...different expectations regarding the scale and the nature of co-operation with China. Chisinau wishes only to boost trade, whereas in Minsk and Kyiv, Beijing is also presented as a strategic partner whose investments may not only help the indebted economies recover but also strengthen the position of these countries in their dealings with the EU, and especially with Russia. Beijing sees co-operation with these countries in differently, and its offer is much more modest than Belarus and Ukraine are expecting. Eastern Europe is one of the last parts of the world with which China is activating its co-operation. This is not a priority region for Beijing. China wants to derive economic benefits and to diversify the markets on which it invests its financial surplus, and it does not intend to extend its political dialogue with Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova beyond the framework which determines its economic interests. The main reason for this is the nature of relations between Russia and China. Beijing sees its partnership with Moscow as more beneficial, and will not offer these countries support in their relations with Russia since in its opinion they belong to Russia’s sphere of influence. Minsk and Kyiv are pinning too much hope on their co-operation with Beijing, while China...
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...Sachs’ analyst Jim O’Neill, signaling the new dynamic that four large countries; Brazil, Russia, India and China, were bringing to the global economy at the beginning of the new millennium. A conclusion advanced in the Goldman Sachs report was that the BRICs should be included in the G7 as their macroeconomic significance increased in the decade to come. From a global investment angle, the world has moved on from there to a wider set of dynamic emerging countries, including a number of fast-growing African nations, as more developing countries find their own way to catch up on growth, resisting world recessionary tendencies (O’Neill 2001 2011). The investor’s world of emerging markets has thus expanded beyond the BRICs, even as questions are raised about the sustainability of growth in the BRICs themselves, with their structural and political challenges and their vulnerability to the uncertainties of global monetary developments. (http://mobile.opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/3599#.VemUOn2MgQ0) The grouping was originally known as "BRIC" before the inclusion of South Africa in 2010. The BRICS members are all developing or newly industrialised countries, but they are distinguished by their large, fast-growing economies and significant influence on regional and global affairs; all five are G-20 members. Since 2010, the BRICS nations have met annually at formal summits. Russia currently holds the chair of the BRICS group, and hosted the group's seventh summit...
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...Gordon Orr What might happen in China in 2016? Strategy January 2016 Millions of people being relocated from cities, fewer jobs, greater centralization, and more movie blockbusters are just some of the author’s predictions for the year. In debates about whether growth is a percentage point up or down, we too often lose sight of the absolute scale of China’s economy. No matter what rate the country grows at in 2016, its share of the global economy, and of many specific sectors, will be larger than ever. My snapshot of China in 2016? An increasingly diverse, volatile, $11 trillion economy whose performance is becoming more and more difficult to describe as one dimensional. The reality is that China’s economy is today made up of multiple subeconomies, each more than a trillion dollars in size. Some are booming, some declining. Some are globally competitive, others fit for the scrap heap. How you feel about China depends more than ever on the parts of the economy where you compete. In 2015, selling kit to movie theaters has been great business, selling kit to steel mills less so. In your China, are you dealing with a tiger or a tortoise? Your performance in 2016 will depend on knowing the answer to this question and shaping your plans accordingly. Many well-established secular trends in China will continue in 2016. The service economy’s expansion is perhaps most prominent among them. In this piece, as usual, I won’t spend much time on the most familiar things...
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...A Case Study of the Acquisition of Swedish Volvo by Chinese Geely Author: Lieke Wang Supervisor: Thomas Danborg Master's Thesis in Business Administration, MBA programme February 2011 Abstract The acquisition of the famous Swedish Volvo by the unknown Chinese Geely has attracted a lot of attention in the world-wide medias, particularly in Sweden and China. It is the largest overseas acquisition ever by a Chinese company, which marks a beginning of a new era that the fastest growing China has become a superpower in the world economy. Because this acquisition is such a complex business where two involved companies are so much different, it is of high interest to make a case study of this in the business research area. The thesis begins the study by looking at the basic facts of these two companies: the products, market, finance situation, brand and technology, etc. It was found that these two companies have very little in similarity, but a huge difference in product segment, technology and brand, inter-culture, language, etc. Therefore, there is no immediate cost saving through the integration of two companies and the sharing of the common components, which indicates that the risk of failure of this acquisition is relatively big. However, there do exist some opportunities lying ahead. The most obvious opportunity is the possible rapid expansion in the growing Chinese market as Volvo’s second home market. To be successful in China, Volvo must address several issues: quickly...
