Foreign Direct Investment and Economic Growth in South Korea and Policy Lessons for Nepal (A Master Degree Dissertation) Submitted by: Raj Kumar Rai MSc. International Finance Student Ref No: M00235713 Submitted to: Middlesex University Business School‚ London 2008/09 September 25‚ 2009 London‚ United Kingdom I Abstract Foreign direct investment (FDI) is taken as one of the key factor of rapid economic growth and development. FDI‚ it is believed to stimulate
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Introduction: The past 30 decades witnessed a rapidly economic growth in Asian countries. Some countries have even made miracles in their economies‚ including Korea‚ Hong Kong and China. Most of the ‘miracle-made countries’ have conducted open-up policies to attract FDI‚ which in turn plays a crucial role in improving the nations’ total GDP and stimulating economic growth. While unfortunately‚ the 2000s global recession which was caused by subprime crisis‚ has caused and is going to continue cause
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Contents Objective of study The objective is to investigate how principle-principle agency conflicts impact on the quality and effectiveness of corporate governance in European listed companies. Motivation for study Most of corporate governance research only reveals that corporate governance can solute the agency conflicts between management and shareholders which fails to identify principle-principle agency conflicts and their influences on corporate governance
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Stockholm University Stockholm Business School Business Ethics Seminar 2 Contextualisation Case 6 Corporate governance of professional football clubs: for profit or for glory? Shadan Abdullah(930514-6541) Per Jonsson (780827-0479) Victor Savigny (902710-P154) Pui Shan Szeto (921026-P500) Omkar Vedpathak (940126-P152) The main stakeholders of football clubs‚ their ’stake’ in the organization and legitimacy of their interests. Some European football clubs have in‚ approximately
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Chapter 3- Emphasizing Cultures‚ Ethics and Norms Learning Objectives 1. Where informal institutions come from? 2. Define culture- 4 main categories (language‚ religion‚ social structure‚ education) 3. Cultures systematically differ from each other 4. Importance of ethics and combating corruption 5. Norms with strategic responses when forms deal with ethical challenges 6. Debates- culture‚ ethics and norms 7. Implications for action Opening Case- Cartoons that Exploded Sep 2005- ‘Jyllands
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Electronics Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate company headquartered in Samsung Town‚ Seoul. It comprises numerous subsidiaries and affiliated businesses‚ most of them united under the Samsung brand‚ and is the largest South Korean chaebol. Notable Samsung industrial subsidiaries include Samsun (the world ’s largest information technology company measured by 2012 revenues)‚ Samsung Heavy Industries (the world ’s second-largest shipbuilder measured by 2010 revenues)‚ Samsung Engineering and Samsung
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MKT B391F International Business Management I Week 4 National Differences in Cultural and Competitive Environments McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2011 by the McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Outcomes Explain what is meant by the culture of a society. Identify the sources that lead to differences in social culture. Identify the business and economic implications of differences in culture. Describe how differences in social culture influence values in the work
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INTRODUCTION For International Political Economy IPE paper assignment‚ I chosen South Korean as a case study for country that having experienced an improvement in the economic system. As we know‚ economic system is a manifestation of a nation’s history‚ characteristic‚ natural resources‚ and political policies. Major historical events are the core in the development of a country economic system. When we go back to South Korean history‚ we know Korean were under the Japanese Colony before the year
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Corporate governance refers to the system by which corporations are directed and controlled. The governance structure specifies the distribution of rights and responsibilities among different participants in the corporation (such as the board of directors‚ managers‚ shareholders‚ creditors‚ auditors‚ regulators‚ and other stakeholders) and specifies the rules and procedures for making decisions in corporate affairs. Governance provides the structure through which corporations set and pursue their
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I. Introduction About Hyundai Motor For almost 25 years‚ Hyundai has been a part of the Australian automotive landscape. Hyundai is the fifth largest automotive group in the world‚ the fastest growing automotive brand in Australia‚ and is widely acknowledged as a global leader in design‚ safety and quality. We pride ourselves on building cars which deliver reasonable technology to all Australians. Manufacturing process Hyundai’s automotive manufacturing process begins right here in Australia
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