advantage in the global petrochemical industry: a Saudi Arabian perspective Salem M. Al-Ghamdi Department of Management and Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, P.O. Box 667, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia E-mail: sghamdi@kfupm.edu.sa M. Sadiq Sohail* Department of Management and Marketing, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, PO Box 210, Dhahran 31261, Saudi Arabia E-mail: ssohail@kfupm.edu.sa E-mail: sadiqsohail@hotmail.com *Corresponding author Abstract: This paper
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between Nigeria and China dates as far back to 1971. At the same time when penning this thesis the president of Nigeria is in china to expand this relation. The Chinese Ambassador in Nigeria, once said sometime last year that China and Nigeria have longstanding relations that dates back as far as 45 years. Nigeria is China second biggest trade partner in engineering in Africa. It supposed that by the end of next year our relations of trade will be as high as $13 billion China is still to build a
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SUDDEN DECLINE OF CHINA´S GROWTH After Second World War, the communist party started the installation of a planned economy in China, led by Mao Zedong. In order to transform rapidly the country from an agrarian economy to a communist society through fast industrialization and collectivization of the lands, the communist party led an economical and social campaign from 1958 to 1961 called the Great Leap Forward. The collectivization and prohibition of private farming led to The Great Chinese Famine
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working with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited which is involved in Oil Refining and Marketing Business. BPCL is also making inroads in exploration i.e. upward integration. Oil and Gas being one of the strategic sectors from development as well as defense point of view and hence been largely controlled by the Indian government. Prior to independence only Multinational like Burma Shell, Caltex etc. were operating in India. Due to strategic importance M/s Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for Oil refining
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Georgia State University IEP (International Ethanol & Petroleum) Investing in Brazilian Oil DARREN T. ARMSTRONG GLOBAL AND BUSINESS PRACTICES- BUSA 3000 DR. ILKE KARDES APRIL 23, 2015 1. Country Background Brazil is a country located in eastern South America, with a territorial size of 8,514,877 sq. km (square kilometers) and shares its borders with 10 other South American nations. These nations are; Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay
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and social risks. There are varying ways to define an emerging economy and are fairly standard definition is a country with income per head of population of $ 9,265 or less. Countries big and small can fall within this definition. For example, China, Mexico, Egypt and India is regarded as an economic power house, yet income per head of population is still low, so as an emerging economy it sits alongside much smaller economies such as Tunisia. These are typically economies in transition, moving
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Republic of China and Kazakhstan formed diplomatic relations on January 3, 1992. The two nations signed their first boundary agreement in April 1994, a supplementary agreement in September, 1997, and their second supplementary boundary agreement in July 1998 to mark their 1,700 kilometers (1,100 mi) shared border. In 1993, the President of Kazakhstan Nursulta Nazarbayev made an official visit to Beijing at the invitation of the then-Chinese President Jiang Zemin. Since then, the leaders of China and Kazakhstan
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Faculty of Business Studies Module: Presentation and Communication Skills Examiner: Dipl. Ök. Marina Alvares-Wegner The BRIC countries Leslie Authier Matr. No.: 7007017 E-Mail: leslieauthier@orange.fr Diana Carolina Ramirez R. Matr. No.: 7004479 E-Mail: dianacarolina_puebla@yahoo.de Maya Höpfner Matr. No.: 7003768 E-Mail: maya.hoepfner@googlemail.com Table of content 1 Introduction...................................................................................................... 2 2 The
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Swapping of PNB-Allied shares to complete merger MANILA, Philippines—Philippine National Bank plans to offer new shares to all stockholders of Allied Bank at P70 per share pursuant to the merger between the two banks via a share-swap. PNB plans to offer 423.96 million common shares worth a total of P29.68 billion to Allied Bank shareholders, based on the bank’s application for registration of securities at the Securities and Exchange Commission. This offer was based on the exchange ratio of 130
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FDI opportunities. We then discuss plausible firm-level justifications for China’s outward FDI flow, its importance, and promising avenues for further research. I. Introduction Barely thirty years ago, most would consider China a poor agricultural economy. In 2008 China is hosting the Olympics to signal its emergence as a major economic power. This phenomenal development appropriately draws international business scholars’ attention. One especially curious characteristic of China’s development
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