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...BOFIT Discussion Papers 19 • 2011 Zhichao Zhang, Nan Shi and Xiaoli Zhang China’s new exchange rate regime, optimal basket currency and currency diversification Bank of Finland, BOFIT Institute for Economies in Transition BOFIT Discussion Papers Editor-in-Chief Laura Solanko BOFIT Discussion Papers 19/2011 23.7.2011 Zhichao Zhang, Nan Shi and Xiaoli Zhang: China’s new exchange rate regime, optimal basket currency and currency diversification ISBN 978-952- 462-714-6 ISSN 1456-5889 (online) This paper can be downloaded without charge from http://www.bof.fi/bofit Suomen Pankki Helsinki 2011 BOFIT- Institute for Economies in Transition Bank of Finland BOFIT Discussion Papers 19/2011 Contents Abstract ................................................................................................................................................ 3 Tiivistelmä ........................................................................................................................................... 4 1 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 5 Theoretical model ..................................................................................................................... 11 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 3 Policy goal .................................................................................................................... 12 Trade...
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...more flexibility as compared to the industry in developed countries. (3) WTO has set up a new committee under the chairmanship of Putin of Russia to look into the issue of subsidy and find out a solution to the problem acceptable to all the parties. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 & 2 (E) None of these ANS (A) 2. Which of the following statement (s) is / are true about the 11th five year plan of India ? (1) The highest priority is given to exports , education and development of steel sector. (2) The plan aims at achieving the growth at 10 % level by the end of the plan. (3) The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana is revived in such a way so that it can be achieve a growth nof 4 % for agriculture sector. (A) Only 1 (B) Only 2 (C) Only 3 (D) Both 1 & 2 (E) None of these ANS (D) 3. As per the figures released recently the Stock markets in emerging economies made handsome returns last year (2007-08). Which of the following stock markets amongst the BRIC nations registered highest increased (97 %) compared to its performance in 2006-07 ? (A) Cina (B) Brazil (C) Russia (D) India (E) None of these ANS (D) 4. Bayana which was in news recently is a place in - (A) Uttar Pradseh (B) Madhya Pradseh (C) Bihar (D) Haryana (E) Rajasthan ANS (E) 5. Which of the following statement (s) is / are correct about the Indo-Russia Bilateral Defence Ties ? (1) Both the countries have decided to produce a fifth generation fighter aircraft and a multi...
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...MBA LEARN MORE, DO MORE, BECOME MORE 90 exceptional people who will shape the future of business The IMD MBA Class of 2011 Developing your future global leaders The IMD difference Why recruit at IMD? Find truly global experienced leaders able to address your company’s challenges in today’s complex environment 90 talented pre-screened participants Besides strong academic ability, we assess the leadership potential with a focus on real management capacity in a multi-cultural and complex environment. In total we spend at least 10 manhours per candidate to make sure each one is right for the program. The admission process consists of: - an online application with 12 essays - letters of recommendations - a full day assessment center Once accepted, each candidate goes through a full background check conducted by an independent agency. International and experienced In a class of 90, you will find 40+ different nationalities and 90% of the participants will have spent at least 6 months outside their home country. With a minimum of 3 years of work experience, our participants have on average 7 years of experience prior to IMD. Trained to become truly global hand-on leaders Besides strong academic business fundamentals, our intensive one-year program is designed to constantly push our MBAs beyond their comfort zone. A diversity of hands-on projects takes them through various settings: - a 6-week startup project - a 9-week international consulting project with medium to...
