The Indian economy has been booming ever since India came out of the shackles of imperialism and emerged as a politically‚ socially as well as financially independent nation. Although India attained its freedom more than about sixty years ago‚ the emergence of the Indian economy on the global scene has been a rather recent development. This is because of the realization of the true economic growth potential of India‚ by the foreign investors as well as business houses. Till about the recent times
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) 1. What are the forms in which business can be conducted by a foreign company in India? A foreign company planning to set up business operations in India has the following options: As an incorporated entity by incorporating a company under the Companies Act‚ 1956 through Joint Ventures; or Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. As an unincorporated entity through: - Liaison Office/Representative Office‚ or - Project Office‚ or - Branch Office Such offices
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production or other facilities in a foreign country‚ and maintains effective control of said investment. Foreign firm need to invest in country other than home country because they see ample opportunity in host country. The host country also benefits from FDI. A developing country generally lacks capital‚ technology and human resource as well. Thus any increase in capital and technology transfer will increase the consumption and economic wellbeing of the host nation. The investing firm will bring improved
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Topic Page No. 1. INTRODUCTION TO FDI 1 2. HISTORICAL TRENDS IN FDI IN INDIA 2 3. PRESENT SHAPE OF FDI 2 4. THE ORGANIZATION OF INDIA’S RETAIL INDUSTRY 3 5. EFFECT OF FOR DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS: 4 6. THE CASE OF WALMART 10 7. COMPETITION RELATED ISSUES 11 8. CASES 13 9. CONCLUSION 15 10. BIBLIOGRAPHY 16 iv Introduction to FDI Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) broadly encompasses any long-term investments
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Economic growth may additionally result from a wider range of intermediate goods in FDI-related production (Feenstra and Markusen‚ 1994). Caves (1996) observed that the rationale for increased efforts to attract more FDI stems from the belief that FDI has several positive effects. Among these are productivity gains‚ technology transfers‚ introduction of new processes‚ managerial skills
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REGIONAL TRENDS IN FDI CHAPTER II Salient features of 2011 FDI trends by region include the following: • Sub-Saharan Africa drew FDI not only to its natural resources‚ but also to its emerging consumer markets as the growth outlook remained positive. Political uncertainty in North Africa deterred investment in that region. • FDI inflows reached new record levels in both East Asia and South-East Asia‚ while the latter is catching up with the former through higher FDI growth. • FDI inflows to South
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FDI in Insurance Introduction The insurance sector in India used to be dominated by the state-owned Life Insurance Corporation and the General Insurance Corporation and its four subsidiaries. But in 1999‚ the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Bill opened it up to private and foreign players‚ whose share in the insurance market has been rising. As a part of overall financial sector reforms‚ the Government set up the Committee for Reforms in the Insurance Sector in 1992. In its
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i. Automatic route FDI up to 100 per cent is allowed under the automatic route in all activities/sectors except where the provisions of the consolidated FDI Policy‚ paragraph on ‘Entry routes for Investment’ issued by the Government of India from time to time‚ are attracted. FDI in sectors /activities to the extent permitted under the automatic route does not require any prior approval either of the Government or the Reserve Bank of India. ii. Government route FDI in activities not covered
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FDI Policy in India FDI as defined in Dictionary of Economics (Graham Bannock et.al) is investment in a foreign country through the acquisition of a local company or the establishment there of an operation on a new (Greenfield) site. To put in simple words‚ FDI refers to capital inflows from abroad that is invested in or to enhance the production capacity of the economy.[3] Foreign Investment in India is governed by the FDI policy announced by the Government of India and the provision of the
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! ! ! ! ! ! ! CHINA ECONOMIC GROWTH ! ! ! ! Mohamed Adirizak (S2583348) Merijn Schakelaar Aron Tepper March 12‚ 2014 Economics and business economics University of Groningen First draft !1 ! Table of contents ! 1. Introduction 1 Type chapter title (level 1) 4 Type chapter title (level 2) 5 Type chapter title (level 3) 6 Type chapter title (level 1) 4 Type chapter title (level 1) 4 Conclusion 4 !
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