Today’s manager must be knowledgeable of the Japanese culture. Understanding the differences between the Japanese and American cultures’ non verbal communication systems is necessary for successful friendships and thus successful business transactions. Americans must learn how to comprehend...

This paper suggests that the discourse of sustainable development (SD) within the United Nations (UN) represents a paradigm shift from first/industrial modernity to a reflexive modernity. Reflexive modernity is defined by the changing nature of political structures in the face of globalised...

India signed a Free Trade Agreement with ASEAN on 13th August, 2009. In this paper we analyze one aspect of the possible impacts of the FTA that on India’s Balance of Trade. It is found that the impact of the agreement on India’s balance of trade is expected to be negative. India’s imports...

The aim of this article is to analyse the EU`s role in the developing world in relation to migration. To achieve that reasons behind the migration from developing countries to EU countries are discussed and the impact of migration on the development of poor countries is analysed. The common...

Recently we have seen that the middle-sized states are coming together in several forums. The WTO meetings and India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) dialogue forum are among those to be cited. Such groupings are mainly economy oriented and whether they will have political output needs to be seen,...

The article analyzes the history of the world exhibitions as part of the global industrial expansion and diffusion of innovations during the second technological revolution. We underline the importance of the world of exhibitions for the formation of the international patent system in the...

The article considers the economic globalization and its manifestations. We try to justify the objectivity of this phenomenon, including the historical context. It is argued that theoretical understanding of the processes of globalization started with studies of globalization the economic...

From 16 to 19 January at RANEPA Gaidar forum was held - the largest discussion forum, where the elite of government, business and fundamental science discussed vectors of development of the world economy. This year the main topic of the international conference were the issues of integration of...