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...ESSAY: THOMAS MALTHUS Born: 13-Feb-1766 Birthplace: Rookery, near Dorking, Surrey, England Died: 29-Dec-1834 Location of death: St. Catherine, near Bath, England Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Buried, Bath Abbey, Bath, England Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Economist Nationality: England What many know, at least those with an elementary knowledge of economics or politics, is that Malthus is the surname of a man, who, a couple of hundred years back, said that man, sooner or later, universally, will run up against himself; that the population of mankind will eventually outstrip man's ability to supply himself with the necessities of life. The Malthusian doctrine, as stated in "Essay on the Principle of Population," was expressed as follows: "population increases in a geometric ratio, while the means of subsistence increases in an arithmetic ratio." Well, that seems plain enough, and perfectly understandable, if there is too many people and not enough food, then, certainly, there is going to be problems. Malthus developed his theory, at least to this extent: that left alone, no matter all the problems short of worldwide catastrophe, humankind will survive, as, nature has a natural way to cut population levels: "crime, disease, war, and vice," being, the necessary checks on population." This proposition, as was made by Malthus in 1798, was to cause quite a public stir, then, and yet today. The English economist Thomas Robert Malthus, b....
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...fastest-growing markets, transnational giants have to compete with increasingly sophisticated homegrown champions. It isn’t easy. by Arindam K. Bhattacharya and David C. Michael Since the late 1970s, governments on every continent have allowed the winds of global competition to blow through their economies. As policy makers have lowered tariff barriers and permitted foreign investments, multinational companies have rushed into those countries. U.S., European, and Japanese giants, it initially appeared, would quickly overrun local rivals and grab the market for almost every product or service. After all, they possessed state-of-the-art technologies and products, enormous financial resources, powerful brands, and the world’s best management talent and systems. Poor nations...
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...and the emerging consumer in 2015 62 Brazil: Steady decline continues 64 China: A life online 66 India: New government, strong consumer 68 Indonesia: An under-penetrated market 70 Mexico: Structural potential, cyclical hurdles 72 Russia: Dark clouds gather 74 Saudi Arabia: The petro-dollar 76 South Africa: Reduced optimism 81 About the survey 83 Imprint / Disclaimer For more information, please contact: Richard Kersley, Head of Global Securities Products and Themes, Credit Suisse Investment Banking, richard.kersley@credit-suisse.com Michael O’Sullivan, Chief Investment Officer UK & EMEA, Credit Suisse Private Banking & Wealth Management, michael.o’sullivan@credit-suisse.com COVERPHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/XAVIERARNAU, PHOTO: ISTOCKPHOTO.COM/ALIJA 78 Turkey: Subdued but stable EMERGING CONSUMER SURVEY 2015_3 Editorial We are delighted to publish the fifth edition of the Credit Suisse Research Institute’s “Emerging Consumer Survey.” To undertake the project, we have again partnered with global market research firm Nielsen, which has conducted on our behalf nearly 16,000 face-to-face interviews with consumers across nine key emerging economies – Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and South Africa. We have built a unique and accessible multi-year database profiling the fortunes and intentions of these key consumers. The ambition of our series of studies has been to focus on the micro...
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...PART 2 The Global Marketing Environment CHAPTER 2 The Global Economic Environment Case 2-1 The Global Economic Crisis I n his 1997 book One World, Ready or Not, William Greider described the United States as “the buyer of last resort.” Greider explained that, for many years, the United States was the only nation that was willing to absorb production surpluses exported by companies in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Greider asked: “Who will buy the surpluses when the United States cannot?” The conventional wisdom has long held that strong spending by consumers in other nations would keep the world economy humming. However, by 2008, Greider’s question was taking on a new urgency and the conventional wisdom was being tested. An economic crisis that had its roots in lax subprime mortgage lending practices began to spread around the globe. In the United States, where the crisis began, economic misery was widespread: The housing market collapsed, real estate values plummeted, credit tightened, and job growth slowed (see Exhibit 2-1). As the price of oil passed the $100 per barrel benchmark, the average price of a gallon of gasoline rose to $4. American consumers were, indeed, less willing and less able to buy. However, the crisis was not confined to the United States alone. Consumer-goods exporters in Asia, which Exhibit 2-1: The bursting of the global real estate bubble was only one aspect of the worst recession in decades. The ripple effects from the economic...
