what is probably the world’s biggest online shopping event。 The 50‚000-plus merchants on Alibaba’s consumer-oriented Tmall.com took in 13.2 billion yuan (US$2.1 billion)， the company said‚ after discounts of at least 50 percent were promised on a massive range of goods。 Sales on Alibaba’s Taobao marketplace took the 24-hour total to 19.1 billion yuan。 The Tmall total was more than three times the amount raised on the same day last year and more than double the amount Shanghai retailers took during
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[pic] [pic] HOMEWORK OF IBM FDI MOTIVES ASSOC.PROF. Mahmut Arslan PREPARED BY: FEYZA KAYA 20312196 ZÜLFÜYE YILDIZ 20212354 CONTENTS [pic] i CONTENTS ii FDI MOTIVES 3 FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT: 3 Types of FDI 4 Advantages of FDI 4 Motivations for FDI 6 Market-Expansion: Investments versus Trade 6 Resource-Acquisition Investment 8 Diversification-Oriented Investments 9 Political Motives 9 SOME EXAMPLES FOR FDI MOTIVES 9 Case: Bridgestone
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the Yuan and its impacts to the US economy and the hedging solution What have been the exchange rate policies of the Yuan (CNY) or Reminbin (RMB) of the Chinese Government? Let’s start with the reviewing of the exchange rates separately throughout the history. There are not a lot of readers may know that the exchange rate of USD/CNY were approximately close to one time at the beginning of 1980s. In 1983‚ two years before I were born‚ one US Dollar (USD) was traded at 1.43x of the Chinese Yuan or
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the most recent PPP exchange rates for the pound‚ yen and euro with their nominal exchanges rates. What differences do you observe? What accounts for those differences? PPP exchange rates are the converted currency rates that equalize the purchasing power of different currencies for a given basket of goods by eliminating the differences in price levels between countries. The following is the comparison of the PPP exchange rates for pound‚ yen and euro between their nominal exchange rates in 2009
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How does Adeline Yen Mah communicate her experience of growing up in Hong Kong in the 1950? The 1950s were a great year for Mah‚ she went and bought herself an ice-cream‚ after spending a day in the park… NO NO NO! NO description and be direct to the question‚ including your 3 MAIN POINTS(hypothesis to develop). That is it! Adeline Yen Mah tries to express her experience of growing up in Hong Kong through portrayal of importance of education for her as well as description of her distant
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Should China revalue the yuan against the dollar? If so‚ what impact may this have on (1) US balance of payments‚ (2) Chinese balance of payments‚ (3) relative competitiveness of Mexico and Thailand‚ (4) firms such as Wal-Mart‚ and (5) US and Chinese retail consumers? China‚ the largest growing market in the world‚ currently has a policy regarding monetary regulation that allows the Yuan to “float”. This has seen the Yuan appreciate by approximately 24% over the past few years. Today‚ the exchange
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volunteer-description-scorer-2 As the US dollar weakens‚ other currencies necessarily increase. The euro is now trading above $1.48 to the dollar‚ a record high. And the Japanese yen is stronger than 109 to the dollar‚ a two-year high. All currency movements proximately reflect differentials in short-term interest rates. The weakness in the dollar over the last two months was caused by the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cuts in September and October. Underlying economic fundamentals in each
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in China‚ difficulties in converting foreign currency‚ difficulties in efficiently distributing products across stores‚ and the lack of disposable income for many China residents. 16. FDI Location Decision. A. Assume that the Japanese yen strengthens against the US dollar over time. How would this be expected to affect the profits earned by the Chinese subsidiary? B. If Decko Co. ltd had
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the dollar fell against the yen‚ forcing Japanese companies to shift production to East Asia to cope with the strong yen. Currency stability also led East Asian banks and companies to finance themselves with dollars‚ yen‚ and Deutsche marks—some $275 billion worth‚ much of it short term—because dollar and other foreign currency loans carried lower interest rates than did their domestic currencies. The party ended in 1995‚ when the dollar began recovering against the yen and other currencies.
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Exercise Questions for Mid-term Exam 1. Which of the following factors of production DO NOT flow freely between countries? A) Labors and Land B) Financial capital C) (Non-military) Technology D) All of the above factors of production flow freely among countries. 2. Under the gold standard of currency exchange that existed from 1879 to 1914‚ an ounce of gold cost $20.67 in U.S. dollars and £4.2474 in British pounds. Therefore‚ the exchange rate of pounds per dollar under this fixed exchange
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