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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 when [...]

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International Business Web-Portal: globalEDGEâ„¢

Hartmut Buettner @ December 13, 2008 # No Comment Yet

globalEDGEâ„¢[1] is a knowledge web-portal for international business professionals from around the world. According to their information the site offers:

Global Resources: more than 5,000 online resources, e.g. Database of International Business Statistics (DIBS), Market Potential Index (MPI) and glossary
Countries: executive memos, statistics, historical, economic, and political conditions on 199 countries around the world
US States: [...]

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Doing Business – Measuring business regulations

Hartmut Buettner @ December 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The Doing Business project of the World Bank Group has been tracking regulatory reforms aimed at improving the ease of doing business and their enforcement across 181 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level by measuring their impact on 10 indicator sets[1] since 2004. Almost 1,000 reforms have been captured until now.
Covering [...]

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Highlights of the 9th Hong Kong Forum

Hartmut Buettner @ November 30, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The Hong Kong Forum is organized every year by the Federation of Hong Kong Business Associations Worldwide, a network of 32 Hong Kong Business Associations in 24 countries.
Under the impression of the recent global financial turmoil, this year’s forum lined up speakers from the financial sector such as John Tsang (Financial Secretary), Professor K C [...]

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Hong Kong Trade Development Council offers to win USD 10,000 Amazon.com coupon

Hartmut Buettner @ November 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet

According to Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), any enquiry made at www.hktdc.com from now till December 2008 will give you a chance to win a USD 10,000 Amazon.com gift card.
Please visit for details URL: http://info.hktdc.com/dm/…

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Corruption Perception Index 2008 (CPI)

Hartmut Buettner @ November 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet

The global coalition against corruption Transparency International has issued its Corruption Perception Index 2008 in Berlin on 23 September.
The CPI measures the perceived degree of corruption in the public sector of a country. It is a composite index, which is based on different surveys and analyses. The CPI 2008 compares 180 countries (the same number [...]

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