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...KPMG INTERNATIONAL KPMG’s Global Automotive Executive Survey 2012 Managing growth while navigating uncharted routes kpmg.com/automotive II | KPMG’s Global Automotive Executive Survey 2012 Acknowledgements The Global Automotive Executive Survey is KPMG International’s annual assessment of the current state and future prospects of the worldwide automotive industry. In this year’s survey, 200 senior executives from the world’s leading automotive companies were interviewed, including automakers, suppliers, dealers, financial service providers, and for the first time mobility service providers. The responses make for compelling reading and we would like to thank all those who participated for giving us their valuable time. We would also like to acknowledge and thank the following senior executives who participated in in-depth interviews to provide further insight: (Listed alphabetically by organization name) Dr. André Stoffels Head of Strategy Audi Steven Bridgeland Senior Product Manager, Windows Embedded Microsoft Special thanks to Moritz Pawelke, Meghan Bested and Martha Collyer for their efforts. © 2012 KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Member firms of the KPMG network of independent firms are affiliated with KPMG International. KPMG International provides no client services. All rights reserved. Foreword Imagine the following scenario, involving an urban dweller, possibly living in a mega-city like...
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...Running Head: TATA MOTORS Comparison of Tata Motors with the value propositions of the competitor Table of content Introduction……………………………………………………………….. 3 Evaluation…………………………………………………………………. 3 Comparison……………………………………………………………….. 5 Tata’s Value proposition………………………………………………….. 9 Recommendations………………………………………………………… 12 References…………………………………………………………………. 14 Introduction I have selected Tata Motors. Tata Motors Limited can easily be labelled as India’s leading automobile company with annual revenues reaching Rs. 92,519 crores (USD 20 billion) in year 2009-10. The company has a competitive edge among commercial vehicles specializing in passenger cars along with some other vehicle segments. Tata Motors is a well renowned name in truck manufacturing along bus manufacturing, it is considered to be the 2nd largest bus manufacturer around the globe and worlds 4th in terms of truck manufacturing (tatacarsworldwide, 1, n.d). Evaluation This section of the report would discuss the nature of the industry and how well the company is positioned in the industry. The automotive companies are emerging on the world map very quickly, weather it’s related to parts manufacturing, designing components or any other aspect people are outsourcing their business operations. While on the other hand automotive Giants are consistently on the verge of increasing their businesses by entering into newer potential markets around the globe by setting up its...
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...1 National Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2014 introduced in Lok Sabha It is also called Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill It seeks to introduce Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime Inserts article Articles 246A, 269A and 279A in the Constitution Provides for Union Finance Minister headed GST Council Sets in a uniform and integrated indirect tax regime in India 14th Finance Commission submitted its report to President It covers the period between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2020 The Commission headed by former RBI Governor Y V Reddy Provides for devolution of tax receipts from the Centre to the States Article 280 of Constitution provides for appointment of Finance Commission First and 13th Finance Commission was headed by K C Neogy & Dr Vijay Kelkar resp. Union government decriminalized Attempt to Suicide For this purpose Section 309 of Indian Penal Code removed 20th Law Commission headed by Justice A P Shah recommended in its 210 Report 210th Report on Humanization and Decriminalization of Attempt to Suicide France was the first country to decriminalize this offence Lok Sabha passed the Repealing and Amending (Second) Bill, 2014 Introduced as a periodic measure for updating the list of laws in force Seeks to repeal 90 laws and pass amendment to two laws Proposes to amend the two laws to rectify typographical errors The laws are Railways...
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