International Trade Project 1. Describe the benefits and disadvantages of specialisation at regional and national levels. Economics is about the production‚ distribution and consumption of goods. A key decision facing workers‚ firms and nations is what goods to produce. The economic concept of specialisation helps answer this question. Under specialisation‚ economic actors concentrate their skills on tasks at which they are the most skilled. For the same reasons entire countries have specialized
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International Finance Problem Set #4 1. A. Fundamental-based Forecasting: Analyzing the future on the basis of fundamental relationships between economic variables and exchange rate. Fixed exchange rates: The forecasting is based on indicators of sustainability such as current account deficits or surpluses‚ relative inflation rates and black market exchange rates. Floating exchange rates: The forecasting is based on factors that could influence macro economy such as monetary policies and
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TOPIC OF THE CASE: TRADE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND US ECONOMIC GROWTH INTRODUCTION: The assignment is about the case where the organizations in the US were responsible for the development and advancement of information technology which also included the invention of Mainframe and Midrange computers in the era of 1960s and 1970s. Companies such as IBM and Dell were one of the first companies which led to advancement of information technology. However‚ with the high cost of production in US regarding
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becomes a member of the Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur). Currently‚ the world is going through a change in important ways in the economy‚ the importance of belonging to an economic bloc is that through this you can get "mutual benefits in international trade" The Mercosur as we know is a South American economic bloc that “is integrated by Argentina‚ the Federative Republic of Brazil‚ the Republic of Paraguay‚ the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela” (Exhibit 1)
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Jinal Desai Project Part II: Fisher Effect International Finance Professor. Dr. Li Question 1: Check the money market rate (one year government security) of US and your currency. Answer 1: In 2012‚ the rate for the government security (government bond) was 8.5% but 2013 declined to 8.1% for 1 year maturity. (http://www.ceicdata.com/en/blog/india%E2%80%99s-interest-rate-structure). The exchange rate for December 2012 in IND/USD was 54.2 and December 2013 was 61.9. In the United States‚ the government
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Chatper 34 International Finance - Test Bank MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The currency used to buy imported goods is A) the buyer’s home currency. C) the currency of a third country. 1) B) the seller’s home currency. D) special drawing rights. 2) 2) If portable disk players made in China are imported into the United States‚ the Chinese manufacturer is paid with A) international monetary credits. B) dollars. C) yuan
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1. Which activities should Vonkel undertake to effectively manage their inventory? Ans: Vonkel should take following steps to effectively manage their inventory: They should select proper system for storing inventory because in this case their inventory is placed in various outlets; they should be placed in one outlet so that it is easy to deliver goods with at proper time and with proper goods. The company can also use different system of storing inventory like memory system which is done manually
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ELECTRONIC BUSINESS (BEB3014) CHAPTER3: CASE STUDY CASE STUDY: Microsoft and the People’s Republic of China Software piracy has been a major challenge for software makers such as Microsoft that want to sell software in the global marketplace. Laws that protect intellectual property vary from country to country‚ and the laws in many countries provide little or no protection. Governments in developing countries are reluctant to increase the protections afforded by their intellectual property
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Week 7 (12) The Instruments of Trade Policy Chapters 9 Problem set Exercise 7.1 Use your knowledge about trade policy to evaluate each of the following statements: a. “An excellent way to reduce unemployment is to enact tariffs on imported goods.” b. “Tariffs have a more negative effect on welfare in large countries than in small countries.” c. “Automobile manufacturing jobs are heading to Mexico because wages are so much lower there than in the United States. As a result‚ we should implement
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non-quantifiable factors that one should consider in designing a supply network? The factors that should be considered in designing a supply network include levels of local assembly contents‚ documentation requirements‚ economic factors‚ regimes‚ tariffs‚ and trade agreements. They should also consider currency exchange rates‚ inflation of local currency‚ and other economic factors in each local market. 3. For Logan‚ what new opportunities were created by Romania entering the European Union in 2007? Renault
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