it seems difficult to imagine in contemporary times‚ foreign aid and development assistance were not always important parts of a nation’s international relations and strategy. It is an idea that‚ while articulated previously‚ became significantly more common following World War II‚ when the United States emerged as the predominant world power‚ eager to exact its newly embraced influence upon the world. In order to better understand how foreign aid and development assistance has changed since its
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2010 International Conference on E-business‚ Management and Economics IPEDR vol.3 (2011) © (2011) IACSIT Press‚ Hong Kong Transmission Effects of Exchange Rate on Foreign Institutional Investments in India Dr.Raju.G Professor and Head‚ Department of Management Studies‚ GCET Greater Noida‚ U.P‚ India-201308. e-mail: drrajug@yahoo.co.in Santosh Kumar Lecturer‚ Finance and Accounts‚ Amity Business School‚ Noida‚ India e-mail: santosh.frm@gmail.com Tanveer Shahab Lecturer‚ GEMA Institute
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What is FDI? 1) FDI is not only beneficial to certain individuals of the society; it is spread through out the economy via the theory of the multiplier effect. As workers of an investing firm are paid their wages‚ they would decide to spend it on their essential needs‚ which in turn‚ become the income for other certain individuals. This cycle is repeated‚ known as the multiplier effect. This ultimately boosts the economy of Thailand raising its standard of living. 2) This investigation
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THE ROLE OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK MANAGEMENT ON PERFORMANCEMANAGEMENT OF EXPORTING FIRMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: A CASE STUDY OF UGANDA’S EXPORTING FIRMS. BY TWESIGE DANIEL ABSTRACT This study examined the role of foreign exchange risk management (FERM) on performance management of exporting firms in developing countries taking Uganda as the case study. The conceptual framework relating to FERM attributes (currency risk assessment and currency risk management strategies) and the indicators
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Impact of the Columbian Exchange The flow of Diseases from east to west The biggest impact of the Columbian Exchange after the new diseases in America. When American arrived from Bering land bridge between 15‚000 years before‚ they also brought diseases to west. By 1492‚ some of the disease were emerged like smallpox‚ cough and influenza in Americas. Many People were affected by epidemic in areas of Mexico and Peru by which about millions of people lost their lives. Most of the American population
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John Rolfe is best known for his marriage to Pocahontas‚ but his greatest contribution to the new world would be introducing tobacco as a commercial crop to Virginia colonists. Although the Indians had already cultivated tobacco‚ Rolfe introduced a sweeter form in Virginia that he imported from Trinidad‚ whose tobacco was considered superior to the Indian variety (Horn‚ 2011). His marriage to Pocahontas in 1614 led to eight years of relative peace with the Indians allowing time for increased land
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the risk of a potential devaluation to the ARS. In doing so the company had to decide between two options on how to proceed; was it worth the costs to increase the size of GM’s hedge position beyond the standard policy or should GM Argentina rely on other approaches to cope with the expected devaluation? Appraisal of GM’s Passive Hedging Strategy GM’s passive hedging strategy is reflective of its policy to focus on its underlying business rather than speculate on the movements of foreign currency
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Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at General Motors: Transactional and Translational Exposure Problem Statement In September of 2001 General Motors (GM) was faced with a billion dollar exposure to the Canadian dollar. At the time‚ North America represented approximately three-quarters of GM’s total sales and this large exposure to the CAD could significantly affect GM’s financial results. GM had a passive strategy of hedging 50% of its exposure; this paper explores the impact of
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DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE LTD. (As amended upto 24th November 2009) (THE COMPANIES ACT‚ 1913) Company Limited by Shares Memorandum of Association DHAKA STOCK EXCHANGE LIMITED (1) The name of the Exchange is “Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited”. (2) The Registered Office of the Exchange will be situated in the Province of Bangladesh. (3) The objects for which the Exchange is established are:(a) To provide‚ regulate and maintain a suitable building‚ room or rooms for a Stock Exchange in Bangladesh
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Hemisphere and having a distinct Hispanic culture that was very different from many other allies of the Soviet Union were two. Another fact that foreign policy experts at the time did not appreciate was that Cuba often executed distinct foreign decisions separate from the directives of the Kremlin. While European Communist nations could generally not act on foreign policy initiatives without the explicit approval of the Soviet Union‚ this was not the case with Cuba. Its active interventionist policies
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