FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT (FDI) IN MALAYSIA Foreign direct investment (FDI) in its classic form is defined as a company from one country making a physical investment into building a factory in another country. It is the establishment of an enterprise by a foreigner. More specifically‚ foreign direct investment is a cross-border corporate governance mechanism through which a company obtains productive assets in another country .Its definition can be extended to include investments made to acquire
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New Economic Model (NEM) unveiled with much fanfare. It has been accompanied by the usual uncritical write-ups and praise from economic analysts from the mainstream mass media. Maybe they see in it more than what can be discern or maybe can be an incorrigible skeptic with less faith in grand visions‚ especially those put out by a group of consultants. The National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) as its name suggests is purely an advisory body with very little – if any – authority or clout in implementation
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“Ireland’s Great Recession.” The Irish Economy‚ 2007-2012. The title of this essay‚ “Ireland’s great recession‚” refers to the Irish economy from 2007-2012. From my research into this essay‚ I found that the Irish economy of this period could be referred to as “The Great Depression.” There are parallel similarities to the Irish economy now as experienced in America in the 1920’s. This essay will examine what a recession is‚ why Ireland is in a recession‚ the effects and face of the recession‚ and my
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Impact of Recession on IT industry in India Author : Dr. Kotkar S.N. Abstract A recession is a contraction phase of the business cycle. The effect of recession is on all sectors but the main effect is on IT industry. In that mainly related to lob loss and unemployment. There are also some remedies on recession which helps to become a stable in the market. This paper presents the reasons of recession‚ impact of recession on IT industry in India and remedies on recession. Keywords: recession‚ Job
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Business Sustainability Alternate measure for Economic Performance Jayant Kumar Preface An indicator is something that helps one to understand inclusive position‚ the path and how far one is from the point they want to be. A good indicator gives the alert about the problem before it gets too bad and helps to recognize things to do in-order to fix it. Indicators of sustainable community point to areas where the links between the economy‚ environment and society are weak. It allows one to
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Mr Mahajan To what extent is economic growth a useful measure of economic performance Economic growth is an increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services‚ compared from one period of time to another. It can be measured by gross domestic product (GDP) and this can give us a measure of economic performance. Actual economic growth is an increase in GDP. There are various distinctions used in the context of economic growth such as nominal GDP so the face value
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GDP is not a perfect measure of economic well being of a nation. By definition the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is a measure of the income and expenditures of an economy. Also‚ it can be defined as the total market value of all final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. Base on GDP definition and base on many economist points of view regarding to the definition of well being. I understand that GDP is not a perfect measure of economic well being of a nation
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Recession One of the most commonly used term nowadays is “recession”. We read about it in newspapers an year ago‚ then heard about it in television 3-4 months back and now we are getting a feel of what exactly it is. Recession is not a new phenomenon‚ it last happened in America during 2002-2003 and many times before that also. But what makes this recession so fearsome is its magnitude and the countries which are being affected by it. What started out as a bursting of housing bubble soon crippled
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capitalism has begun. The world spirals deeper into an economic downfall which it will not recover from and it is all because of the capitalistic system. These beliefs were common‚ uneducated‚ public opinion on the economy during both the Great Depression and the Great Recession of 2008 (Bartlett‚ 2009). Although these pessimistic voices of disbelief in the current system had a certain gravity surrounding them‚ the men and women in charge of making economic decisions worked hard to ensure the economy would
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the Tole of Export in the Economic Development of Malaysia ’‚ Journal of Applied Economics‚ Vol 27‚ No 4‚ December 1999 2. Balassa B.‚ "Exports and Economic Growth: Further Evidence"‚ Journal of Development Economics‚ 5‚ 1978 3. Chong Chee Keong‚ Zulkornain Yusop & Veneu Khem-Sen Liew‚ "Export-led Growth Hypothesis in Malaysia: Application of Two-Stage Least Square Technique‚" departments of Economics‚ Faculty of Economics and Management University Putra Malaysia 4. Dr. Ab. Wahab Muahamad
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