The self-styled Islamic State was unlike any other Islamist extremists. It used to be a de facto state operating under the banner of a worldwide […]
Author Archives: Mathew Emmanuel Pineda
The Business Strategy of Starbucks
American entrepreneurs Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegl, and Gordon Bowker opened the first Starbucks store in Seattle, Washington on 30 March 1971 at 2000 Western Avenue. […]
Two Types Of U.S. National Debt
The sovereign debt of the United States or the U.S. national debt represents all of the debts owed by the American federal government to different […]
The Legacy Of iPod: How Did It Change The World
One of the most iconic products that catapulted Apple to global success and changed both the consumer electronics industry and the music industry was the […]
How Elon Musk Got Rich?
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos became the wealthiest person in the world in 2018. He kept this status from 2019 to 2021. However, in September 2021, […]
Advantages and Disadvantages of Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has been existing long before the advent of the internet and social media. For example, during the 1730s, customers of the Bank of England […]
Corruption in the Philippines: Historical and Sociocultural Origins
In his journal article published in 2007 in the Philippine Review of Economics, economist Robert H. Nelson argued that the corruption in the Philippines is […]
Interpretations of Machiavelli’s “The Prince”
Niccolò Machiavelli penned the political treatise “The Prince” between 1512 and 1513 while exiled from politics. He dedicated this work to Lorenzo di Piero de’ […]
Machiavellianism and Machiavellian Politics
Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli inspired the generations that came after him to theorize a particular approach to leadership and a brand of […]
Relationship Between Oil and Gas Prices and the Stock Market
The relationship between the global prices of oil and gas and the performance of stock markets has long been examined and analyzed both by academic […]