What are the main advantages and disadvantages of foreign direct investment as a means of entering new markets? Support your answer with real examples‚ where possible. Introduction Globalization describes the process by which regional economies‚ societies‚ and cultures have become integrated through a global network of communication‚ transportation‚ and trade. Bhagwati (2004). Big part of globalization is Foreign Direct Investment. Foreign direct investment (FDI) can be defined as the
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"Beam me up‚ Scottie." This popular line from Star Trek was a demonstration of the advanced technology of the future. Though it was a fictional story‚ Star Trek became the universal vision of the future. As always reality tends to mimic fiction. Though our society has not quite resulted to living in space‚ we have made life easier with technology. Economic survival has become more dependent upon information and communications bringing forth new technology of which was never thought possible. Just
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Electronic Communication Technology in Modern Communication Communication is needed for decision making‚ co-ordination‚ control and planning. Communication is required for processing information in the accounting department‚ finance department‚ personnel department‚ establishment‚ of public relations‚ sales department‚ market research‚ production department‚ purchase department etc. Communication with the government‚ shareholders and prospective investors‚ customers
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all of the world and used by people every single day. But we have to face the consequences of using technology. Technology has positive and negative effect on our daily life. This is because technology can’t be always giving advantages to peoples‚ so there are also disadvantage of technology. The positive effect of technology is from the toy string phone to the advanced mobile phones of today technology has unquestionably made staying in contact a great deal less demanding. Cell phones have turned
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invisible. If you are seriously considering getting this new system‚ here are some of the advantages and disadvantages of Invisalign to help you decide. Advantages o Removable: compared to the metal and rubber band contraption that make up traditional
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front of the computer screen and that they use the Internet more often than they really need. Surfing on the net becomes more important than meeting with friends or going to the classes at the university and the reality they start to live in is the virtual reality. Another important advantage of the Internet is that it has become the most easily accessible and the best resource collection. It is used for the research purposes not only by the university students but also by the children from primary
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Exercise - Advantage and disadvantage Advantages of exercise Frequent and regular exercise has been shown to help prevent or to cure major illnesses such as high blood pressure‚ obesity‚ heart disease‚ Type 2 diabetes‚ insomnia‚ cancer and depression‚ and many more diseases. However‚ the actual risk reduction may not be as large as one expects. Researchers have shown that three 10 minute walks burn as many calories and exercise your heart as well as one 30 minute walk. Exercise can also increase
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Advantage (depending upon implementation some of these can turn into disadvantages) employment (1 emp/1000 tourist) (labor intensive‚ few administrative positions‚ little upward mobility.) infrastructure development (roads‚ water‚ electricity‚ telecom and cybercom‚ but not necessarily local priorities.) cultural preservation (economic incentives to preserve food‚ fashion‚ festivals and physical history‚ but these tend to be superficial elements of a culture.) environmental protection (econ incentives
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Audio can be used to enhance multimedia applications in a number of ways‚ for example in delivering lectures over the web‚ music used to add interest and emotion to a presentation‚ and other non-speech audio used as part of a general interface. Advantages: * It can convey meaning‚ providing an extra channel of information. It allows redundancy to be incorporated into the presentation of information‚ so that if the meaning is unclear to a user using visual information alone‚ the audio may clarify
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TNCs growing most rapidly in the 1960s the foundations were laid in the inter-war period‚ notable examples being that of Ford‚ Phillips and Vauxhall. Around 90% of TNCs are based in MEDCs. I will discuss social‚ economic and environmental advantages and disadvantages of TNCs. There is a number of benefits in which TNCs create economically‚ one of the most significant benefit is infrastructure development that is created due to the demands and requirements of the TNCs. This can include the building
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