Business Research Vol. 5‚ No. 3; March 2012 The Effect of Investment Promotion on Foreign Direct Investment Inflow into Ghana Justice G. Djokoto Department of Agribusiness‚ Central Business School‚ Central University College P. O. Box DS 2310‚ Dansoman‚ Accra‚ Ghana Tel: 233-28-503-7399 Received: January 10‚ 2012 doi:10.5539/ibr.v5n3p46 Abstract The paper investigated the effect of investment promotion (IP) on foreign direct investment flow (FDI) into Ghana. Cointegration among the variables was
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Masters Program for International Development Policy Foreign Direct Investment Term Paper - 2010 Attracting Foreign Direct Investment in Nepal Submitted to: Prof. Hwy-Chang Moon Submitted by: Khagendra Prasad Rijal Spring 2010 Executive Summary Table of Contents Title Page 1. Introduction 3 2. Foreign Direct Investment: Theoretical Overview 3.1. Market Failure The 3.2. Eclectic Paradigm 3.3. Diamond Model and Imbalance Theory 3.4. Double
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FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT WEEK 2 - 3 TOPIC - CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS AND INFLATION AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT ANALYSIS WITH TAXATION OBJECTIVE At the end of this lecture‚ the students should be able to: 1. Explain the nature of inflation 2. Distinguish between money cash flow and real cash flow 3. Distinguish between money and real discount rates 4. Compute impact of inflation on discounted cash flow. 5. Explain investment incentives - capital allowance‚ annual allowance initial
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Do you think Kappmeyer should sign the proposal‚ and why? What pushed USS to stay with conventional technology? My recommendation based on analysis of the case and understanding the basic nature of disruptive technologies‚ and their impact on the general industry is that Kappmeyer should not sign the proposal. The main reason for that is USS is tying itself to an existing‚ but dying business model and technology. While this plan may make sense in the short-term‚ it does not have long-term sustainability
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) IN ROMANIA - Definitions‚ theories‚ benefits. Characteristics of econometric modeling PhD. Senior Lecturer Gheorghe SĂVOIU PhD Candidate Lecturer Suzana POPA University of Pitesti Abstract This paper analyzes some characteristics of economic and econometric literature in the field of FDI after 1990‚ in Romania‚ as well as some specific issues in the process of practical modelling. A more detailed presentation of John Harry Dunning’s eclectic theory and a simple
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Financial Economics 77 (2005) 529–560 www.elsevier.com/locate/jfec What drives merger waves?$ Jarrad Harfordà University of Washington Business School‚ Box 353200‚ Seattle‚ WA 98195-3200‚ USA Received 5 December 2003; accepted 24 May 2004 Available online 4 January 2005 Abstract Aggregate merger waves could be due to market timing or to clustering of industry shocks for which mergers facilitate change to the new environment. This study finds that economic
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Nestle to register a trade mark consisting of the shape of its confectionary. “The trade mark consists of the shape of the goods‚ being four bars attached to one another by a thin base as depicted in the representations attached to the application”. Aldi Stores opposed the on the ground the mark was inherently not capable of being distinguished and that Nestle’s evidence does not establish the distinctiveness of shape on the date of application. Nestle argued that the shape was not functional and relied
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN KENYA By Mathew Nyamwange X50/70602/2007 A case study of Kenya ’s FDI between 1980 and 2006‚ in partial fulfillment for my Masters in economics‚ course XET502: ADVANCED MICROECONOMIC THEORY II‚ School of economics‚ University of Nairobi. 1. Introduction ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________ An agreed framework definition of foreign direct investment (FDI) exists in the literature.
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Topic: International Investing Project Student Name: Tutor: Question 1(a) Fiqure: 1(a) Figure 1(a) above shows a graph snippet of the performance of the Nokia stock against the performance of the finland’s stock market. A relationship can be identified between the two graphs as changes in the finland’s stock market translate to changes in the Nokia stock in the same direction. When the performance of finland market goes up‚ the Nokia stock performance goes up and vice verser. An increase
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Dowry system is when the bride’s family gives goods‚ money‚ or estate to her husband and his family during marriage (E. Pauls Prine (Ed.)‚ 2008). This practice is mostly common in South Asia‚ specifically the Indian culture (E. Pauls Prine (Ed.)‚ 2008). On the other hand is the practice of bride price system which is where the husband gives cattle‚ land or goods in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage (Schwimmer‚ 2002). This is mostly practiced in Africa among traditional households‚ where it
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