Government Official country name: India Government System: Constitutional Federal (federation) Republic Head of State: Pranab Mukherjee Official Languages: Hindi‚ English Region: Asia Allies/blocs: Russia‚ Singapore‚ South Korea People Population: 1‚220‚800‚358 Growth Rate: 1.51% Major religions/cultures: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism Standard of living: Overall life expectancy rate: 65 infant mortality rate: 72 per 1‚00 live births literacy rate:
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Microsoft in China and India‚ 1993-2007 Risks faced by Microsoft in China and impact to performance Risks Intellectual Property Localization Details Largest piracy rates in the world – 98% *Huge character sets required new versions of software *Chinese used mobiles more than the PC (can the mobile be a computing device)? *High profile revelation by Juliet Wu‚ former GM on commitment * Suspicion on security *Open source market * Entrepreneurship bug for Chinese software engineers *Legislation
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Inflation is the overall level prices of goods and services rapidly increase in an economy over a period time. When the overall price level increases‚ it will affect the decreasing purchasing power of the currency. An economic inflation is not occurs suddenly‚ it is causes by three types of inflation. The first cause is demand-pull inflation results from increases in aggregate demand on goods. The excess demand will cause the level price of goods rises. This is commonly described as "too much
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How inflation affect the common man? In: Inflation [Edit categories] The Economist MagazineEconomistSubscriptions.com Get a World view Every Week. 12 Issues for Rs. 500 only! Ads Answer: Inflation is the overall increase in cost of products and services. Increase in taxes and fees leads to inflation. Inflation also generally causes due to scarcity. When the cost of business increases‚ the prices of the products increases and this abrupt increase‚ the income rate supposedly goes down. These
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parity states that‚ between two nations‚ the a) inflation rates are unrelated b) exchange rate differential reflects the inflation rate differential c) inflation rate is smaller in weaker currencies d) the interest rate is greater than the inflation rate during depreciations Ans: b Section: Purchasing power parity Level: Easy 4.3 The Fisher effect states that the _________ rate is made up of a real required rate of return and an inflation premium. a) nominal exchange b) real exchange
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of implications on the auto sector. 3% Excise duty on SUV’s are increased‚ justifying that SUV’s are big‚ occupy lot of space and difficult to park. Well definitely SUV’s are big and take more space but by taking into context that one SUV sold in India there are probably 20 hatchback sold and those 20 hatchbacks fight for the same amount of space. This price hike will definitely going to impact the SUV manufacturer. If we go to see Mahindra‚ large part of their portfolio is SUV‚s. there is no denying
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1.Keeping in mind the comparison of male and female entrepreneurs‚ what are the technical and social barriers faced by women entrepreneurs as compared with men in Pakistan? In Pakistan‚ women entrepreneurs do not enjoy the same opportunities as men due to a number of deep-rooted discriminatory socio-cultural values and traditions. Furthermore‚ these restrictions can be observed within the support mechanisms that exist to assist such fledgling businesswomen. The economic potential of female entrepreneurs
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With this background‚ the next section briefly highlights the important trends with respect to aggregate female employment in the Indian manufacturing sector over the 1990s. It is argued that much of the use of female labour in export production in India has been in informal and unorganised workplaces‚ including home-based work‚ with associated implications for pay‚ working conditions and consequently also for social policy. The cases of Export Oriented Units (EOUs) and Export Processing Zones (EPZs)
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serious effects on our food supply‚ our environment‚ and our species diversity. Our growing population is affecting both the total amount of food we have and the distribution of food to those who need it. Because of improvements in agriculture‚ we are still increasing the amount of food the world produces‚ but the rate of increase is slowing down. According to the World Health Organization‚ in developing country‚ 20 percent of the population does not have enough quality food. While people in developing
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Grade inflation has been a topic of heated debate for quite some time now. According to Brent Staples‚ "Grade inflation is in full gallop at every level." Every university and school in the United States struggles with this topic. Teachers are vulnerable‚ students are desperate‚ and school boards are wrecking their brains for a solution. Some people argue that the inflation of grades is necessary to help students get ahead in the competitive job market. However‚ in reality‚ the effects of grade
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