Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - History, grade: 1,33, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH (-), language: English, abstract: Since the 1930s, international sport has become a form of cross-cultural activity which is able to attract and influence broad masses. It serves as a symbol of identification, be it either with a single athlete or the entire nation. It is, in contrast to economic or diplomatic relations, not object to direct governmental involvement; yet, exactly this uncommon opportunity of non-obvious political influence and interference has...

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Methodology and Methods, grade: 1,00, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, language: English, abstract: Cultural intelligence (CQ) is "an individual's capability to adapt effectively to new cultural contexts" (Early & Ang, 2003, p. 59). To measure CQ the Cultural Research Group at Florida Tech University have used a multidimensional scale with four specific components which they use as the initial indicators of CQ: Cognitive CQ, Meta-Cognitive CQ, Motivational CQ, and Behavioral CQ. The Cultural Intelligence Scale (CQS) was developed by...

Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 1,33, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, language: English, abstract: More than 37 million spectators attended football games in 2007-08 while 3,842 people were arrested for disorder connected to matches according to the UK Home Office. Of those arrests, 373 were for violent crimes - an increase of 33 over the previous season. On the other hand, 67% of matches were problem-free and did not result in any arrest. Instead, 60% of football-related arrests took place outside or away from...

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Economics - Finance, grade: 1,33, IE Business School, Madrid, language: English, abstract: Although not as widespread and developed as in Latin America and Asia, microfinance in Africa has become a central tool for alleviating poverty and spurring economic development. With a financial sector that in regional comparison is already fairly well developed, Ghana's microfinance sector is one of the most vibrant of the continent. Mixmarket (2011) lists $131.2 million of total loans, distributed among 358,717 active borrowers, for 2009. For the same...

Seminar paper from the year 2010 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Middle- and South America, grade: 1,00, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, language: English, abstract: When I visited Venezuela as second travel destination after Ecuador in Latin America last year, I remember very well passing by a huge mural painted on an oil refinery, showing: "Patria, Socialismo o Muerte." I was struck by that image, as it visualized the impact of the 'black gold', and the attachment of national salvation and ideology to a single resource. Petroleum has changed the trajectory of all...

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Operations Research, grade: 1,00, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, language: English, abstract: The Eurobarometer (EB) is a survey series that has been conducted since 1973 to monitor public opinion on several issues concerning the European Union. It provides a dynamic measure of the EU citizens' economic, social and political attitudes toward issues related to the EU including attitudes towards EU policies and institutions and general socio-cultural and political orientations of its citizens, based on a set of standard...

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, printed single-sided, grade: 1,33, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, language: English, abstract: Ecuador and Venezuela, two Latin American OPEC member states, experienced a socioeconomic upheaval with the windfall petroleum revenues beginning in the 1970s. The oil bonanzas, however, negatively affected the development in the two countries, which show minimal economic growth and political instability throughout the last thirty years. The paradoxical phenomenon can be explained with the resource curse theory....

Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,67, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, language: English, abstract: The leadership criteria in the EFQM model will be used as a basis for the comparison of six different companies, namely the following banks: Citibank (USA), Deutsche Bank (Germany), Sumitomo Bank (Japan), BNP Paribas (France), Barclays (UK) and Commerzbank (Germany). These banks were chosen for their good solvency and position inside their own country as well as internationally. At the beginning of this paper,...