59 Pakistan Economic and Social Review Volume XLI‚ No. 1&2 (2003)‚ pp. 59-75 ANALYSIS OF FACTORS AFFECTING FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES BUSHRA YASMIN‚ AAMRAH HUSSAIN and MUHAMMAD ALI CHAUDHARY* Abstract. This study has analyzed the volume and determinants of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in developing countries of the world. The analysis was based on a sample of 15 developing countries with 5 each from upper middle‚ lower middle and lower income countries. In general
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0Lecture 3: Marketing Environment Scanning of the Marketing Environment – Opportunities or threats? Environmental Forces—Firms must monitor six major forces in the broad environment: Demographic Political-Legal Economic Technological Socio-Cultural Natural 1. Demographic Environment The main demographic force that marketers monitor is population because people make up markets. Marketers are keenly interested in the: Size and growth rate of populations in cities‚ regions‚ and nations. Age distribution
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Discuss the factors causing a shift in the demand and supply of a specific commodity. In economics‚ Demand refers to the quantity of a goods or services that consumers are willing and able to buy at a given price in a given time period. The law of demand stipulates that there is an inverse relationship between the price of a good and the quantity demanded‚ that is to say‚ if the price of‚ say‚ good X rises‚ it will decrease the quantity demanded of good X and the price of the good falls‚ this
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1. Explain ten ways in which technology has affected communication a. Redused social interactions-When we consider the socializing among people life has changed a lot‚rarely there are no social meetings and get-together.People feel closer through daily communication but in real life the distance between them is very long.Most of the people No barriers –communication is now easy in case of situations when you want to convey something urgently to someone‚ mobiles and emails come in hardly b. Strengthened
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The Importance of External Auditor’s Independence According to Gillespie‚ Lewis and Hamilton (2004:221) an audit is: “a scrutiny of the accounts by a qualified auditor who carries out checks on the figures so as to establish whether the accounts show a true and fair view of the results and the financial position of the entity.” According to Wikipedia (2011a)‚ auditor independence refers to “an attitude of mind characterized by integrity and an objective approach to the audit process”. Independent
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Question: Discuss the importance of the Treasury Management function in a profit making organisation with relevance to an organisation of your choice. Also comment on whether the Treasury function is of any relevance to non-profit making organisations such as Non-Governmental organisations‚ football clubs‚ churches and charity organisations. Introduction According to Ogilvie (2002) the practice of establishing a specialist treasury function in the finance department can be traced back to the late
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qFactors Affecting the Successful Implementation of ICT Projects in Government David Gichoya‚ Research School of Informatics‚ Loughborough University‚ UK D.M.Gichoya@lboro.ac.uk Abstract: A government is a huge and complex organisation‚ whose operations and strategic focus could be greatly enhanced by the well focussed application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to support improvements in productivity‚ management effectiveness and ultimately‚ the quality of services offered
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Internal and External Factors to be considered when planning the Human Resource Requirements of an organisation Introduction Within this assignment i will be talking about the different internal factors and external factors which are needed for the human resource department when planning human resource. Internal factors Organisational needs This is when an organisation looks at the different ways to boost the organisation markets‚ products or their services. The organisation may need to
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child’s mind and a healthy mental development. Also children that move country are cognitively halted due to the fact that they have to ‘catch up’ with new languages and culture. As children enter the later stages of their childhood‚ many differing factors can be identified about how they were raised or just by assessing their attitude‚ actions and abilities. Some children are more interested in getting a university degree‚ while others are still immature and don’t have any idea of what they want to
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Return to top I am thinking about getting pregnant. How can I take care of myself? You should start taking care of yourself before you start trying to get pregnant. This is called preconception health. It means knowing how health conditions and risk factors could affect you or your unborn baby if you become pregnant. For example‚ some foods‚ habits‚ and medicines can harm your baby — even before he or she is conceived. Some health problems also can affect pregnancy. Talk to your doctor before pregnancy
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