...Doing business in Singapore Table 1. Profile of Singapore Name Singapore Geographic location East Asia Current form of state City state with parliamentary democracy Previous form of state British colony (1819±1959) Member of Malaysia (1959±1965) Land area 647.5 sq. km Population 3.04 million (mid-1996 estimate) Population growth (1993±1997) 2% per year Population make-up Chinese (77.3%) (Singapore, as of June 1996) Malay (14.1%) Languages English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil GDP (US$) $94.1 billion (1996) GDP per head (US$) $30 900 (1996) GDP growth (1988±1997) 2.67 times Economic status Newly industrialized economy Type of industrialization Export-oriented Major industries by % of GDP Finance...
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...Scope of the Analysis Page 2 2.0 Geographic Location Page 3 3.0 Demographic Analysis Page 3 4.0 Economic Analysis Page 3 4.1 Macroeconomic Analysis Page 4 4.1.1 GDP and GDP Growth Page 4 4.1.2 GDP per capita and GDP per capita PPP Page 5 4.1.3 Income Distribution Page 5 4.1.4 Major Exports and Imports Page 5 4.2 Business Environment Page 6 4.2.1 East of Doing Business Page 6 4.2.2 Economic Freedom Page 7 4.2.3 Perceived Corruption Page 7 4.2.4 Tariffs and Trade Agreements Page 7 4.2.5 Competitive Analysis Page 8 4.3 Per Capita Spending Page 9 4.4 Technological and Physical Infrastructure Page 9 4.4.1 Transport Infrastructure Page 10 4.4.2 Physical Infrastructure Page 10 5.0 Social Characteristics and Market Potential Page 11 6.0 Political and Legal Environment Page 11 6.1 Political Risk Page 11 6.2 Legal Risk Page 11 7.0 Trade and Diplomatic Relations with Australia Page 12 8.0 Country of Choice Page 12 9.0 Mode of Entry Page 12 10.0 Conclusion Page 13 References Page 14 Executive Summary This report examines and assesses the market suitability of two countries for the company Octahedron’s SWIM software. This report analyses and compares Singapore and Indonesia’s political, economic and business environments. The report examines and compares key economical, political and business environment...
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...Summarization of the article The article I would like to discuss about is “The dollars and sense of inflation” for the Straits Times newspaper written by economics correspondent Aaron Low. In the article, the author discusses about the inflation report in Singapore which came with two indicators. The first was a breakdown of how inflation had affected the various income groups. According to the Department of Statistics (DOS), the top 20 percent of income earners face with a 5.7 per cent inflation rate due to the rising costs of private transport and property rental while the bottom 20 per cent saw prices rise by only 4.7 per cent. Another new indicator by DOS excluded the costs of housing rents. DOS reasoned that since 87.2 per cent of Singaporeans own their own housing, the new indicator was complied “as an additional indicator to track households’ actual expenditures. In this indicator, the inflation rate for the lowest 20 per cent was just 2.2 per cent less than half the rate that the top 20 per cent experienced. The writer mentioned that inflation is just half of the equation calculating the impact of rising prices on the welfare of people and how fast incomes have raised equally matters. The writer argues that the lower income groups may have been hit with lower inflation but their incomes also rise by less than what the top percent enjoys. The writer mentioned that another reason not to worry too much about a rise in the consumer price index is that a large part of...
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...Question 1 Export-oriented countries such as Singapore face substantial economic risks from the Eurozone crisis. Discuss your views on the above statement.[10 marks] Eurozone - Since early 2010, the Eurozone has been going through a tedious debate over the resolving of its homegrown crisis, now the “euro zone crisis”. Started from Greece followed by Ireland, Portugal, Spain and then Italy, these Eurozone economies went through a downgrade of their sovereign debt rating, stress of default and a drastic rise in borrowing cost. Fellow Eurozone economies and the future of Euro have been threatened by these developments. Forced to do what it takes, the Eurozone economic disaster is unlikely to return to business as usual soon on its own. (Timeline, 2012) Gross Domestic Product - The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the total value of final goods and services produced in the market, in a fixed duration within a country. It is calculated based on total consumption expenditure, government spending, and domestic investment, adding the value of exports, subtracting the value of imports. The GDP is a coincident indicator. An increase or decrease in the GDP is a strong indicator of a country’s economic health. Based on the above, countries heavily dependent on export demand from Europe would face a sharp drop in their value of exports, for example, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Malaysia. Mathematically, a decline in total export value leads a drop...
