* Explain what FDI is and discuss the benefits and costs of FDI from the perspective of a host country and from the perspective of the home country FDI --Foreign direct investment FDI occur when a firm invests directly in new facilities to produce and/or market in a foreign country. Foreign direct investment has many advantages for both the investor and the recipient. One of the primary benefits is that it allows money to freely go to whatever business has the best prospects for growth anywhere
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Macro-Economics What is Macroeconomics? Macroeconomics studies the behaviour of the entire economy‚ and how resources are allocated. It examines economy – wide phenomena such as changes in unemployment‚ national income‚ rate of growth‚ gross domestic product‚ inflation and price levels. Macroeconomics deals with 5 variables: Variable Macroeconomic objective Economic growth A steady rate of increase of national output Employment A low level of unemployment Price stability A low and stable
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ECONOMICS Economic Problem * Unlimited wants‚ limited resources Economic Systems * Questions to answer: 1. What to produce? 2. How much to produce? 3. How to produce? 4. For whom to produce? * Criteria to classify economic systems 1. Productive resources owned by private individuals (private sector) or government (public sector) 2. Role of market forces of demand and supply in allocating resources‚ determining prices‚ distributing incomes 3. Role of government in production
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Dear Sir / Madam‚ I am writing to you to apply for the Degree Programme in International Business‚ in which I am particularly interested. My aim is to work in an international field related to business. Therefore I would like to gain a deeper theoretical knowledge in international business. I believe ………………………………. University with an international business degree is the best place to achieve my career objectives. I have successfully completed Secondary School Certificate Examination in 2009
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IB DIPLOMA PROGRAMME PROGRAMME DU DIPLÔME DU BI PROGRAMA DEL DIPLOMA DEL BI M07/5/MATME/SP2/ENG/TZ1/XX 22077304 mathematics staNDaRD level PaPeR 2 Tuesday 8 May 2007 (morning) 1 hour 30 minutes INSTRUcTIONS TO cANDIDATES not open this examination paper until instructed to do so. Do Answer all the questions. Unless otherwise stated in the question‚ all numerical answers must be given exactly or correct to three significant figures. 2207-7304 8 pages © IBO 2007 http://www
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In this day in age almost everyone knows someone who is a homosexual. I say in this in age because homosexuality is more accepted today then it ever was. In America we have legalized gay marriage‚ martial benefits‚ an annual gay parade‚ and there are many others. Everyone has an opinion on gays‚ so more positive then others‚ but at the same time there are a lot of negative ideas that comes with being openly gay. Heavily religious groups are against gays and make it very hard for you to be open with
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Energy captured‚ production‚ population‚ and exchange are all evident in various cultures and societies throughout time. Because these factors affect all humans and societies equally‚ they must all equally be accounted for within that particular culture/society’s methods of sustainability. The first example I will use to illustrate this point will be Britain’s empire during the 16th-18th centuries. Britain at the time had its scope of influence include over 1/5th of the world’s entire population
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Published in: Burian Alex. Kontiades Xen.‚(eds)‚ The Institutional Reforms in the Republic of Moldova in the Context of European Integration‚ Proceedings‚ International Conference‚ Institute of History‚ State and Law‚ Academy of Sciences of Moldova‚ Chisinau‚ Moldova‚ pp 102-106‚ MODELING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: NORMATIVE VERSUS OPERATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRADITION IN EU MEMBER STATES Theodore N. Tsekos Assistant Professor of Public Administration The Higher Institute for Technological
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Why do cultures change? Much change is unforeseen‚ unplanned‚ and undirected Changes in existing values and behaviors may also come about due to contact with other people’s who introduce new ideas or tool This may even involve the massive imposition of foreign ideas and practices through conquest of one group by another. What is modernization? Process of change by which traditional‚ nonindustrial societies acquire characteristics of technological complex society Causes of cultural change
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In her study Manning (2000) summarized the literature of ritual and identified seven categories of ritual “highlighted due to their prevalence or importance on college campuses” (Manning‚ 2000‚ p. 5). Her studies were based on observations at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley‚ Massachusetts‚ and Saint Michael’s College in Colchester‚ Vermont‚ both liberal arts colleges similar to Wilkinson College in mission and organization. Manning’s (2000) study developed non-mutually exclusive categories
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