___________________________ On the Economics of Regional Powers: Comparing China‚ India‚ Brazil‚ and South Africa Robert Kappel No 145 www.giga-hamburg.de/workingpapers September 2010 GIGA Working Papers serve to disseminate the research results of work in progress prior to publicaton to encourage the exchange of ideas and academic debate. Inclusion of a paper in the Working Papers series does not constitute publication and should not limit publication in any other venue. Copyright
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. Introduction Brazil is both the largest and most populous country in South America. It is the 5th largest country worldwide in terms of both area (more than 8.5 Mio. km2 ) and habitants (appr. 190 million). The largest city is Sao Paulo which is simultaneously the country’s capital; official language is Portuguese. According to the WorldBank classification for countries‚ Brazil - with a GDP of 1‚5 bn. US $ in 2005 and a per capita GPD of appr. 8.500 US - can be considered as an upper middle
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the organization. If the work environment is unethical‚ it can lead to demotivatation and reduced level job satisfaction among employees. Ethical challenges that any firm will encounter‚ if wanted to set up a business in Brazil are as follows: 1. Political corruption: Brazil is highly corrupted in political ground. According to corruption index of Transparency International‚ It is ranked 73 as compared with China (78)‚ India (95)‚ Russia (143). According to PWC survey in 2005‚ approximately 3%
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Telefónica and Telecommunications: An In-depth Look at Chile and Brazil Telefónica is a multinational broadband and telecommunications company‚ that is mainly present in the United States‚ South America‚ and Europe. Since its creation in Spain in 1924‚ Telefónica has grown into the 5th largest mobile network provider in the world. The most prominent services that Telefónica offers include fixed and mobile telephony‚ Internet services‚ and digital television. While Telefónica offers a variety of
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ConstruCtion microcontroller-based Ultrasonic distance meter and receiver)‚ current buffer ULN2003‚ operational amplifier LM324‚ inverter here are several ways to measCD4049‚ four 7-segment displays‚ five ure distance without contact. transistors and some discreet comOne way is to use ultrasonic ponents. The ultrasonic transmitterwaves at 40 kHz for distance measurereceiver pair is shown in Fig. 1. ment. Ultrasonic transducers measure Ultrasonic generators use piezothe amount of time
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Long Distance Relationships Purpose: To inform the audience about how to maintain a long distance relationship Central Idea: Long –distance relationships are more successful if the participants are willing to communicate often‚ trust each other‚ be committed to each other and be in love. (Communication‚ trust‚ commitment and love) are needed in a long distance relationship in order to be successful. Introduction: A. How many people in this class are/were in a long distance relationship?
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1. What is the formula developed by Kogut and Singh in 1988 in the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS)? Explain the formula in your own words. 〖CD〗_j=∑_(i=1)^4▒{ (I_ij-I_iDE )^2/V_i}/4 CDj is the cultural distance between the host country and the home country (in this case Germany). The I’s are the scores on the ith cultural dimensions from Hofstede‚ so in this case the four scores for PD‚ UAV‚ IND and MAS. Vi is the variance of the score of this dimensions. The variances for
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write the following numbers using scientific or "powers of 10" notation. a) 125 hundred million light-years 1.25 x 10 ^8 b) 125 billionths of a meter 1.25 x 10^-7 c) the average distance to our Moon in units of parsecs (Consult an appropriate Appendix of the text.) d) the average distance to our Moon in units of nanometers 2. How long does it take light photons to travel the following distances? (Assume light is traveling in a vacuum‚ like
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overview After more than 300 years under Portuguese rule‚ Brazil gained its independency in 1822. From this time were maintaining a monarchical system of government until the abolition of slavery and the subsequent proclamation of a republic by the military in 1889. Although a republic was proclaimed‚ Brazil was ruled by military dictatorships. This period ended with a military coup that placed Getulio Vargas‚ a civilian in 1930. Until 1961 Brazil had democratically elected governments‚ who were making
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Distance Still Matters The Hard Reality of Global Expansion by Pankaj Ghemawat • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Distance Still Matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint R0108K TOOL KIT Distance Still
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