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Los beneficios del mar: negocios e inversiones económicas de la oficialidad naval en el siglo XVIII
2019
Throughout the eighteenth century, the Spanish navy was extensively reformed and enhanced as a consequence of the new model of Monarchy that the Bourbons introduced. Among the measures adopted, it is remarkable the erection of the naval officers corps according to the needs and obligations that maritime war had in this century. This group becomes the paradigm of the new professionalization and new training approach, and its members had great relevance due to its great mobility around the empire and the power of the naval institution. This means that a part of the naval officers were placed in privileged positions and at the intersection of diverse political, social and economic networks. Th…
INCREASING COMPETITIVENESS AND JOBS THROUGH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS
2013
After 3 years of collapse, foreign direct investments (FDI) have reached a minimum level of the last 9 years, in 2011, meaning 1, 94 billion Euros, below the 2003 level. In the first 10 months of 2012, foreign direct investments have reached a level of 1,27 billion Euros, surpassing the similar period last year, as the economic growth was centered around 0,5 %. At this time, foreign direct investments represent one third of the current account deficit. Romania is objectively reliant on foreign capital due to its low degree of internal saving. Investors have chosen the automotive industry in Romania, a sector deemed competitive, due to cheap labor force, large market and substantial state ai…
Ārvalstu tiešo investīciju ietekme uz Latvijas ekonomiku
2019
Bakalaura darba tēmas „Ārvalstu tiešo investīciju ietekme uz Latvijas ekonomiku” galvenais mērķis ir izpētīt ārvalstu tiešo investīciju vidi Latvijā un novērtet ĀTI ietekmi uz tādiem makroekonomiskeim faktoriem kā eksporta apjoms, nodarbinātība, bezdarbs, valsts nodokļu ieņēmumi. Balstoties uz statistiskiem datiem, tika novērtēts ārvalstu uzņēmumu eksporta īpatsvars kā daļa no kopēja eksporta apjoma Latvijā, kā arī novērtēti ārvalstu investoru nodokļu maksājumi Latvijas valsts budžetā. Veicot lineārās regresijas analīzi, tika izpētīta ĀTI ietekme uz Latvijas bezdarba līmeni un nodarbināto iedzīvotāju skaitu katrā nozarē. Analīzes ietvaros izmantoti statistikas dati par laika posmu no 2000. …
The Investment Performance of U.S. Islamic Mutual Funds
2020
Islamic investment funds have become increasingly important because of high demand from many investors, including those outside the Muslim investment community. This article compares the performance and risk sensitivity of Islamic mutual funds in the United States with that of their conventional peers. This article also analyzes the performance of Islamic funds, and compares this performance with that of socially responsible investment (SRI) mutual funds. Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)-based methodology was used for the analysis. The results suggest that over the entire study period (1987&ndash
AN ANALYSIS ON THE FDI FLOWS FROM EMERGING ECONOMIES TO EUROPE AND THEIR IMPACT
2014
After a concise setting of the context (by emphasizing on the FDI flows dynamics at the beginning of the 21st century through the lens of: annual inward and outward FDI flows between 2001 and 2013; annual contribution to IFDI flows and, respectively, to OFDI flows by group of countries – developed versus developing and transition ones), the paper analyzes the emerging market economies and the dynamics of their FDI flows (by using contextualization and comparisons). The main aspects targeted are: the dynamics of the outward FDI flows from EMEs comparative to the dynamics of the global outward FDI flows on annual basis, and the evolution of the specific weight of OFDI flows from EMEs in globa…
THE NEW ECONOMY - A 360 DEGREE VIEW
2012
This paper is a review of the literature` mainstream on economic development, political views and the way new economic policies and measures are implemented through formal and informal channels, including here the North American lobby` system. As a solution resulted from this paper there are some forecasted directory views that could lead to a future linear development of the global economy and to a tempered glow in the global account, or between commercial trades of some countries.
GLOBAL CRISIS AND THE NEED FOR GREEN ECONOMY. CASE STUDY ROMANIA
2012
The impact of the international economic crisis raises the necessity of redesigning the current pattern of development towards new approaches. In this context the green economy is a priority in implementing a new approach aimed to reconfigure the economic process throughout the product life cycle assessment. In the last period as the effects of environmental global issue, the new sectors of the green economy accelerated their growth worldwide, transition to a green Economy is characterized by substantially increased investments in economic sectors that build on and enhance the earth`s natural capital or reduce ecological scarcities and environmental risks. The paper analyses the implication…
On the Location Attractiveness of Emerging Countries for Foreign Direct Investments
2016
Our paper investigates the FDI attracting potential of emerging markets by in terms of their location attributes. We use Statistical cluster analysis to study the dynamic evolution of emerging markets’ clusters, based on country attributes that are relevant for the MNEs location decision. We find that countries tend to be grouped at a geographical level or depending on the various resources they possess, except for China that clusters independently. Also, there are numerous countries’ transitions from one cluster to another over the years, which indicate a natural process of changing location attributes and market development for many emerging economies.
China-Finland Co-operation, Trade, and Investment: In Search of Common Ground
2015
The importance of co-operation with China has been growing in Finland and the rest of Europe in view of the rising global economic and political status of China and the interest in attracting Chinese investments. In Finland, government agencies have been established for this purpose, and regional and local governments are also actively involved. Delegation visits between China and Finland have been intensively on-going for some years, but matching interests and finding common ground for co-operation, trade and investment often still proves to be a challenging task. Based on interviews with Finnish representatives and on observing delegation visits, this paper explores the difficulties that …
THEORIES OF THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES – TWO DIFFERENT APPROACHES
2012
Multinational enterprises – as key determinants and results (in the same time) of the globalization process that characterize the economic world nowadays – know a lot of different approaches in the academic literature; this is a consequence of the refinement (in time) of the (firm’s) internationalization strategies and practices – which is determined, at its turn, by the continuous dynamics and challenges of the world economy. By this paper we would like to bring into attention two of these general theoretical frameworks; they were developed by Wladimir Andreff (into his 2003 book: Les multinationals globales), and Mats Forsgren respectively (into his 2008 book: Theories of the Multinationa…