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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 @ 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 @ 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 [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ February 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The ICC Rules of Conduct and Recommendations for Combating Extortion and Bribery, which have been first published in 1977 and last revised in 2005, can be downloaded free of charge in English, French and Spanish from the ICC website URL http://www.iccwbo.org/policy/anti…
These rules are designed as a guideline for self-regulation[1] by the international business and [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The World Economic Outlook (WEO), which presents the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) analysis and projections of economic development at the global level, is published in April and October each year with periodic updates. The October 2008 issue also covers:
effects of the surge in food and fuel prices under way since 2004, which has propelled inflation [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard, released in October 2008, presents information on 2000 companies from around the world reporting major investments in R&D. The set of companies it covers comprises the top 1000 R&D investors whose registered offices are in the EU and the top 1000 registered elsewhere.
Some of the findings presented in [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 5, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The World Investment Report 2008 (WIR08) published by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) analyses the latest trends in foreign direct investment (FDI) and has a special focus on the role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in infrastructure development.
As in previous years, WIR08 presents the latest data on FDI and traces global and [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 3, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The EU support for research, technological development and innovation (RTDI) is provided mainly through the Seventh Research Framework Programme (FP7), the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) and the Structural Funds.
The “Practical Guide to EU funding opportunities for Research and Innovation” explains how the value of these programmes can be increased by combining these funding sources. [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ November 2, 2008 # No Comment Yet
BusinessForum China (BFC) is a bi-monthly, full colour magazine published in English with a German supplement and an informative website (URL: http://www.bfchina.de/). It is a sound source for up-to-date and comprehensive business information from and about China. Each issue focuses on one industry sector, supported by interviews and articles contributed by the top [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The EU Commission-funded programme METP (Managers Exchange and Training Programme) has published a „Business in China Factbook“.
This 20-pages publication offers relevant facts about Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Dalian and Wuhan and the surrounding regions. It presents key figures of trade and industry statistics on the relations between the EU and China. Other articles inform briefly about [...]
Hartmut Buettner @ October 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
The new (2009) edition of the OECD Development Centre publication “Latin American Economic Outlook” is available now. It analyzes the political and economic progress within the region and provides comparative indicators on mayor issues affecting Latin America’s development on 230 pages. It is available in English and Spanish languages and can be an useful guide [...]