\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Totalitarianism}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Totalitarian system subordinates the individual to the interests of the collective} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Dissent is eliminated through indoctrination, persecution, surveillance, propaganda, censorship, and violence} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Types of totalitarianism} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Authoritarianism} & Tolerates no deviation from state ideology. Deviation = punishment. Officals reg politics, pay less attention to social and economic structure of society. \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 7) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Fascism & Organises nationed using corporatist perspectives, values and systems. Controls, using force and indoctrine, minds, souls and daily existance. North Korea, Burma. \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 7) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Secular & Single party controls elections, tolerates dissent as long as does not challenge state, suppresses other ideologies. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 5) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Theocratic & Gov is an expression of prefered diety. Leaders claim to represent its interests on earth. Applis acient dogma rather than modern beliefs. Strick social and gender reg. Iran, Afganistan, Saudi Arabia. \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 9) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.12 cm} x{4.88 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Totalitarianism (cont)}} \tn % Row 7 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Engines of \seqsplit{totalitarianism} & Economic development, inconsistancies, economic problems, standards of democracy \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Monopolises power and uses it to regulate most / all areas of life.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Wide world of legal systems}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/mrskittenheel_1402204852_2014-06-08 15_19_16-Microsoft PowerPoint non-commercial use - [daniels_ib14_stppt03_ge [Compatibilit.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Why are legal systems important?}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Regulate business practices} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Defines business policies, rights and obligations involved in business transactions} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Because government of a country make laws they differ from country to country} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Different countries have different laws and regulations, knowledge of common law, civil law, contract laws, laws governing property rights, product safety and liability for a country helps in business decisions.} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.8 cm} x{5.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Common law}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Relies upon & Judge made precendents \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} How are decisions made & Refering to previous judgements, custom, reasoning. Only considers legislation after considering these factors. \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Countrys & US, Canada, HK, NZ, England, India, Australia \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.8 cm} x{5.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Civil law summary}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Relies upon & Systematic codeification of accessable, detailed laws. Political officals translate legal principles into statutes. \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} How are decisions made & Judges apply statutes to resolve disputes. Unbound by precedent. Judges are constraining in interpretation of law. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 5) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Countries & Approx 150: Germany, Japan, France, Mexico. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Most widespread type of law} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.8 cm} x{5.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Theocratic law summary}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Relies upon & Religious doctrain, precepts and beliefs. Legal auth is placed in religious leaders. They regulate business transactions and social relations based on sacred text. No separation of church and state. \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} How are decisions made & Based on sacred text. \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Countries & Muslim and islamic are the most prevalent \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.8 cm} x{5.2 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Customary law summary}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Relies upon & Norms of behaviour practiced over a long time \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} How are decisions made & Individuals recognising benefits of conforming to community standards \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Countries & Plays a role in countries with mixed legal systems \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Indigenous law} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.36 cm} x{4.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Democracy summary}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Equality: & All citizens are politically and legally equal \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Entitled to freedom: & Yes. Thought, opinion, belief, speech, and association \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Power: & Equally command sovereign power over public officials \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Individulist & Refers to the primacy of the rights and role of the individual. \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 3) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Types of democracy} \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Representative & Originates in a constitution that protects individual freedoms and liberties. Elected reps hold ultimate soverignty, but must act in peoples interests. Officals rep voters. US, Japan \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 8) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Multiparty & 3 or more parties govern. Leadership can not legislate without neg with oposition. Canada, Germany, Ital, Israel \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 5) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} Parliamentary & Citizens elect reps to a leg branch called parliament \tn % Row Count 29 (+ 3) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Social & Applies democratic means to power transition from Capitalist to Socialism. Giv regs capitalism to control tendancy towards injustice. Norway. Sweden. \tn % Row Count 36 (+ 7) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.36 cm} x{4.64 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Democracy summary (cont)}} \tn % Row 9 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Third Wave of Democratization & number of democracies doubled in two decades \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 10 \SetRowColor{white} Engines of Democracy & failure of totalitarian regimes to deliver economic progress, Improved communication tech, economic dividends offered by increasing political freedom \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 7) % Row 11 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Democracy's retreat & Only 26 democracies are full democracies. \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{A government of the people, by the people, for the people.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.88 cm} x{7.12 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Political risks}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Political risk refers to the risk that political decisions or events in a country negatively affect the profitability or sustainability of an investment} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Types & Systemic, proceedural, distributive, catastrophic \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Map of Political Freedom, 2010}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/mrskittenheel_1402201361_2014-06-08 14_20_31-Microsoft PowerPoint non-commercial use - [daniels_ib14_stppt03_ge [Compatibilit.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.2 cm} x{4.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Trends in legal systems}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Rule of man (totalitarian ) & Legal rights derive from the individual who commands the power to impose them \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Rule of law (democratic) & Systematic / objective laws applied by public officials who are held accountable for their administration \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{p{0.8 cm} p{0.8 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Implications for managers}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Strategic issues} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Country of origin and local content} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Marketplace behavior} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Product safety and liability} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 1) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Legal jurisdiction} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 1) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Intellectual property} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{Uncertainty of law challenges decision making. Few developing countries have decent legal systems.} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.6 cm} x{6.4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Operational Concerns}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Issues & Starting business, contracts, hiring and firing, closing the business \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Regulation} & Rich = less, poor = more \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}