A foreign direct investment is acquiring certain “…assets with the intent to control and manage them.”  (International Business, 2012). These types of investments are long term, as the time, money and resources that are put into acquiring them are vast! A “foreign direct investment is when an individual or business owns 10% or more of foreign company…it [is] part of his or her stock portfolio.” (Amadeo, 2018).

Foreign direct investment helps countries thrive that have them within it. These operations aid the communities that they are in by providing work to their citizens, cash flow in the community, and stability for numerous reasons. According to the article, Foreign Direct Investment, Its Pros, Cons, and Importance to You: How FDI Affects Your Life, written by Kimberly Amadeo, it states that,

“In 2017, global foreign direct investment was $1.52 trillion, according to the United Nations. The FDI is down 16 percent from 2016's record of $1.8 trillion. The decline was due to a 27 percent drop in developed countries. Investments returned to normal levels in the United States after spiking in 2016…In 2017, developing countries received 37 percent of total global FDI. They received 43 of worldwide investment. Investments rose 2 percent in Asia, the largest recipient region in the world”.

There are several types of direct foreign investments. To name a few there is an outward FDI, which is money coming into a country and outward FDI, which is a company who expands into another country, also sometimes known as a greenfield investment. "Horizontal FDI investment occurs when a company is trying to open up a new market...A vertical FDI is when a company invests internationally to provide input into its core operations--usually into its home country."

Please respond in 100-150 words

All formed elements in blood are derived from hematopoietic stem cells.

1. If an individual lacked hematopoietic growth factors that allowed for the differentiation of myeloid stem cells into megakaryoblasts, what loss of function will that individual experience?
2. Will introduction of thrombopoietin into the system resolve this individual’s condition? Why or why not?

1.       A   university   researcher   is   interested   in   whether   recent   recruitment   efforts   have   changed   the   type   of   students   admitted   to   the   university.   To   test   this,   she   randomly   selects   50   freshmen   from   the   university   and   records   their   high   school   GPA.   The   mean   is   2.90   with   a   standard   deviation   of   0.70.   The   researcher   also   knows   that   the   mean   high   school   GPA   of   all   freshmen   enrolled   at   the   university   five   years   ago   was   2.75   with   a   standard   deviation   of   0.36.   The   researcher   wants   to   know   if   the   high   school   GPA   of   current   freshmen   at   the   university   is   different   than   that   of   freshmen   from   five   years   ago.  
   (a)   What   are   the   null   and   alternative   hypotheses   in   this   study   (stated   mathematically)?  
   (b)   Should   the   researcher   use   a   one-tailed   or   a   two-tailed   test?  
   (c)   Compute   the   appropriate   test   statistic   for   testing   the   hypothesis.  
   (d)   Using   α   =   0.05,   what   do   you   conclude   about   the   high   school   GPA   of   current   freshman?   Be   sure   to   include   a   discussion   of   the   critical   value   in   your   answer.  
   (e)   What   type   of   error   might   the   researcher   be   making   in   part   (d)?  
  
   2.   A   researcher   believes   that   smoking   worsens   a   person’s   sense   of   smell.   To   test   this,   he   takes   a   sample   of   25   smokers   and   gives   them   a   test   of   olfactory   sensitivity.   In   this   test,   higher   scores   indicate   greater   sensitivity.   For   his   sample,   the   mean   score   on   the   test   is   15.1   with   a   standard   deviation   of   1.2.   The   researcher   knows   the   mean   score   in   the   population   is   15.5,   but   the   population   standard   deviation   is   unknown.  
   (a)   What   are   the   null   and   alternative   hypotheses   in   this   study   (stated   mathematically)?  
   (b)   Should   the   researcher   use   a   one-tailed   or   a   two-tailed   test?  
   (c)   Compute   the   appropriate   test   statistic   for   testing   the   hypothesis.  
   (d)   Using   α   =   0.01,   do   you   conclude   that   smoking   affects   a   person’s   sense   of   smell?   Be   sure   to   include   a   discussion   of   the   critical   value   in   your   answer.  
   (e)   What   type   of   error   might   the   researcher   be   making   in   part   (d)?  
  

Background: A few years ago, companies such as AIG, who had a hand in the cause of the economic downturn that has devastated our economy, were planning to give or actually gave out huge golden parachutes to the same executives who led and approved of the companies actions.

Instructions: Please answer the questions below:

1) Perform a search of a CEO who has received a golden parachute.

1a) Who was the CEO?

1b) What was the company from where he or she received the golden parachute?

1c) What was the total compensation in the golden parachute?

1d) What happened to the company after the CEO's departure terms of before and after revenue?

1e) After the CEO's departure, did the former CEO obtain a leadership position at another firm? If yes, what company.

2) Based on your reading of Chapter 10 of your DLR e-text, do you believe the payment of these golden parachutes was ethical, right or wrong, and why? Please be substantive in your answers.

1. Is social media a good thing or a bad thing?

2. Do you think that social media, instead of connecting us together, cut us off from other people?

Explain how the Earth's atmosphere protects us from dangerous radiation.

This is the question from US HISTORY 1 and it's for discussion!

The Jacksonian Era and the growing debate over the issue of slavery helped to create the U.S. system of two-party politics. The two-party American political system; has it hindered or enhanced the evolvement of the United States as a nation?

1.Describe the evidence of the unspent surplus in the US and Canada from 2009 to the present and the massive corporate tax evasion of the neoliberal period according to the Tax Justice Network.

Please think of an event in the US (from the past) that caused either the AD curve or the AS curve to shift. Briefly describe the event and draw an ADAS diagram to show what happened to GDP, Unemployment, and the Price level in the short run. Please use the sample graph below to see what your graph should look like - **be sure to show the correct curve shifting so your graph matches the event you described.

Don't forget to respond to a classmate.

Describe the trend of strikes among workers in the US from the 1930s to the present.

I hope to get a detailed answer, thank you