Asian Rim Region Report Geography And Demography

Pacific Rim Region Report Geography and Demography Pacific Rim is a geographical vocabulary, refers to the lands around the rim of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Basin includes the Pacific Rim and the islands in the Pacific Ocean.(Wojtan, Linda S.) The Pacific Rim roughly overlaps with the geologic Pacific Ring of Fire. This region report is focusing on the East Asia, and Southeast Asia, or Asian Pacific. East Asia can be defined either in geographical and cultural. Geographically, it covers about 12,000,000 km2, or about 28% of the Asian continent, about 15% bigger than the area of Europe. East Asia is one of the world s most populated places, with more than 1.5 billion people, about 38% of the population of Asia and 22% or over one†¦show more content†¦There are a lot of common behaviors among these regions. Almost all these Asian Pacific countries are agriculture countries and eat rice as staple food. Asian Pacific countries have high power distance, high hierarchy, and high-context culture. Communitarianism and masculinity are very common in this big area. Economy Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim economies. APEC members are described as ‘economies’ because the APEC cooperative process is predominantly concerned with trade and economic issues, with members engaging with one another as economic entities. APEC promotes free trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region. It was established in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies and the advent of regional trade blocs in other parts of the world; to fears that highly industrialised Japan (a member of G8) would come to dominate economic activity in the Asia-Pacific region; and to establish new markets for agricultural products and raw materials beyond Europe.(Andrew Elek) Another term we must be talked about when we mention Asian Pacific economy is the â€Å"Four Asian Dragons†. Their economic success stories have served as role models for many developing countries like China and India. The â€Å"Four Asian Dragons† are Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, a term used to referring to the highly developed and highly free-market economies. These nationsShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 Pagescentury. Broadly conceived and remarkably comprehensive, Bonnie Smith’s essay provides an overview of the gendering of political and social transformations over the course of the twentieth century. Attentive to differences across cultures and regions and under varying political regimes, Smith chronicles the struggles of women to improve their situation within the domestic sphere and the conditions under which they labored to expand the career opportunities available to them at different timesRead MoreStrategic Marketing Management337596 Words   |  1351 Pagescontrol concepts 17.5 Responsibility accounting 17.6 Approaches to control 17.7 Some behavioural factors 17.8 Summary 18 Management control – 2 18.1 Learning objectives 18.2 Introduction 18.3 Controls 18.4 Taking corrective action 18.5 Management reports 18.6 Summary Bibliography Index Preface In writing the first edition of this book in the early 1990s, we were motivated by a concern to help improve the effectiveness of marketing practice. Twelve years and two editions later, our purpose