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...DRIVING DEMOCRACY – CHAPTER 4 9/15/2007 2:33 PM Chapter 4 Wealth and democracy Can formal democratic institutions succeed if they are built in societies with inhospitable social and economic conditions? In particular, will attempts to hold competitive elections fail to strengthen democracy in poor and divided nation states, as well as in regions such as the Middle East which are dominated by autocracy? Skeptics point to an earlier wave of institution building, when European-style parliaments were transplanted to many African societies during the era of decolonization, including in Benin and Togo, only to collapse as the military usurped their powers.1 We first need to establish the influence of certain underlying economic and social conditions on democratic consolidation before proceeding to examine the impact of powersharing institutions in subsequent chapters. As Dahl points out, where the underlying conditions are highly unfavorable, then it is improbable that democracy could be preserved by any constitutional design. By contrast, if the underlying conditions are highly favorable, then democratic consolidation is likely with almost any constitution.2 But many cases fall into the muddy middle-ground. The analysis of cross-sectional time-series data illuminates the general patterns and what conditions count, focusing upon examining the role of wealth, the size of nation states, colonial legacies, regional diffusion, and the degree of ethnic heterogeneity. Each of these...
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...International Economics 3307AFE Group Assignment | Extend the table 1.3, examine the openness for various countries and analyse the relationship between the openness and the faster long-term growth in standard of living | (Makin, A.J., 2002, p.10) | | | | Sanjeev Henny s2760582 Yu-Ting, Lin s2672341 Yen-Ting, Lee s2768300 World count: 985 | With the increasing globalization of most economies, there is consequently more focus on understanding how international integrations influence macroeconomic performance. Economists use numerous indicators to measure the degree of an economy’s openness. One of the common indicators is the percentage of trade as a share of gross domestic product (GDP). It is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services measured as a share of GDP. (World Bank, 2013). This essay will firstly generally examine the degree of openness for various countries by using the percentage of trade as a share of GDP. It will then outline Singapore as the most open country, Brazil as the least open country and the most rapidly increased openness: Hong Kong. Finally, it will examine whether the degree of openness is correlated with faster long term growth in standard of living. In advanced economies, there are many kinds of methods to analyse an economy’s openness. There has been one commonly used indicator which is the percentage value of the sum of exports plus imports as a share of national product. (Makin, 2009...
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...Convergence and Its Implications for a Common Currency in ASEAN Kraiwinee Bunyaratavej, Eugene D. Hahn ASEAN Economic Bulletin, Volume 20, Number 1, April 2003, pp. 49-59 (Article) Published by Institute of Southeast Asian Studies For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ase/summary/v020/20.1.bunyaratavej.html Access provided by Bangor University (24 Feb 2014 20:30 GMT) ASEAN Economic Bulletin Vol. 20, No. 1 (2003), pp. 49-59 Convergence and Its Implications for a Common Currency in ASEAN Kraiwinee Bunyaratavej and Eugene D. Hahn The successful introduction of the euro brings renewed interest to the topic of whether similar approaches might be successfully implemented in other regions. One region that may be a promising candidate for this process is Southeast Asia, comprising the ASEAN member countries. These nations have long seen the value of co-operation in order to promote peace, stability, and economic growth. Nonetheless, important differences between the euro area and the ASEAN zone suggest that a wholesale importation of the European approach may be inopportune at the moment. The issues are examined by using economic convergence modelling perspectives. In general, the findings clearly suggest that further work remains before ASEAN will be able to fully benefit from having a single currency area. I. Introduction this is an achievable, or even a desirable, goal. The recent successful introduction of a common ...
