Emerging Global Issues In Business:The Politics of the Supply and Consumption of Oil

Choose one of the topics below to write about:

 

1. The Politics of the Supply and Consumption of Oil
2. The United States’ Deficit/Debt Time Bomb!
3. North American Water Policy
4. North American Energy Policy
5. A Pandemic- Potential Impact on Canadian Business
6.  North American Defence Policy
7. China shifts from a ‘pegged’ to ‘floating’ currency
8. The Politics of the Supply and Consumption of Oil
9. The United States’ Deficit/Debt Time Bomb!
10. North American Water Policy
11. North American Energy Policy
12. A Pandemic- Potential Impact on Canadian Business
13.  North American Defence Policy
14. China shifts from a ‘pegged’ to ‘floating’ currency

 

 

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Additional Resources Online

For those of you with a passion for the topic here are some additional resources online for future reference.

 

• BBC News,` World Edition http://news.bbc.co.uk/. Daily features on Africa, Americas, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East, South-Asia and the United Kingdom (UK).
• CBC News online http://www.cbc.ca/news/. [also links to CBC radio programs online].
• For another perspective see http://thecorporation.tv/
• Business Development Bank of Canada http://www.bdc.ca/flash.asp
• China Daily http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/
• Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade [Canada] http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/english/menu.htm
• De Soto, Hernando, The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else, Basic Books (Perseus Books Group) (2000)
• Export Development Canada http://www.edc.ca/edc_flash.htm
• Financial Times (Asia) http://news.ft.com/home/asia
• Financial Times (Europe) http://news.ft.com/home/europe
• Financial Times (United Kingdom) http://news.ft.com/home/uk/
• Financial Times (USA) http://news.ft.com/home/us
• Friedman, Thomas L. (2000). The Lexus and the Olive Tree: Understanding Globalization. New York, NY: Anchor Books
• Industry Canada, Strategis.gc.ca http://strategis.ic.gc.ca.
• International Forum on Globalization. (2002). Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koeler Publishers
• International Monetary Fund (IMF): http://www.imf.org/; IMF activities, by country: http://www.imf.org/external/country/index.htm; Research at the IMF: http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/res/index.htm.
• Korten, David C. (2001). When Corporations Rule the World, 2nd Ed. San Francisco, CA: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Morrison, Terri, et al. (1994). How to do business in sixty countries; Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands. Avon, MA: Adams Media Corporation
• National Post http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/index.html
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): http://www.oecd.org
• Statistics Canada: http://statcan.ca
• Team Canada Inc., ExportSource.ca [Federal government export information services] http://exportsource.ca
• The Economist www.economist.com
• The Far Eastern Economic Review http://www.feer.com/.
• The Globe and Mail http://globeandmail.com/.
• The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/.
• The New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/ .
• The World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org/ and The World Bank: World Development Indicators. Information on “global links” plus an index of globalization with trends and country data: http://www.worldbank.org/data/wdi2001/index.htm
• Western Economic Diversification Canada http://www.wd.gc.ca/
• World Business Economy conducts research and publishes articles and reports, including the EconForecast™, which is their analysis of macro-economic, social and political level recent macro-situations occurring in the United States, Europe, Japan, South Asia and Latin America. http://www.worldbusiness.org/publications.cfm?pub=ef&offset=1
• Van Horne, Mike. Pacific Rim Trade; The Definitive Guide to Exporting and Investment (1989). New York, NY: AMACOM Publications. ISBN 0-8144-5930-7
• Yergin, Daniel, and Stanislaw, Joseph. A. (2002). The Commanding Heights: The Battle Between Government and the Marketplace That Is Remaking the Modern World, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster
• Compiling cultural profiles: Brigham Young University; Center for International Studies www.kennedy.byu.edu
• Country studies handbook Library of Congress Country Studies
• Lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/cshome.html
• States Background Notes US State Department www.state.gov
• www.gatt.org
• America Free Trade Agreement   www.nafta.org
• European Union (EU) europa.eu.int
• Pacific Economic Cooperation www.apec.org
• Ministry of Information – Saudstry of InformationM http://www.saudinf.com/index.htm
• http://www.iie.com
• World Wildlife Fund http://www.worldwildlife.org
• EAN    www.aseansec.org
• APEC      www.apecsec.org.sg
• www.ecowas.int
• www.alca-ftaa.org
• Hoovers Online – financial statements and company profiles www.hoovers.com
• Fortune 500 – statistics for largest US companies www.pathfinder.com
• Dun & Bradstreet’s Online – short reports on 10 million public and private companies www.dbisna.com/dnb/dnbhome.htm
• Web 100 – information on 100 largest US and international companies www.w100.com
• Annual Report Gallery www.reportgallery.com
• Corporate Financials Online www.cfonews.com
• CBC News online http://www.cbc.ca/news/. [also links to CBC radio programs online].
• Statistics Canada: http://statcan.ca
• The Economist www.economist.com
• The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/.