Mid-semester exam sample 21/02/2012 Shabbir Ahmad Mid Semester Exam- Sample questions Section 1-Multiple choice 1. Benefits of international trade are a. limited to tangible goods. b. limited to intangible goods. c. limited to all goods but not services. d. limited to services. e. not limited to any of the above categories. 2. The gravity model explains why a. trade between Sweden and Germany exceeds that between Sweden and Spain. b. countries with oil reserves tend to export oil. c. capital
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Thailand Thailand is located in the Indochinese Peninsula in South East Asia‚ with its southern parts bordering the Malay Peninsula. Thailand shares borders with Burma‚ Cambodia‚ and Malaysia. Bangkok is the capital city of Thailand. The total area of the country is around 513‚120 sq km with 510‚890 sq km of land and 2‚230 sq km of water. The climate in Thailand is tropical with cloudy monsoons from mid May to September. The weather is using rainy‚ warm and humid. There are central plains in the
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The Human trafficking issue came from Thailand because of its influence on the Greater Sub Mekong Region. The other contributing factors are the lack of education‚ poverty‚ and unemployment. This issue also affects all the countries around Thailand. The people in Cambodia have been affected by this the most because they are right next to Thailand. This issue was used for women‚ but also for men when it came to working in the field. The men worked without payment and received punishments like beatings
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I enjoy spending my summer vacation traveling. I have visited a lot of countries but here i am going to talk about two beautiful countries‚Thailand and Indonesia. They both beautiful. They’re very similar but different in some points. For me‚ the atmosphere in the streets of Thailand and Indonesia is very similar. Both streets are full of life. In Thailand‚ stalls fill it streets. You can find a lot of things accessories‚ books‚ movies and even clothes. Trees shade the roads‚ the smell of fresh
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Gift giving in Thailand nowadays is more Westernized than ever and less formality compare to other countries in Asia. In general‚ gifts are not required but it is appreciated. And as we all know‚ Thai people is considered as collectivist culture. So when it comes to receiving gift or giving gift‚ loss of face or making someone lose face is best to avoid. They will not open gift in front of the giver because they don’t want to look greedy or appear disappointed if they don’t like the gift. Instead
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reshape their bodies or go under the knife to seek physical perfection? Or to stretch human bones like the Kayan women in Nai Soi Thailand. Tattoos‚ piercings‚ implants‚ hair color: As a species were either trying to stand out or fit in. The changes we make to our bodies do not just define us; they define the very culture we live in. On the remote border of the Thailand in Nai Soi sit a tribe. These tribes hold Kayan women‚ or to outsiders‚ the long necks. The Kayan women were heavy brass rings around
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A. Thailand Fashion Industry In the past‚ Thailand is usually a thought of an agricultural country. Only a decade ago‚ its fashion industry has grown rapidly. Thailand has been known from traditions for high-quality fabrics such as Thai silk. In 2010‚ fashion industry contributed more than 17 percent of the nation GDP. It is also the largest manufacturing industry in Thailand with approximately 4‚000 manufacturers. Fashion industry employed more than one million workers. This is one third of
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Steel Industry in Thailand has various type of product. In this report‚ we mainly focus in “Metal Sheet 0r Roof” industry. There are 4 companies that we have chosen which are Permsin Steel Work Co. Ltd.‚ Munkong Steel Company‚ Thai Syncon and Supplies Co. Ltd. and SV Metal World Company. We have got a high cooperation from these 4 interviewed companies. “Roof Steel” industry has high in competitive atmosphere due to the low of competitive rivalry. There are
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[pic] We are using the percentage of sales approach to calculate EFN for Magna International Inc. The Income Statement: We start with the most recent Income Statement for year 2011 to forecast for year 2012. Magna has projected an increase in sales of 10% for the coming year‚ so we are anticipating a sales of $31‚622.80 in 2012 (see Appendix 1 & Appendix 3). To generate a Pro Forma Income Statement we assume that costs and expenses continue to run at the same percentage of sales as they
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2.5.2. International cooperation and differences across countries. In 1883 in Paris was concluded the first international agreement in the sphere of industrial property right protection‚ which was named “Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property” according to the website of World Intellectual Property Organization. Convention was covering almost everything in terms of industrial property: patents‚ utility models‚ trademarks‚ service marks‚ trade names‚ industrial designs‚ geographical
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