Why have some countries profited hugely from GVCs and others not at all? Does institutional quality matter? How is Tunisia doing compared to other countries?

Global Value Chains: Tunisia, a development perspective

Why have some countries profited hugely from GVCs and others not at all? Does institutional quality matter? How is Tunisia doing compared to other countries?

Write a strategy paper about how the company could resolve the issue. Provide the CEO with memo that includes your recommendations about how the company should approach the chosen ESG issue.

Sustainability in commodities trading. Strategy paper on solving an ESG issue.

You are a consultant to the CEO of Glencore. Glencore operates cobalt mines in Congo which creates many ESG issues for the company. Like corruption, child labor and so on.
Write a strategy paper about how the company could resolve the issue.
Provide the CEO with memo that includes your recommendations about how the company should approach the chosen ESG issue.

Describe how you think the department could increase the fire safety education and community prevention efforts, if possible, within the current budget allotment.

For this paper you are assigned Miami Beach Fire Dept. and will investigate their budget.

Part 1. Report on the overall budget of the fire department. Include the population covered, the size of the department, number of stations, etc. Give an overall view of the department’s budget.

Part 2. Specifically cover the fire prevention portion of the budget. Give a break down of the fire prevention budget and activities. Include the number of personnel, inspection efforts as well as fire safety education and community prevention efforts.

Part 3. Give your opinion on whether or not the fire prevention effort is sufficient for the community. Include your opinion as to whether or not the budget and the associated fire prevention and education efforts are adequate. Describe how you think the department could increase the fire safety education and community prevention efforts, if possible, within the current budget allotment.

Your paper should be a minimum of three pages and should be submitted in APA format. Use your textbook, the internet, professional journals as well as information you gain from personal interviews. You must use a minimum of three sources.

Should the presence of lightweight trusses be a consideration in pre-planning?

Consider the problems pointed out by the NIOSH F2000-13 case study and write a paper that answers the following:

1. What part does “size-up” play in the safe handling of these incidents?
2. Should the presence of lightweight trusses be a consideration in pre-planning?
3. Should the business/building owner be required to place placards on the exterior of the building indicating the presence or a trussed roof system?

Case Study:

Discuss how Covid-19 trade disrupted  the SADC-FTA.

Discuss how Covid-19 trade disrupted  the SADC-FTA.

Report about your trading activities in the Queens College Trading Competition

Assignment:

The total number of pages should be 15. Be careful, graphs or tables can be very important and useful, but it doesn’t count in term of space taken in the paper. You need to write 15 pages of words. (It can be double spaced)

The assignment is divided in three separate papers. The dates of submission are provided on Blackboard.

This is a paper written individually; it is not a group project.

The evaluation of the paper will be based on the content, the organization, and the quality of writing.

Papers will have to be submitted through email and SafeAssign on Blackboard.

Content:

You have to trade and write two reports.

Each paper is a report about your trading activities in the Queens College Trading Competition, and each one of them should have 5 pages.

The topics may vary. It depends on your trading experience. It could be about:

i/ your strategies: what securities you selected and why, what strategies you adopted, how successful your strategies were, what you would have done differently, what you learned from it, etc.

ii/ your observation on the relationship between different markets, global macro strategies

iii/ the relationship between business cycle and financial markets

iv/ relationship between events and evolution of prices in financial markets

v/ relationship between political or geopolitical situations and financial markets

vi/ quantitative approaches you developed

vii/ specific firms, industries, financial instruments related to your trading.etc.

The list is not exhaustive. It must be related to your trading activities, so to current events even if you can incorporate historical perspectives. Also, it has to be an original analysis.

A list of resources is provided on the website of the trading competition but you can use any other material.

It contains trading strategies, references and links that should help you to start.

To register, go to the Website:  https://qc.cuny.edu/etc

Click on Enroll and fill up the information. You will then receive an email telling you how to register for MarketWatch, the platform we use for the competition.

The competition takes place from Tuesday February 2 to Friday April 30.

You must write two reports:

  • the first one is due Thursday March 25: it must be a 5 pages report
  • the second one is due Thursday May 13: it can be a 10 pages report or two 5 pages reports.

Both of them are due through email and SafeAssign on Blackboard.

Objective

You have to demonstrate that you have the ability to come up with a deep, interesting and original analysis.

It is a document you could present to an interviewer, a boss, or publish online.

Organization:

Basically, you should organize your paper the following way.

Introduction: It should start with general statements to introduce the subject and then you should explain what you will write about and the general content of the different parts.

Part 1:     You are free to organize your parts as you want. It has to have clear different parts with a logical evolution in the writing. You can have more parts if you want as long as it is well organized

Part 2:

Part 3:

Conclusion: It is a summary of your paper and it should be short.

References

You must mention your sources and have a list of references at the end of the paper. It is important not to use only one source.

Describe how Covid-19 impacted professional cycling.

Describe how Covid-19 impacted professional cycling.

What is the definition of thermal comfort?

Science and materials – Assignment 3
Human comforts requirements for a classroom and gym (P7):
Introduce the three comfort environments (visual, acoustic, and thermal)

Light – what is the definition of light? why does lighting need to be considered for the classroom/ gym when designing? Expand of the use of natural light? How can lighting be controlled? What happens when there too much lighting? What is the recommended lux level for a classroom/gym?

Noise – what is the definition of sound? why does sound need to be considered for the classroom/gym when designing? How can sound be controlled? What happens when there too much sound? What is the recommended sound level for a classroom/gym?

Thermal – what is the definition of thermal comfort? why does thermal need to be considered for the classroom/gym when designing? How can heat be controlled? What happens when there too much heat or less? What is the recommended heat temperature for a classroom/gym?
In total you will have three large paragraphs.
How material contribute to a balanced indoor environment (P8):
Eggshell paint – what is eggshell paint? how does eggshell paint contribute towards a balanced environment? What are the advantages of having eggshell paint for human comforts?

Acoustic flooring system-What is Acoustic flooring system? What are the advantages of having Acoustic flooring system for human comforts?

E.g. Carpet – what is carpet? how does carpet contribute towards a balanced environment? What are the advantages of having carpet for human comforts?

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this index as a tool for trade policy analysis.

Problem Set 1: Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA)

a. What is the Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) Index? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of this index as a tool for trade policy analysis.

b. For two countries of your choice, calculate the normalized RCA index for every year between 2004-2006. Repeat the exercise for the period 2014-2016. What are your findings from conducting this analysis?
These are the HS Codes from the UNCOMTRADE for the items that will be compared: 040299 and 0204

c. For the two countries identified above, draw a scatter plot in which each point represents a sector and normalized RCA values for 2004-2006 are on the horizontal axis and 2014- 2016 values are on the vertical axis.

CHINAS BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVES MARK A POWER SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ABIDING SIGNIFICANCE. DISCUSS

CHINAS BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVES MARK A POWER SHIFT IN THE GLOBAL POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ABIDING SIGNIFICANCE. DISCUSS