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...Introduction Singapore- officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian island city. Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. Though physically small, Singapore is an economic giant. Singapore has been Southeast Asia's most modern city for over a century. Singapore has a highly developed and successful free-market economy. Since independence, Singapore is the world's fourth leading financial centre, and its port is one of the five big ports in the world. The economy depends on exports and refining imported goods, especially in consumer electronics, information technology products, pharmaceuticals, and on a growing financial services. Real GDP growth averaged 8.6% between 2004 and 2007. In the global financial crisis, Singapore rebounded quickly 14.8% in 2010, with per capital GDP equal to that of the leading nations of Western Europe and the third highest per capital income in the world. Singapore has attracted foreign investments in technology production and will continue efforts to establish Singapore as Southeast Asia's high-tech hub. Entrepreneurship Independent of the stage of economic development, entrepreneurship plays a significant role for the expansion, job creation and overall economic health within a country. Entrepreneurship is relatively common in Singapore, with the country taking pride in a sense that the country was built on entrepreneurial...
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...identify my weakness and my strong points. In the first section, I will be discussing about the employment market of the Oil & Gas Industry in Singapore, and my targeted position of a junior trader – middle distillates. The changes in Singapore labor market will be briefly discussed, and there will be several factors being brought to attention in order to clearly notify what are the changes of the labor market in Singapore in general. Next, a reflection will be done based on my current career path, and my choice of career advancement. I will be levying on various sources of input, from the seminar activities, assessments, and psychometric tests that has been carried out. Lastly, I will reflect on the improvements to be made for a smooth and successful career advancement in the future. PART 1 Singapore is one of the most sought after places to work in Asia. Over the years, Singapore has attracted millions of foreigners into the Singapore labor market. However, it has been significant changes over the past years; today, Singapore is an advanced country with great financial services, an important and strategic port, and a trading hub. It has been shown that the labor market in Singapore has changed from a manufacturing based environment, to a more service oriented based environment. Tourism in Singapore has greatly increased since the opening of 2 casinos,...
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...Economic Research Economic Briefing Germany: Analysts’ concerns are growing The ZEW Index for Germany tumbled again in October. Poorer economic data and a far from solved debt crisis are making analysts more skeptical about the future. How companies view the situation is more important though. This will be revealed by the Ifo business climate on Friday, which is also set to fall again. Financial analysts give an increasingly negative assessment of the outlook for the German economy. The ZEW index for the economic expectations in Germany dropped again in October. At -48.3, it came in slightly below expectations (Commerzbank forecast and consensus: -45.0). Well over half of the analysts surveyed meanwhile believe that the economic situation in Germany will deteriorate in the next six months. That said, Germany is the only country for which the index for the current situation is still clearly in positive territory, at 38.4. For the euro zone and the other surveyed countries, the figure is already in deep negative territory. These figures do not really bring much news; the fact that analysts have reduced their growth estimates again for next year – meaning they assess the outlook less favourably – is already in the newspapers. Furthermore, a look at the markets shows that the sovereign debt crisis is causing unrest on the financial markets (and therefore among the analysts working in this sector). What is more surprising is that 8% of those asked still anticipate an improvement...
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...Management Student Name: Yan weixiong (Jeff) Student ID: 13041983 Word Count: Tutor Name: Victor Hoon Executive Summary This reports aimed to identify the key performance indicator of MPA. Results show that how TQM and Six Sigma is being applied to improve the key performance of the MPA. Using SERVQUAL is an effective approach it’s can analysis of the difference between customer expectations and perceptions has been highlighted with support of an example. In the SERVQUAL instrument can measure the performance across these five dimensions, such tangibles, reliability, responsiveness, assurance and empathy as using a seven point like scale measuring both customer expectations and perceptions. Research for this report included a review of current literature on applying MPA website, TQM and Six Sigma journals, and others journal. The research findings in TQM show that reducing customer’s waiting time would increase the service quality. The reliability in TQM would be focusing on the port defects which would affect customers trust to the port. Six Sigma show that the reducing of processes in the port to increases the quality of service through operation. The research findings indicate the environmental, economic and social sustain issues. And the approaches of sustainable will actually help to sustain it. This report recommends that TQM and Six Sigma are beneficial to keep MPA improving the customer satisfaction...
