Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade Working Paper Series, No. 99, April 2011 Utility of Regional Trade Agreements: Experience from India’s Regionalism by Sejuti Jha* * PhD Scholar, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, New Delhi. The author is grateful to Biswajit Nag, Rajan Sudesh Ratna and Mia Mikic for valuable comments. The paper benefited from the comments received from the participants at the second Empirical Issues in International Trade and Finance conference, organized by
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Entertainment Industry in India has registered an explosive growth in last two decades making it one of the fastest emerging industries in India. Television itself witnessed its transformation from a single government owned channels to a medium telecasting more than 300 national and regional channels. At present Indian film industry or Bollywood is a perfect combination of entertainment and commercial sector, producing close to thousand movies in a year in various Indian languages. Indian film industry
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encryption technology and the Chinese authorities’ desire to monitor e-mail traffic and content. Here the technical and political concerns were entangled. Even calling in Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to pay the Chinese federal authorities a visit (during a trade mission) provided no resolution. To further complicate things, the entirety of RIM had until recently been preoccupied with the legal settlement with NTP in the United States. There was much concern that NTP’s patent infringement
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Because of permissions issues, some material (e.g., photographs) has been removed from this chapter, though reference to it may occur in the text. The omitted content was intentionally deleted and is not needed to meet the University's requirements for this course. CHAPTER 3 Global Supply Chain Quality and International Quality Standards Global competition is played out by different rules and for different stakes at each level. —C. K. PRAHALAD and GARY HAMEL INTRODUCTION I nternational
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The Colonial Legacy in African Management: West Africa (1950s to 1970s) and South Africa (1990-2000s) Stephanie Decker sdecker@hbs.edu Abstract The colonial legacy in Africa has determined the development of management on the continent, as the comparison between the historical case of Africanisation in Ghana and Nigeria in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s with South Africa in the 1990s and 2000s highlights. Despite the fact that Ghana and Nigeria were not settler colonies, when white managers were replaced
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Role of Social Media in Building Fashion Brand in Thailand Name Instructor Course Institution Date Role of Social Media in Building Fashion Brand in Thailand Social Media Social media are tools that permit the creation, sharing, or the exchange of information, career interests, concepts, and multimedia images and videos in online networking and communication sites. Social media is reliant on mobile and web-based technologies that create an interactive social platform that enables
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Aalto University School of Business Admissions to Master’s Degree Admission 2014 Guide Admission Guide 2014 Admissions to Master’s degree Master of Science in Economics and Business Applicants with an appropriate Finnish Administration or non-Finnish university or university of applied sciences degree may apply directly to a Master’s degree programme to take the degree of Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration at the Aalto University School of Business. The Master of
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Baskin Robbins Marketing Plan Final Outline Paper Lou Ann San Nicolas MKT 421 Marketing 1. Baskin Robbins Organizational Overview Baskin Robbins is a franchise based business operating in 35 countries for the last 65 years. The ice cream shops have more than 1,000 flavors since 1945. Baskin Robbins has more than 150 million consumers worldwide with 2,800 locations nationally and 5,800 stores globally. What began as a small business opportunity has grown into a solid
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Researched, compiled and published by Woods & Seaton International Automotive Systems Customer Relationships Management - “CRM” May 2009 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ESTABLISHED ★ 1973 ★ ★ ★ ★★★ International Automotive Systems - “CRM” - 2009 For the sole, internal use of Aspen Marketing Services, Inc. - Contact: Bill Ewing. Researched, compiled and published by Woods & Seaton page 123 International Automotive Systems Customer Relationships Management - “CRM” May 2009 Copyright Notice All rights
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A Tale of Two Londons Who really lives at One Hyde Park, called the world’s most expensive residential building? Its mostly absentee owners, hiding behind offshore corporations based in tax havens, provide a portrait of the new global super-wealthy. BY NICHOLAS SHAXSON Up until the 18th century, Knightsbridge, which borders genteel Kensington, was a lawless zone roamed by predatory monks and assorted cutthroats. It didn’t come of age until the Victorian building boom, which left a charming
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