Research Introduction 1. Research Topic: The availability to attracting places of Chiang Mai as tourists’ destination 2. Research Background: Known as the ‘Rose of the North,’ the city of Chiang Mai is hailed by the Tourism Authority of Thailand as “a cultural and natural wonderland with ethnic diversity, a multitude of attractions, and welcoming hospitality.” Dotted with spectacular Buddhist temples and stupas, the former capital of the Lanna kingdom has played second fiddle
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CASE STUDIES (1-4) Allison Circle – Addison, Texas Specifics: Addison Circle is a mixed-use urban village built around a circle and grid street system, with apartments and office spaces as the primary uses. The 80-acre development incorporates 2,700 to 3,000 dwelling units along with neighborhood retail, parks, civic space, and 3 to 4 million square feet of office and commercial use. It is a mainly rental project and has a density of 50 dwelling units per acre. Financing: The mixed-use
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Research Paper 1) Title, author and full quoting reference : “Efficient Supplier or Responsive Supplier? Home or Overseas? An Analysis of Sourcing Strategies under competition.” - Xiaole Wu - School of Management, Fudan University, Shanghai and Fuqiang Zhang Olin Business School, Washington University. Published online in Articles in Advance January 27, 2014. 2) Contextual Background: reasons and interests of the research Motivated by the recent back shoring trend, this paper studies a sourcing
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2013 Top 60 Chinese Contractors Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 China Railway Group Ltd., Beijing China Communications Construction Group (Ltd), Beijing Shanghai Construction Group Co.,Ltd., Shanghai GuangSha Construction Group Co., Ltd., Zhejiang,, Hangzhou Guangxi Construction Engineering Group, Nanning,, Guangxi Shanghai Urban Construction (Group) Corp., Shanghai Dongfang Electric Corp., Chengdu,, Sichuan Sichuan Huashi Group Corp. Ltd., Chengdu, Sichuan Company China State Construction Engineering Corp
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China (Shanghai) Pilot Free-Trade Zone is a free-trade zone launched in Shanghai, China on September 29, 2013. It is reported that there will be revolutions in finance, social service, cultural service, shipping and professional business services. There are several characteristics of this FTZ (Free-Trade Zone). Firstly, this FTZ focuses on function innovation and this is different from other bonded areas in China which focus on special policies. Secondly, this FTZ is different from the Singapore
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Shanghai Shanghai Power and influence The politics are a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in the mainland of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Mayors since 1927 and because it is a communist country, all power comes from Beijing so although Shanghai is the largest and most wealthy country in China it has no political power due to the dictatorship of China. Income and wealth In these three regions - Beijing, Guangdong and Zhejiang - were the only ones
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IKEA IN CHINA INTRODUCTION TO IKEA HISTORICAL CHAIN OF IKEA BRIEF INTRODUCTION OF IKEA IN CHINA IKEA entered China in 1998 through a joint venture and started its first in Shanghai. This was followed a store in Beijing in 1999. Since 1980s, several economic trade and investment reforms have enabled the growth of furniture industry in China by 2004, Chinese furniture production was $24 billon and its exports were $7 billion. CONCEPT: SIMPLICITY IS BEAUTY. YI JIA-COMFORTABLE HOME Q1: WHAT MAKES
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is an urban tourist attraction inspired with the city’s history and cultural. It is located at the City Center of Shanghai, and only one block south of the prestigious Huai Hai Zhong Road and its metro station (Shui on Group). Xintiandi covers an area of 30,000 square meters (Shui on Group) or 98425.197 square feet. Xintiandi is very well known as “yesterday meets tomorrow in Shanghai today”, because of its backdrop story. The area has been developed reclaiming 1920s-era Shikumen houses. Shikumen
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 Population 2 Economic Structure and Major Industries 2 Major Firms 4 China’s Stock Market 6 China Securities Regulatory Commission 7 Legal Enforcement of IFRS 8 Summary of contents of financial statements 9 Transition Process of Accounting Standards 10 Auditing Standards 11 Full convergence with International Standards 11 Verification of Capital Contribution 13 Comparison of China’s old GAAP and IFRS 14 Accounting Education in China 15
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The shanghai composite crash The Shanghai Composite Index, which is China's version of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, dropped a whopping 8.4%, which is its steepest one-day fall since 2007. China is one of the world's largest economies, but also one of the most fragile. In the last few months, its stock market has seen an incredible rise in prices. Those prices have now been crashing down; causing broader concern about the impact a Chinese economic meltdown could have on the rest of the world
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