Business School The study of FDI strategy for Lenovo Group Module Title: International finance and investment Module NO: 56357 Level: 7 Module Leader: Dr. Peijie Wang Student ID: 200900219 Text Word count: 2600 Submission Date: 05/04/2011 Introduction The Lenovo Group Lenovo Group is committed for superior personal computer creating‚ the company based on the business model which is oriented for innovation‚ high efficiency and the customer satisfaction‚ besides the company is also
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The cultural impacts of tourism on the host communities The impact that tourism has on the cultural lives of communities is one of the most important issues debated by tourism researchers and academics today. There is an increasingly growing concern that tourism development is leading to destinations losing their cultural identity by catering for the perceived needs of tourists. Although they take longer to appear‚ the cultural consequences of tourist activity have the potential to be much
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dissipation rather than the creation of value. A final theme of this chapter is that strategic alliances and strategic outsourcing are often viable alternatives to horizontal and vertical integration. That is‚ these strategies can achieve many of the same benefits without encountering the same
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Price strategy The emergence of a middle class in China began in the 1990s‚ and the luxury car market soared in this decade. As in many other countries‚ the car in China was considered a symbol of one’s social status. A class of noveau riche had emerged – a small percentage of the population‚ but still numbering about 60 million. These were eager to show off their newly acquired social status. They had a preference for luxury foreign cars‚ particularly Italian or German brands‚ such as Ferrari‚
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Explain why FDI is bad for an LDC FDI means accepting multinational companies setting up in a country and as FDI increases some countries‚ especially LDC’s can become over reliant on them and inflows of capital. MNC’s can set up in an LDC as it is cheaper than other more developed countries. There is the attraction of cheap labour and low setting up costs. The problem for an LDC is that the MNC could choose to leave the country when it pleases‚ leaving the country with high unemployment as
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Enhance Growth of the ICT Sector Through FDI in Mauritius Syed Farhan Ahmed[1]‚ Shaun J Rodrigues[2] and Harrish C Bheemul[3] Abstract Mauritius has progressed significantly from a low-income to a middle-income diversified economy with growing industrial‚ financial and tourist sectors. However‚ one of the most significant contributors to Mauritius booming economy is the development of the services sector and the focus of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Information and Communication
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Attractiveness as a Foreign Direct Investment South Korea is a role model country that has‚ over the past 40 years‚ successfully evolved into a country of notable economic growth. Possessing a highly achieving educational system‚ South Korea has emerged from a low-income‚ low education region to a thriving nation of scholarly professionals. High levels of education‚ a substantial domestic economy‚ and excellent profitability are elements that make South Korea an attractive site as a foreign direct
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Internationalisation of service firms * Rise of SMEs * Privatisation / Deregulation of public services 2. Transnational Corporations * Characteristics of TNCs * Spatial organisation of TNC’s activities * Linkages with host economy * FDI and influence on national and regional economies * Case study of TNC 3. Role of the State and Supranational Bodies * Role of state in economic development and its impact on national economies * Supranational bodies and their impact
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investment (FDI) is far superior to that of India. In fact‚ India has been considered an "underachiever" in attracting FDI. However‚ within this otherwise firm conviction about unmatched Chinese superiority in attracting FDI inflows vis-à-vis India‚ there has occasionally been some scepticism about what all China includes while compiling its FDI figures and consequently about the actual intensity of the FDI gap between China and India as suggested by the official statistics of the respective countries. On
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Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) became Central and Eastern Europe since the end of 1980s. That happened because of those countries starting transformation to ma market economy and chose as one of the priorities in it integration to a global economy. Such instrument as FDI has its advantages as well as disadvantages. Firstly‚ FDI is a source of supplementary productive capital that is really scarce source in terms of deep structural changes of a whole economy. Secondly‚ FDI provide transfer of new
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