221. Country Brands Ranking I
April 08, 2013
Country brands ranking is a useful tool to explore the world regarding different segments. That is to say, Bloom Consulting bases the ranking on three different segments: tourism, trade and talent. That’s what makes the company unique and different from others. So, as you ca...
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222. Foreign direct investment
April 05, 2013
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is the most advanced way to enter to foreign markets. In the economic literature there are different definitions of foreign direct investments. For example P. Krugman and M. Obstfeld define FDI as an international transfer of capital to establish a branch in another...
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223. City Brand, meaning?
April 05, 2013
A City Brand has the purpose to turn a city from a location into a destination. Now, what does that mean exactly? If you have the abstract name of a city, like Antwerp in Belgium for example, it doesn’t recall any features with it. But, if you are able to transform a city nam...
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224. UNWTO
April 05, 2013
UNWTO, no, this is not some kind of robot which was invented by the Russians or neither a new sort of coffee produced by the Chinese. Don’t be afraid, it’s not a crime if you have never heard of it. Although the organization plays a huge (unknown) role in everyone’s life. UNWTO is the abbreviation o...
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225. Tourism Ranking II
April 05, 2013
Tourism Ranking? Countries with the most tourist receipts and arrivals are compared to the other nations. The Top 10 in tourism ranking consists of the following countries: France, USA, China, Spain, Italy, Turkey, UK, Germany, Malaysia, Mexico. One might think that it is o...
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226. Attract Foreign Direct Investment II
April 01, 2013
Attract Foreign Direct Investment> from foreign companies and rich states in order to boost their economic growth and employment. Foreign Direct investments can take two forms, wether it is acquisition of a company in the target country, or the operations’ expansion in the target cou...
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227. Business Environment and Foreign Direct Investment Ranking
April 01, 2013
The world is a global marketplace. Companies strive for development through expanding abroad. Under this trend, countries rely on, but also compete with each other for investment and resources. In order for a country’s economy to attain sustainable growth, monetary flow cannot only be limited to dom...
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228. Top Country Brands in tourism
April 01, 2013
The world is a wonderful place with so much – and such a diversity – to offer. Even though we are all born in one country, traveling to another country will give us something we miss from our own. When asked where one’s favorite country, or dream travel destination is, maybe the answers will vary ba...
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229. GDP
April 01, 2013
GDP or Gross Domestic Product is the market value of all officially recognized final goods and services produced within a country in a given period of time. It is considered per capita and is an indicator of a country’s standard of living. Don’t get it wrong, it is not a measure of personal income, ...
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230. The best place to be born
March 25, 2013
EIU research center published lastly an unusual Country Ranking, which examine which is the best place, where born in the year the child has the best chance of success and a quiet, comfortable life.
Success in life is a lottery - such a conclusion can be reached aft...
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Author: Joshua Smitth
