IntroductionAs emerging markets fund managers have scanned the world looking for new investment opportunities in recent years‚ the Gulf States have largely been unnoticed. Oman‚ however‚ has begun to open its door to overseas buyers. The Muscat Securities Market (MSM) was officially established in June 1988‚ with trading beginning in May of the following year. Since then‚ it has rapidly expanded with turnover increasing from $24.7 in 1989 to around $200 million per annum. It is anticipated that‚
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Using aggregate analysis‚ this paper examines the core contentions of the “varieties of capitalism” perspective on comparative capitalism. We construct a coordination index to assess whether the institutional features of liberal and coordinated market economies conform to the predictions of the theory. We test the contention that institutional complementarities occur across sub-spheres of the macroeconomy by
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Chapter 3: Market Segments and Customer Value 1. Market and Competitive Space * Market space * J. Co’s market space is the store/branch itself. This is where the transaction of a j.co employee/ seller and a customer happens. They both discuss the requirements (buyer) and the constraints of product and service deliver (seller). For example‚ a customer makes his or her order to the j.co crew‚ then pay and then the crew will inform and explain the process in getting her order. * Competitive
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Topic 2 Bond market developments Overview Financial markets have been subject to significant changes in recent years due to the credit crisis. Experts believed that risk was being under-priced‚ which was expressed in the markets by a narrow spread. They believed that once the market corrected this under-pricing and re-priced the risk‚ it would likely cause a dislocation in financial markets by overshooting its equilibrium. Hence the prices‚ yields and returns on bonds have been significantly
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Abstract: Bond market development has now gained priority in fostering financial sector growth in all economies whether developed or developing. Asian and Mexican crises have given a clear message that this market‚ falling between equity and bank finance‚ needs proper attention failing which investment climate within these countries would remain under threat. With this perspective‚ the paper has been drafted highlighting Pakistan’s economic conditions‚ its financial market architecture‚ securities
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Cell Analysis Market by Instruments Published on 19th April 2014 The global cell analysis market is a technology-driven market and is marked by the Threat of Obsolescence‚ wherein technologies as well as their adoption by end users changes very rapidly. Hospitals‚ academic and government institutes‚ as well as pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies are increasing their focus on using cell analysis as a powerful research tool in research‚ drug discovery‚ and diagnosis. The cell analysis instruments
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Stock Market Game Reflection In the stock market game I was a investor. Investors are meant to buy stock and usually they gain or lose money depending on how the stock markets and economy is. The way stocks work are you pay for a company and you can either make money if you are doing well or lose money if your business is failing. At first I bought 3 stocks. I bought 3 in fear of losing money. Then as the game went on I felt a little bit more comfortable spending more money because not much
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Tutorial 1 1. Ice breaking session 2. General overview of financial markets and institutions module 3. Group project briefing 4. Mid semester and final examination 5. Other relevant matters Tutorial 2 : Financial Intermediation 1. Why is financial intermediation important in the economy? Because they channel funds from those who do not have a productive use for them (surplus sector) to those who do (deficit sector)‚ thereby resulting in higher economic efficiency
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Segmentation and Target Market Paper MKT/571 Segmentation and Target Market Paper To obtain success‚ and then retain success‚ organizations need to determine which market segments to focus (Kotler & Keller‚ 2012). Additional consideration is necessary to ensure that the organization can effectively serve this market segment. According to Kotler and Keller (2012)‚ the finest marketing plans identify and embrace segment differentiation by determining the demographic‚ psychographic‚ geographic
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Answer to Question 1: Efficient Market Hypothesis was firstly brought forward by E. Fama in 1960s. Its main believing is in that security prices fully reflect all available information in an efficient market‚ which allows investors to earn no above average risk-adjusted return (Fama‚ 1965). Although some technical studies and opportunistic investors have stretched hard in searching for proofs to challenge the efficient market hypothesis‚ and to prove above average returns could be gained by predicting
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