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...Analysis of Differences in Marketing Environment between Singapore and the U.S.A. March 05, 2013 Analysis of Differences in Marketing Environments between Singapore and the U.S.A. Abstract My motivation for analyzing the differences in marketing environments between Singapore and the United States was to be able to gain more knowledge of the marketing environment that lies between these two countries. The method that I used to approach this report was reading one book on international marketing and several websites that contained several topics and information regarding these countries. After analyzing the methods that I used, I learned several important facts about Singapore and the United States. Also, I learned that both countries face different problems in diverse cultures. One of the greatest implications is that you cannot market to Singapore the same way you would in the United States because both countries desire different things. Introduction This paper analyses the differences in marketing environments between Singapore and the United States, and is structured into five tables. Table 1 presents general differences between Singapore and the USA; it also gives information on both countries. For example, it shows the differences in land size, population, and GDP. Table 2 discusses trade relationship between Singapore and the USA. It explains the U.S. exports and imports from and to Singapore over the past five years. It also explains the key products and services...
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...Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) in 1996 due to the critical location at the centre of the trade route connecting with over 600 ports and 120 countries. Until today, MPA has proved its unlimited growth rate and the importance is how maintain the high position and thrive more in the future. Thus, this paper is aimed at the quality improvement of MPA service as well as in Maritime Cargo Transport. The research shows that MPA should consider choosing Total Quality Management or Six Sigma approach to enhance the port performance, maintain the environmental sustainability and efficiency. They are such powerful and essential tools in implementing and getting ultimate goals. MPA's main business is maritime service. Hence, in this report, the author applied the model that is called Supply Chain Operator Reference (SCOR) to measure the Maritime Port service and how it can affect the Maritime Port performance. SCOR module for MPA includes four process that are Plan, Source, Deliver and Return. In Plan process, the author choose customer response time for the most important factor due to the customer satisfaction. The lower customer response time, the better performance of the service is, so customer expectation will be fulfilled. For Sourcing process, there is nothing important than the partnership of suppliers and buyers. Singapore Port is taking towage service from third party and this towage service is such as a critical service at Singapore Port. In order to lower the operating...
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...information for The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science can be found at: Email Alerts: http://ann.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://ann.sagepub.com/subscriptions Reprints: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsReprints.nav Permissions: http://www.sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Citations: http://ann.sagepub.com/content/611/1/31.refs.html >> Version of Record - Apr 30, 2007 What is This? Downloaded from ann.sagepub.com at NATIONAL UNIV SINGAPORE on October 14, 2011 Capital, Consumption, Communication, and Citizenship: The Social Positioning of Taste and Civic Culture in the United States By LEWIS FRIEDLAND, DHAVAN V. SHAH, NAM-JIN LEE, MARK A. RADEMACHER, LUCY ATKINSON, and THOMAS HOVE In this article, the authors analyze the field of cultural consumption in the United States. Using the 2000 DDB Lifestyle Study, they examine a cross-section of Americans in terms of their occupational categories, media usage, consumption practices, social behaviors, and indicators of civic and political engagement. In doing so, the authors find many parallels to the determinants of taste, cultural discrimination, and choice within the field structure observed by Bourdieu in 1960s French...
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...Q3 2010 www.businessmonitor.com siNGapore pharmaceuticals & healthcare report INCLUDES 10-YEAR FORECASTS TO 2019 issN 1748-216X published by Business monitor international ltd. SINGAPORE PHARMACEUTICALS & HEALTHCARE REPORT Q3 2010 INCLUDING 5-YEAR AND 10-YEAR INDUSTRY FORECASTS BY BMI Part of BMI’s Industry Report & Forecasts Series Published by: Business Monitor International Copy deadline: June 2010 Business Monitor International Mermaid House, 2 Puddle Dock, London, EC4V 3DS, UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 7248 0468 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7248 0467 Email: subs@businessmonitor.com Web: http://www.businessmonitor.com © 2010 Business Monitor International. All rights reserved. All information contained in this publication is copyrighted in the name of Business Monitor International, and as such no part of this publication may be reproduced, repackaged, redistributed, resold in whole or in any part, or used in any form or by any means graphic, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or by information storage or retrieval, or by any other means, without the express written consent of the publisher. DISCLAIMER All information contained in this publication has been researched and compiled from sources believed to be accurate and reliable at the time of publishing. However, in view of the natural scope for human and/or mechanical error, either at source or during production, Business Monitor International accepts no...
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