Gandhi And Nonviolence

Gandhi did not claim to be a prophet or even a philosopher. "There is no such thing as Gandhism," he warned, "and I do not want to leave any sect after me." There was only one Gandhian, he said, an imperfect one at that: himself.

The real significance of the Indian freedom movement in Gandhi’s eyes was that it was waged nonviolently. He would have had no interest in it if the Indian National Congress had adopted Satyagraha and subscribed to nonviolence. He objected to violence not only because an unarmed people had little chance of success in an armed rebellion, but because he considered violence a clumsy weapon which created more problems than it solved, and left a trail of hatred and bitterness in which genuine reconciliation was almost impossible.

By B. R. Nanda, Gandhi And Nonviolence. retrived from http://www.mkgandhi.org/nonviolence/gandhi_and_non.htm

mrholtshistory. (2008, april 13). Gandhi-The Philosophy of Nonviolence. [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkHTbkPoEQ8

China's economic restructuring to benefit world economy

The transformation of China's economic growth pattern will provide new opportunities for the world economy, a senior economist said Sunday.

As the world's third largest economy, China imports a trillion-plus U.S. dollars worth of goods every year and is becoming the largest engine powering the world's economic growth, Zhang Yutai, president of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said at the China Development Forum 2010.

China has great market potentials for green technology and high-tech exports as it endeavors to eliminate high-energy consuming and heavy-polluting industries as parts of its moves to transform the economic growth pattern, Zhang said.

Apart from creating huge demand for high-tech exports, the country's efforts to save energy and cut emissions also make a great contribution to the global effort in tackling climate change, he said.

Zhang also suggested China open wider to the outside world, adding China's fast economic development in the past 30 years was largely due to the opening-up policy.

The country will strengthen economic cooperation with the outside world and introduce more talents and advanced technology to push forward the transformation of the economic growth pattern, he said.

Xinhua, (2010, March 22). China´s economic restructuring to benefit world economy. Retrieved (2010, March 22). from http://www.china.org.cn/business/2010-03/22/content_19653835.htm

Korean, Japanese and Colombian firms

DIMENSIONS	KOREA	JAPAN	COLOMBIA
Strategic goals	Emphasis on market share and profit maximization. Still, they place more emphasis on market share than Japanese firms.	Emphasis on market share.	In small Colombian firms, process is more important than strategy. But large firms focus on getting a big share of the market.
Environment analysis	Firms are active in monitoring their rivals. They seem to be concerned more about oligopolistic rivals than about threats of substitute goods.	Firms are active in monitoring their rivals and suppliers of substitute goods.	Most of Colombian firms are not active in monitoring their rivals; they focus mostly in selling their products, instead of adding value and differentiating from its competitors.
Technology Development and manufacturing	Long term technology development and economies of scale are very important production goals.	Long term technology development and economies of scale are very important production goals. Japanese firms emphasize more in flexible manufacturing than Korean.	Economies of scale are important in large firms, but hand manufacturing and human capital are more relevant.
Supplier relationship	Korean firms tend to cooperate with suppliers in new-product development and develop long-term relationships.	Japanese Korean firms tend to cooperate with suppliers in new-product development and develop long-term relationships.	Colombian firms are working on an internal integration with their clients and suppliers, in order to develop a long-term relationship with them.
Closeness with customers	Korean firms Exchange information with customers less than Japanese firms do, but highly internationalized firms are becoming as close to their customers as their Japanese counterparts do.	Japanese firms emphasize information exchange with customers more than Korean firms do.	Colombian firms tend to become close to the customers through information sharing systems, but it is a tendency, and it will become more developed in the long run.
Marketing	Large firms emphasize the development of corporate brand less than Japanese firms. But highly internationalized firms do it as much as their Japanese counterparts.	Very large firms emphasize the development of corporate brand or trademark more than large Korean firms.	Colombian firms appear to pursue different degrees of standardization with respect to different dimensions of their international marketing strategy.
Human Resource Management	Employees are considered less important in management and are less willing to reflect employees’ opinions and suggestions in management.	Information sharing within the organization and corporate values.	Most of Colombian firms still consider communication with employees less important within the organization.
International orientation	Large and internationalized firms tend to conduct customer analysis on a global basis and are involved in direct international marketing.	Japanese firms are also involved in direct international marketing and a global basis to conduct customer analysis.	Large Colombian firms and internationalized firms practice international marketing and conduct customer analysis on a global basis too.

RECORD NUMBER OF NEWCOMERS TO CANADA

Canada received 247,243 new permanent residents in 2008 –
an unprecedented number - 70,000 more than in 1998, and well
within the government’s planned range of 240,000 to 265,000
new permanent residents for the year. An additional 193,061
temporary foreign workers and 79,459 foreign students resulted
in a combined total of 519,722 newcomers for the year.

Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason
Kenney said that he believed that Canada was bucking the trend
set by other countries who had reduced their immigration levels.
“As minister responsible for multiculturalism, I am particularly
concerned by short-sighted, divisive rhetoric that pits immigrants
against Canadians in our economy,” Mr Kenney said in February
2009 on the release of last year’s figures.

CANADA PROMOTES CITIZENSHIP

The Canadian Government launched a promotional campaign
in April 2009 to highlight changes to the citizenship law. “In
enacting this law, Parliament gave its unanimous support to
extending the privilege of Canadian citizenship to many who
lost it or who never had it due to outdated legislation,” said
Minister Kenney.

Graeme Fraser, (2009-2010)RECORD NUMBER OF NEWCOMERS TO CANADA. Migration News Canada. p 11. retrived from http://www.migrationbureau.com/uploads/pdfs/Migration%20News%2009%20CA.pdf