin with a captivating statistic or personal anecdote related to migration.
B. Thesis statement: Clearly state the argument that migration in Trinidad and Australia has multiple causes and consequences.

II. Causes of Migration: Trinidad
A. Economic factors: Discuss the role of unemployment, low wages, and economic inequality in driving migration.
B. Social factors: Explore issues such as crime, political instability, and discrimination.
C. Environmental factors: Consider the impact of natural disasters and climate change on migration patterns.

III. Causes of Migration: Australia
A. Economic opportunities: Highlight the appeal of higher....

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Can you offer assistance in devising suitable titles for my essay about Immigration?
Words: 293

Compelling Essay Titles for Immigration

General Titles:

The Immigration Conundrum: Challenges and Opportunities for a Changing World
Migration and the Making of Modern Societies: The Role of Immigration
Immigration: A Human Rights Imperative or a Threat to National Security?
Immigration: Shaping National Identities in the 21st Century
The Paradox of Immigration: Economic Benefits vs. Social Challenges

Historical Perspectives:

Immigration in History: From the Pilgrims to the Present Day
The Waves of Immigration: How Immigration has Shaped the United States
Immigration and American Identity: A Historical Dialogue
The Immigration Melting Pot: Myth or Reality?
The Push and Pull Factors of Immigration: A Historical....

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