About Philippine Business Investing Investing in the Philippines gives an opportunity for foreign investors to work closely in partnership with the Philippine government. This win-win situation enhances trade relations as well as fosters foreign relations. It also helps improve the Philippines ’ economic condition by providing additional employment‚ promoting exports of local products and increasing earnings from taxes and fees. Other People Are Reading • List of Food Franchising in the Philippines
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international marketing environment‚ this section is concerned with identifying market opportunities. For many agricultural products which are exported from African countries much of this involves the use of "outsiders" - agents‚ for example‚ who know the foreign market opportunities. The Kenyan horticultural industry was developed partly because of the Asians who had left Kenya and settled in Britain asking their Kenyan relatives to send produce to the UK. In Zimbabwe‚ the export flower industry is heavily
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International Trade and Finance The United States imports goods and services‚ as well as exports goods and services in the global economy. International trade affects the United States’ Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and domestic markets. The government can affect international trade by imposing tariffs and quotas on imports. Foreign exchange rates affect how much is brought and sold abroad. International trade is beneficial to the United States‚ but sometimes it can be seen as unfair competition
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References: 1. International Monetary Fund‚ OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions‚ 2001‚ Retrieved from: http://www.imf.org/external/np/gov/2001/eng/091801.pdf 2. Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and Related Documents‚ 2011‚ Retrieved from: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/4/18/38028044.pdf
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Stalin’s Foreign Policy Joseph Stalin rose to power in the USSR by 1928. His foreign Policy means how the USSR interacted with other nations such as France and Germany. Historians interpret Stalin’s foreign policy in two different ways: One side describes his foreign policy being aimed at manipulating the western nations (Great Britain‚ France‚ Germany and the US) into a destructive war between them‚ making it easier for Stalin to expand towards the west. This view describes Stalin as being
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The Advantages of being multilingual The world we live in is rapidly growing into an enormous melting pot and most of us are very aware of the fact that the ability to speak a foreign language has never been as vital as it has been in the 21st century. Learning a new language offers many new career opportunities as well as other advantages which are often ignored. Among the less obvious benefits is the change in perspective one will gain from seeing the world through different eyes. Every language
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3. Porter’s theorizes that four broad attributes of a nation shape the environment in which local firms compete‚ and that these attributes promote or impede the creation of competitive advantage. These attributes are‚ factor endowments‚ demand conditions‚ related and supporting industries‚ firm strategy‚ structure‚ and rivalry. He speaks of these four attributes as constituting the diamond. He argues that firms are most likely to succeed in industries or industry segments where the diamond is most
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The foreign exchange market is agreeingly the world’s largest market place with the average daily turnover of US $4 Trillion. With the market operating 24 hours a day‚ 5 days a week the foreign exchange market does not operate or advance on a regulated exchange‚ therefore is known as an OTC otherwise known as “over the counter” transaction. Most people at some point either when they are making a purchase overseas or traveling‚ they are in some way taking part in the Foreign exchange market‚ however
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Comparative Advantage First let us define the comparative advantage which is the ability of a firm or individual to produce goods and/or services at a lower opportunity cost than other firms or individuals. A comparative advantage gives a company the ability to sell goods and services at a lower price than its competitors and realize stronger sales margins. If one country is better at producing one good and another country is better at producing a different good (assuming both countries demand
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American Approach to Foreign Policy The Politics of U.S. Foreign Policy / The International Policy Environment • Foreign policy embraces the goals that the nation’s officials seek to attain abroad‚ values that motivate these goals‚ and the means of instruments used to pursue the goals. • Today we try to understand how and why the interaction of goals‚ values‚ and means shapes American foreign policy‚ sometimes stimulating change and other times constraining America’s ability to respond innovatively
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