BANKING INDUSTRY AND THE NIGERIAN ECONOMY POST-CONSOLIDATION By B. B. EBONG GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR/CHIEF EXECUTIVE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC ABSTRACT Against the backdrop of the role of banks as financial intermediaries and their function as the engine of growth of the economy‚ this paper examines the extent to which the banking industry has helped to stimulate economic activities in Nigeria and what the prognosis looks like in the post-consolidation era. The paper notes that the banking industry in
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Application of life cycle assessment in service industries: a review Sabrina Rodrigues Sousa 1 ‚ 2 ‚ *‚ Aldo Roberto O metto 1 1 2 University of São Paulo‚ School Engineering of São Carlos‚ São Carlos‚ Brazil Ministry of Science and Technology‚ Center for Information Technology Renato Archer (CTI)‚ Campinas‚ Brazil *sabrinarsousa@gmail.com Abstract The introduction of services in the economy adds value in an intangible way while promotes dematerialization. As products‚ services are developed
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FDI in China Telecommunication Industry (Nokia in China) FDI are crucial part for developing and expanding the infrastructure in order to gain capital and new technology. Foreign direct investment can spark growth and create national wealth‚ but competition among companies‚ local and multinational alike‚ diffuses the benefits. Government policies designed to protect incumbents‚ high tariffs and joint-venture and local content requirements. China is success to attract investors to make FDI in Mainland
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Contents Introduction 2 An overview of China’s telecommunications industry at current 3 Competitiveness and Market Share 5 China’s telecommunication industry analysis 6 An internal analysis of China’s telecommunications industry 6 Barriers to entry 6 Industry Rivalry 7 Bargaining power of buyers 8 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 8 Threat of substitute products/services 8 An external analysis of China’s telecommunications industry 9 Political/Legal 9 Economic 10 Socio-Cultural
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN NIGERIA : MTN 2001 TO 2009 AS A CASE STUDY CHAPTER ONE Introduction/Background to the Study Objectives of the Study Significance of the Study Scope and Limitation of the Study Research Methodology Literature Review End Notes CHAPTER TWO Telecommunications in Nigeria Historical Development of Telecommunications in Nigeria Introduction of Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) in Nigeria End Notes CHAPTER THREE Origin and Growth of MTN in Nigeria MTN
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External Analysis of the telecommunication industry Economic • Market analysis by Insight Research predicts that telecommunications-industry revenue will reach $1.2 trillion by the end of next year‚ and grow by a compounded rate of 5.9 percent to $1.6 trillion by 2010. • Telecommunication remains an important part of the world economy and the telecommunication industry’s revenue has been placed at just under 3% of the gross world product. • Mobile phones have had a significant
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. Many products and services often pass a life cycle while there are many shapes depending on their industries. They newly emerge in the society‚ start to sell to be widespread‚ become saturated in the market and then gradually get out of date. This sequence of product and service is called the product life cycle. Smartphone also passes such natural path. According to the next web (2011)‚ first smartphone brand was Ericsso’s GS88 in 1997. A touchscreen smartphone‚ which is widespread now‚ was launched
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Future Convergence of the Telecommunication Industry Existing telecommunications market - one of the fastest growing and developing industries in the economy. Also implementation of new technology allows to realize any decision on the telecommunications market. A gradual integration of the various types of communication suggests that the possibility of a universal operator can become almost limitless. By itself‚ the telecommunications industry is innovative‚ because it
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Life Cycles‚ Standards‚ and Best Practices Gigs D. Foster HSA 315 Professor Tirzia York August 28‚ 2013 Health Care Organizations have learned to depend on the organizations IT Department for many different technological answers especially when it comes to patients’ health care information. The world is forever changing moving more toward technology and taking the health care systems along with it. Most health care organizations have already moved into the direction of changing paper medical
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INTRODUCTION OF TELECOMMUNICATION INDUSTRY Telecommunication is the transmission of messages over significant distances for the purpose of communication. In the modern age of electricity‚ telecommunications has involved the use of electric means such as the telegraph and telephone‚ the use of microwave communications and the use of fiber optics. The telecom industry plays an important role in the world economy and global revenues in 2008 were ~USD 4 trillion‚ expected to grow at a steep 11%
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