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Hartmut Buettner @ November 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The European Union Chamber of Commerce in China (EUCCC) have published the European Business in China Position Paper 2009/2010 in English and Chinese.
The position paper brings together 40 individual papers prepared by the European Chamber. According to the position paper, China has taken a number of positive steps to improve the market environment [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 4, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Your Europe – Business is a multilingual practical information and online government services for companies looking for business in another EU country. It is provided jointly by the European Commission and national authorities.
Website Contents:
Starting in business
Setting up a new business
Taking over a new business
Managing a business
Keeping the accounts
Paying taxes
Managing staff
Submitting statistics
Handling financial difficulties
Doing business [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Guide to the legal gazettes and other official information sources in the European Union and the European Free Trade Association (pdf-file, 244 p., 4.5 MB, English) can be downloaded from the EU Bookshop[1]
free of charge.
The guide provides general information on the legislative sources of EU and its 27 member state, [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet
According to their information, the Vanderbilt Television News Archive is the world’s most extensive and complete archive of television news. It operates as a Unit of the Vanderbilt University Libraries.
The collection spans the presidential administrations of Lyndon Baines Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Europe’s long recession is bottoming is due to strong policy action, a rebound in confidence, and a tentative upswing in global trade according to the IMF’s new regional outlook[1].
Johan Mathisen[2] feels “bolstering potential growth may be the most important element of the strategy to secure a solid recoveryâ€, when looking beyond the short run. [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
According to Anoop Singh[1] Asia is emerging from the global downturn faster and stronger than any other region.
Growth in the region is expected to reach 2.8 percent this year, increasing to 5.8 percent in 2010, with emerging economies such as China and India turning around even more strongly.
A summary of his remarks about the [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Masood Ahmed[1] compares and analyzes in his article: “Did Islamic Banks in the Gulf Do Better Than Conventional Ones in the Crisis?” (Oct. 14, 2009) the performance of Islamic banks in the countries of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)[2] with conventional ones during the global financial crisis. The article is based on the IMF’s latest [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ July 2, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The “Exporting” online audio module series on the globalEDGE website has been produced in cooperation with the U.S. Commercial Service based on the 2008 edition of A Basic Guide to Exporting. Each of the first seventeen modules represents one of the book’s chapters and includes a case study. The final bonus module explains the [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ June 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Hundreds of videos on business in China. Interviews, Documentaries, Company Profiles, Seminars, How-To’s. Everything you need to know about China to make a successful market entry.
By Terence: Associate Professor, Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing for the past 8 years.
The playlist contains:
Seminars on how to do Business in China (119 Videos).
Documentaries on how [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ June 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A Virtual Village at the Wesleyan University website, is a free pedagogical tool that allows visitors of the website to interactively explore the social worlds of the pseudonymic ‘Arampur’ village in the northeast Indian state of Bihar through its material culture.
The central feature “Roam†allows visitors to virtually ‘roam’ within this village in the state [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ May 31, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Industry Handbook produced by Investopedia[1] and put forth by Forbes Magazine[2] offers a general background on things[3] potential investors in the following industries should look for:
Airline Industry
Oil Services Industry
Precious Metal
Automobiles
Retailing Industry
Banking Industry
Biotechnology
Semiconductor Industry
Insurance Industry
Telecommunications Industry
Utilties Industry
Internet Industry
Source: Investopedia, The Industry Handbook, URL: http://www.investopedia.com/…
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Investopedia is one of the Internet’s largest sites devoted entirely to [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ May 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Industry Profiles at globalEDGEâ„¢-Werbsite are available for:
Aerospace and Defense
Agriculture
Apparel and Textiles
Business Services
Chemicals
Construction
Consumer Products
Energy
Financial Services
Food and Beverage
Healthcare
Hospitality and Travel
Industrial Manufacturing
Media and Communications
Mining/Minerals/Metals
Pharmaceuticals
Public Services
Retail
Technology
Transport Manufacturing
The industry profiles include introductions, background information, links to global resources, upcoming events, headlines and in depth analysis, risk descriptions and assessments, trade statistics, corporations and memos.
Please read also the following articles:
International Business [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ May 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Mass Transit Magazine is a comprehensive resource on the mass transit industry. It offers daily news, industry updates, a blog, announcements, event listings, video network, webinars, whitepapers, opiniones, job listings, and a buyer’s guide. Additionally, the site offers an eNewsletter and industry briefs through a free subscription.
Mass Transit’s editor, Fred Jandt, speaks weekly on [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ May 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Business Strategy Game® is an online exercise where class members are divided into teams and assigned the task of running an athletic footwear company in head-to-head competition against companies managed by other class members. Company operations parallel those of actual athletic footwear companies. Just as in the real-world, companies compete in a global market [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ May 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The Federal Statistical Office regularly publishes country profiles (7 pages as PDF-files) for the G-20 advanced industrial and emerging countries based on official international statistics. They give an overview of the main statistical indicators including economy and finance, demography, social conditions and the environment.
The latest editions are those of the Republic of Korea 2009 (South [...]