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Country risk is associated with lending or depositing funds, FDI, or any other financial transaction, in a country. Risks can include both political and economic risks, currency blockage, expropriation, financial uncertainties, and inadequate access to hard currencies. Understanding country risk in a global context is important as companies move from being domestic to multi-national companies. Country risk can impact decisions on investment of capital budget, whether to portfolio invest in…

Today, economics of the world, companies of the world, and the world in general, is more connected than ever. Effect of events in one country (part) of the world is not only limited to that country (part), but it is reflected in another countries (parts) as well. For instance, the effects of the financial crisis of 2007-2010, which originated in United States of America, where felt throughout the world. In some countries less, in some countries more, but the effects were there. So was the case…

Global Competitiveness and Foreign Direct Investment Global competitiveness assesses a countries productivity and return on investments by using a number of benchmark measurements. The different measurements expose opportunities for Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) from outside countries or entities (Hill, 2009). As organizations see opportunities to in other countries to invest and increase productivity for their firm and the country it can operate in, FDI becomes mutually beneficial. The…

America’s relationship with Myanmar ended in May 1997, when the Government of Burma, which was controlled by a military junta, commenced a large scale democratic opposition. The growing number of U.S. economic sanctions has become a trend in U.S. foreign policy in the post-Cold War era. No one argues that U.S. sanctions on Myanmar harm the interest of American companies that operate in this country. Myanmar is a promising prospect for business and investors with a underdeveloped economy in…

exchange rate has a significant effect on the country's foreign trade since the competitiveness of the country’s products in global markets depends to a large extent on its level. The exchange rate is necessary for the exchange of currencies in the trade of products and services, the movement of capital and credit. It is also necessary…

Death is a part of life. For as long as someone can live, they can die just as quickly. The reality of death has been portrayed through multiple mediums in various cultures but poetry seems to address it quite often. One poet: Kakinomoto Hitomaro, wrote about the life and death of his wife with frightening emotion. Hitomaro lived in Japan during the 8th century and “his elegy on his first wife is among the most touching poems in any language” (Barnstone 461). Although Hitomaro’s poem is…

during Robin Sage training. UW concept and some of its activities were new to me. Seven years later when someone mentions UW, I remember my Robins Sage training. In my experience, Foreign Internal Defense (FID) is the majority of training I conducted. I heard how SF prides itself in UW, but the focus was on conducting foreign…

companies engage in foreign currency transactions and translations and the impact of such on profitability. Proposed Means to Achieve this Objective The research will involve an investigation into aspects of the oil and gas industry value chain affected by foreign exchange exposure using extant literature and peer reviewed journal articles. As part of analysis, the researcher will engage in an examination of form 20-F comments by selected companies relating to the extent of foreign currency…

Aims & Their Importance Our aim is to find out if there is Interest Rate Parity (IRP) between the USA and China, over an annualised period of 10 years (April 2005-April 2015). We think that this is an important topic as the US are the current global economic superpower, and China is an up and coming power. Also, as there is a lot of trade between the two countries, and we know that china is highly dependant on their exports for GDP growth. A higher Yuan causes exports to slow ( 1% decline for…

independence of fiscal policy. There may be misalignment this means that one interest rate may not suit all. Benefits of a single currency are that there would be a reduced cost of transactions and lower interest rates. There will be an increase in foreign investment and market…