Privatization of Telecoms in Asia John Ure and Araya Vivorakij* Privatization viewed as a panacea for the most pressing problems besetting the modernization and development of telecommunications has become, in recent years, a widely accepted part of orthodox thinking. Wellenius, Stern, Nulty and Stern (1989) illustrate the point. ‘How should privatization be defined?’ asks the International Finance Corporation (IFC, 1995). ‘A generous stance would admit any transfer of ownership or control from
Words: 7547 - Pages: 31
Entrepreneurs in providing the housing facilities for the growing urban population is very important and these are substantially influencing the growth pattern of the city and its sustainability to the trade. Real estate business especially apartment projects has started in late 1970s in Dhaka City. But from early '80s the business started to grow and flourish. At present, more than 350 companies are active in business but 95% business is still dominated by of top 10 Companies. Present market is growing
Words: 10327 - Pages: 42
org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second Street, Suite 300, San Francisco, California, 94105, USA. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Project Manager Training Specialist Creative Director Advisory Committee Jonathan Randall, World Wildlife Fund Paul Thompson, InterWorks LLC Melissa Carstensen, QueenBee Studio Erika Clesceri, U.S. Agency for International Development Veronica Foubert, Sphere Christie Getman, American Red Cross Ilisa Gertner,
Words: 21593 - Pages: 87
Learning legacy Lessons learned from the London 2012 Games construction project Programme Baseline Report Champion Products are examples of tools and formats used by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) in executing its programme. The ODA is publishing these as part of its Learning Legacy in the anticipation that they may be of use to future projects seeking best practice examples of tools and templates that have been used successfully on a large, complex programme. Purpose of the document
Words: 37339 - Pages: 150
1 Introduction Singer (Sri Lanka) PLC is a conglomerate engaged in trading of consumer durables. It dates back its origins to 1877 where it started its first shop in Pettah. The Company was focused on selling sewing machines and as a step towards backward integration in 1963 Singer Industries (Ceylon) PLC was incorporated to assemble sewing machines. However the market for Sewing machines declined over the past years and the Company facing a financial downturn, took a critical decision to diversify
Words: 6197 - Pages: 25
Synopsis Merchant Banking in India Introduction Merchant Bank A merchant bank deals with the commercial banking needs of international finance, long term company loans, and stock underwriting . A merchant bank does not have retail offices where one can go and open a savings or checking account . A merchant bank is sometimes said to be a wholesale bank , or in the business of wholesale banking . This is because merchant banks tend to deal primarily with other merchant banks
Words: 2424 - Pages: 10
Society Code of Conduct” lecture? Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is an industry profession of change, expansion, and investment. In Australia the heart of ICT is Australian Computer Society (ACS) that helps in building professional development and support to helping and developing a better and modern future. 2. What are the objectives of the A.C.S.? The objectives of ACS are on providing national focus to IT artificial intelligence and to promote more-n-more use of these in the
Words: 2717 - Pages: 11
making economic decisions based on worldwide distributed knowledge. These solutions focus on a number of entities (or global business drivers) that identify where a firm can benefit most from the management and application of the technology. A variety of approaches for overcoming the barriers and risks of applying this technology are also discussed. n the forefront of the transition of a firm to a globally coordinated and managed organization is information technology. Information technology can
Words: 12016 - Pages: 49
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to construct a vision of Indian telecom sector for the year 2020, i.e., about two decades from now. Development being a continuous process, the choice of the year 2020 is just an arbitrary division of time, a pre-defined time horizon to take stock of what is likely to be achieved. Pre-portrayal of a stage of development in future requires understanding of the process of change, the dynamics that set law of motion. In attempting to do so, the present paper
Words: 13314 - Pages: 54
to be postponed to next fiscal, after it received a show cause notice on 25 November to stop construction of the project from the Ministry of Environment and Forests and after its name surfaced in the bribe for loan scam. Lavasa city, near Pune, is one of the most ambitious real estate projects in the country. Considered to be India’s first planned hill city, the 12,500 acre project is part of the 25,000 acres of land, declared as a `hill station’ by the Maharashtra government, under the hill station
Words: 2542 - Pages: 11
