Olympics and the Hosts Major sports events like the Olympics are often seen as a potential source of economic regeneration. Yet‚ many are worried about the economic costs of hosting a major sporting event that only lasts for three weeks. These are some of the economic benefits and potential costs of the Olympics. Major sporting events usually require upgrades to transport and communication links. This investment leaves a lasting legacy for the whole economy. Better transport links reduce congestion
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Delaunay and Torrisi: FDI in Vietnam INDIA‚ CHINA AND AMERICA INSTITUTE 1549 CLAIRMONT ROAD‚ SUITE 202 ● DECATUR‚ GA 30033 USA WWW .ICAINSTITUTE.ORG FDI in Vietnam: An Empirical Study of an Economy in Transition Christian Delaunay & C. Richard Torrisi Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets Volume 4 November 2012 Produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press‚ 2012 1 Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets‚ Vol. 4 [2012]‚ Art. 4 FDI in Vietnam: An Empirical Study
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world and economy‚ foreign direct investment (FDI) flows have boomed dramatically in recent decades. Factors contributing to the growth of FDI are rapid growth in technological advancement‚ low interest funds from development banks‚ bilateral investment treaties and the welcoming developing countries have given FDI its importance in helping the economy growth. This led to the rapid growth of FDI flows around the world in the last 20 years period. FDI outflows increase from $53.7 billion in 1980
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INTRODUCTION What is Social Cost Benefit Analysis? Cost-benefit analysis is a process for evaluating the merits of a particular project or course of action in a systematic and rigorous way. Social cost-benefit analysis refers to cases where the project has a broad impact across society {and‚ as such‚ is usually carried out by the government. While the cost and benefits may relate to goods and services that have a simple and transparent measure in a convenient unit (e.g. their
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Harm the Host Country’s Environment? Evidence from China Feng Helen Liang ∗ Haas School of Business‚ UC Berkeley This Version: April 12‚ 2006 Abstract As more manufacturing is moved to the developing countries‚ policy makers become concerned with the environmental consequence. Relatively lenient environmental policies in the developing countries may give them a comparative advantage in pollution intensive goods‚ and openness to trade and foreign direct investment might harm the host country’s
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Journal of Asian Economics 23 (2012) 487–498 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Asian Economics FDI and market entry/exit: Evidence from China Sajid Anwar a‚b‚1‚ Sizhong Sun c‚* a School of Business‚ University of the Sunshine Coast‚ Maroochydore DC‚ QLD 4556‚ Australia IGSB‚ University of South Australia‚ Adelaide‚ SA 5001‚ Australia c School of Business‚ James Cook University‚ Townsville‚ QLD 4811‚ Australia b A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A
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foreign direct investment (FDI) in insurance services industries by Moshirian (1997 and 1999)‚ this study applies the similar model and variable with those previous studies to present analysis and discussion about FDI in insurance services industries in America from 1987 to 1998. As the extension on prior studies‚ this study found that the relative wage rate of the US versus the source countries‚ and FDI in manufacturing industries both are highly important determinants of FDI in insurance services industries
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Direct Investment (FDI) has been receiving phenomenal attention from many governments. Bangladesh is not lagging behind from it. Economic development for the developing countries like Bangladesh is largely dependent on FDI. The major challenges for the host country are to ensure an eye-catching and conducive investment climate to foreign investors for FDI inflow. In recent years‚ Bangladesh has been devoting efforts for attracting FDI offering a lot of lucrative incentives and benefits. Though attempts
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in India 1. Objective The main purpose or objective doing this report is 1. To study what is actually Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and their types. 2. To study the FDI trends and how it influences to India 3. To study the advantages and disadvantages also importance FDI to India and their investors itself. 2. Introduction Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is capital provided by a foreign direct investor‚ either directly or through other related enterprises‚ where the foreign investor
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all my classmates‚ for being such a great team throughout the course. ABSTRACT This thesis helps in managing Telecom FDI risks in the emerging economies. This study was specifically conducted on the Telecom industry risks‚ that affect its foreign direct investment‚ into emerging economies. Associated risks involved in this case were analysed‚ and the situation in the FDI context was evaluated. In other words each associated risk was identified‚ and ways to measure and analyse it were suggested
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