The Adoption of Mobile Phones in Emerging Markets Arslan Khalid Rai Section E Lahore School of Economics Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Thanks to increased connectivity‚ low cost and various benefits of using mobile phones it has become the most sought after technology in human history. In developing nations consumers are hungry for new technologies that give them an edge over their competitors such as video‚ sms services and location services. By
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The role of Eurodollar bond issuance in Emerging Markets Eurodollar bonds are U.S. dollars held in banks outside the United States by a non US organization. They pay interest and principal in Eurodollars. These bonds are not registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Due to fewer regulatory restrictions and costs in the Euromarkets‚ Eurodollar bonds can be sold at lower than U.S. interest rates. Eurodollar bonds are one of the more common Eurocurrency bonds because of the international
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In President John F. Kennedy’s Inaugural Address‚ he provided what is quite possibly one of his most famous quotes: "My fellow Americans‚ ask not what your country can do for you -- ask what can you do for your country." This was followed up by‚ "My fellow citizens of the world‚ ask not what America will do for you‚ but what together we can do for the freedom of man." Exactly 44 years after Kennedy’s Inaugural address‚ it might be worthwhile to revisit the implications of this statement. Can
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Executive Summary: A group of investors (Arundel group) is looking into the idea of purchasing the sequel rights associated with films produced by one or more major movie studios. Movie rights are to be purchased prior to films being made. Arundel wants to come up with a decision to either purchase all the sequel rights for a studio’s entire production during a specified period of time or purchase a specified number of major films. Arundel’s profitability is dependent upon the price it pays for
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to be explained‚ such as drowsiness‚ or other effects that may alter the work performance of the patient. Gender and socio-economic status Embarrassing and offending situations can be avoided through careful articulation‚ depending on what kind of patient you are facing. In particular‚ some patient’s names may be gender-ambiguous‚ or may otherwise appear androgynous‚ and referring to someone as the opposite gender may be embarrassing. Transsexuals may have preferences as to how they are addressed
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Corporate Governance Reforms in Emerging Countries: A Case Study of Bangladesh Pallab Kumar Biswas E-mail: twig083@yahoo.com Working Paper: Please Do Not Cite December 2012 Abstract: This paper considers three related research questions‚ all in the context of an emerging economy‚ Bangladesh: What is the history of Corporate Governance (CG) reform in Bangladesh? What explains the introduction of CG guidelines in Bangladesh? and How have the country-level initiatives to improve CG influenced
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As globalization uplifts the world economy‚ developing countries find themselves standing at the crossroads. Joining the world economy seems to be a great opportunity for a poor country to boost its economic growth rate and eradicate poverty. This idea is strongly promoted by globalist organizations such as the World Bank‚ the International Monetary Fund‚ and the World Trade Organization. However‚ during the past two decades poor nations addressed this issue in different ways. Some of them followed
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While the overvaluing of stock and the panic generated by the media was enough to lower stock prices‚ both market crashes were exacerbated due to a lack of government regulation. In both the 1929 and 1987‚ new trading techniques emerged that would have dire consequences for the market yet were left almost completely unregulated. While the specific trading techniques varied between the two crashes‚ both ended with the same result. For the crash in 1929‚ the trading technique in question took the form
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Case Analysis 1) How would you characterize the large household appliance industry and market? According to the textbook‚ I would characterize the large household appliance industry and market have great potential and opportunistic revenues; especially‚ in the developing countries such as China‚ India‚ and Southeast Asia areas with great portion of population do not own any or very few of these appliances; moreover‚ the population of these countries is very large; for example China population about
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THE VIETNAMESE STOCK MARKET By Roberta S. Karmel Thirty years ago‚ I never imagined I would be visiting Vietnam and be warmly welcomed as an American‚ witnessing a nation enjoying economic growth and increasing prosperity‚ despite some of the lingering ill effects of Agent Orange in the countryside. Yet‚ last month‚ as part of a delegation from the Financial Women’s Association‚ I had the good fortunate to travel to Vietnam and meet with government officials and others and learn about business developments
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