International Business – Online Course Modules
Hartmut Buettner @ February 9, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Interactive educational tools about International Business for use in the classroom or in executive training are available on the globalEDGE™ web site of the Michigan State University URL: http://globaledge.msu.edu/… The modules include audio, a case study or anecdotes, a glossary of terms, quiz questions, and a list of references when applicable. The modules are grouped [...]
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econet china
Hartmut Buettner @ February 7, 2009 # No Comment Yet
China is a growing market for suppliers of green technologies: increasing energy efficiency, reducing emissions and cleaning up the environment. Despite the financial crisis spreading the Chinese market, these sectors offer interesting chances, also because of the announced huge public investments in these sectors. The aim of econet china is to facilitate access to reliable [...]
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Bribe Payers Index 2008
Hartmut Buettner @ February 7, 2009 # One Comment
Transparency International (TI) looks at the so-called supply side of corruption with its Bribe Payers Index (BPI) 2008 (pdf-file, 24 pages, 244 KB). It ranks 22 of the world’s most economically influential countries in it according to the likelihood of their firms to bribe abroad. Companies from Beglium and Canada are least likely to bribe [...]
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IMF Data Mapper®
Hartmut Buettner @ February 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The IMF Data Mapper® is an interactive data visualization tool. It provides an intuitive way to access the IMF’s key data. The data available through the tool dates from 1980 to the present date and users have the option to change the parameters of the line chart to focus on a specific data range. You [...]
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IMF — Financial Stability
Hartmut Buettner @ February 6, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The IMF has developed a special section on its main web site called Financial Stability that contains recent and important work relating to the analysis and assessment of key financial stability issues, in a global, regional, or country context. Its aim is to help to improve the understanding of the way the financial system functions, [...]
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ICC Rules for Combating Extortion and Bribery
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 [...]
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National Portal of India
Hartmut Buettner @ February 5, 2009 # No Comment Yet
The objective behind the National Portal of the Indian Government is to provide a single point of access to the information and services being provided by the Indian Government and an one stop source of information about India and its various facets. This includes links to other Indian Government Portals/websites. The portal is divided into [...]
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