The competitive advantages that Nicaragua offers for investments in agribusiness are what have driven the growth of the cocoa industry in the country. First, Nicaragua has access to more than 1,500 million people worldwide since it has signed free trade agreements (FTA) with several other countries. Moreover, Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America in terms of territory and more than 50 percent are uncultivated, representing a
Previously, Portugal was one of the most long-lived modern empires in Europe. For almost 600 years Portugal has owned many countries by colonisation. As of the 19th century, its international status was greatly reduced when Brazil – Portugal’s largest colony – gained independence. While Portugal is one of the most globalised and peaceful nations in the world, it also suffers from significant amounts of debt. Portugal was one of the most profound colonizers in history.
Around 1 million Africans are employed to the biggest soft drink brand in the world - Coca-Cola. They have been there since 1929 and is the continents largest employer, "with 65,000 employees and 160 plants". A study at the University of South Carolina found that, "1% of South Africa's economy was tied up, one way or another, in the distribution and sale of Coke". With the population of each African nation being typically higher than in most other continents, it gives a large pool of opportunity to global companies like Coca-Cola to invest in local labourers at a reasonable price. The fact is that a high population also opens up a large pool of customers as well.
Virgin group remains to be a big brand through its strong organisational structure, customer satisfaction, and employee satisfaction among others. Table of contents 4 Introduction 5 A brief History of Virgin Atlantic Airlines 5 Strategy in action 6 Virgin Atlantic airlines business strategies 6 Improving Brand value 7 Marketing strategy 7 Airline Alliances strategy 9 Airline partnerships strategy 9 Innovation and creativity in service delivery (The Branson Factor) 10 Selling strategy 11 Virgin Atlantic Airline organisational structure 11 The functional structure 12 Managing strategic change 12 Introduction Virgin Atlantic group is based in London and owned by Sir. Branson whose owns (51%) of the total shares as the Singapore Airlines owns (49%) of the shares. It has its headquarters in Crawley and West Sussex in England. Virgin’s highest business profile has been boosted by its big stake in the airlines.
He variously styled himself as "the Brother Leader" and "Guide of the Revolution"; in 2008 a meeting of traditional African rulers bestowed on him the title "King of Kings. After seizing power in 1969, he abolished the Libyan Constitution of 1951. He established laws based on the political ideology] he had formulated, called the Third International Theory and published in The Green Book. After establishing the jamahiriya ("state of the masses") system in 1977, he officially stepped down from power and had since then held a largely symbolic role within the country's offical governance structure. Rising oil prices and extraction in Libya led to increasing revenues.
----------------------- Week 8 – TTL Group Activity – Transnational reworking of a rural livelihood The Amazon rainforest, or also known as the Amazonia; is one of the world’s greatest natural resources. Described as the “Lungs of our Planet”, approximately 20% of Earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest. The Amazonia possesses is some of the riches and diverse ecosystems, with over 500 mammal species, over 300 reptiles species, and a third of the world’s bird population. As the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazonia covers approximately 40% of the Southern American continent. Today the Amazonia has had 20% of its forest destroyed as a result of cattle ranches, mining, logging and agriculture.
Ghana is located on the west coast of Africa, a former British colony known as the gold coast. In 1957 Ghana became the first country in the colonial sub-Saharan Africa to get her independence. It is surrounded by Cote d’lvire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, Togo to the east, and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Ghana is 88,811 square miles, with a total area of 92,456 square miles and in 2010; Ghana’s population was estimated to be 24.330.939. Ghana’s national language is English, is the main language of government and teaching (http://www.everyculture.com/Ge-It/Ghana.html#ix1RZ7o0Qmv).
The countries involved in the ‘Scramble for Africa’ were Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, Belgium, Germany and Italy. A key economic feature of colonialism was producing and exporting raw materials either agricultural or mineral, precious metals such as gold, silver and copper. Tropical products for luxury consumption such as coffee, sugar, spices, timber and fabrics like cotton. Later when Britain, France and Germany were competing against each other for colonies in Africa in the last quarter of the nineteenth century, the international market had changed rapidly with a huge demand for raw materials for manufacturing such as jute, cotton, rubber and sisal (Bernstein, 1992:48). Mass consumption demand such as tea, sugar and vegetable oils (Bernstein, 1992:48).
I.Introduction The love of money is the root of all evil. Nigeria is a Country situated in the West Africa region, it is a Country with dense population of over 140 million inhabitants, and most importantly, it is a Country that is very rich in oil. Nigeria is not only the 6th largest oil producer in world, it is also the 8th largest exporter of crude oil. Most of Nigeria’s oil comes from the Niger Delta which is sometimes called the Oil River. The Niger Delta has a lot of regions that generates oil but one of the popular places is Ogoniland.
Nigeria is sometimes regarded as Africa’s country inhabiting the most people in Africa. “Blessed with the world’s 10th-largest oil reserves, it is also one of the continent’s richest and most influential powers—as well as one of its most corrupt democracies.”(Griswold,1) So, then why is the religious issue such a big deal? Well as of now northern Nigeria is seen as Muslim while the South is mainly Christian. But Christian faith is growing at an extraordinary rate and “Thanks to this explosive growth, the demographic and geographic center of global Christianity will have moved, by 2050, to northern Nigeria, within the Muslim world.” (Griswold, 1) Therefore Christians and Muslims will have to find a way to live peacefully together by that time. But, with the enforcement Shariah law onto northern Nigeria, it has given cause for many Christians to be outraged.