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    The Effects of Global Finance Crisis 2008-2009 on Brazil’s Economy While researching written articles about the effects of global finance crisis 2008-2009 on Brazil’s economy, I found numerous financial researchers that had published documentations in reference to the impact on the Brazil economy. In addition, the banks and government interactions to the global finance crisis 2008-2009, particularly research papers, financial journals, newspapers, pamphlets, and brochures. The Brazil government policies

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    methods are, exporting, licensing or franchising to host country firms, establishing joint ventures, setting up wholly owned subsidiaries or acquiring an established enterprise Other key factors like transport cost, trade barriers, political risk, economic risk, business risk cost and firm’s strategy plays a key role in

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    Problem Set 1 (*optional items) Global firms and governance, international monetary systems, forex markets, and market parities. Global firms and governance: 1. How would you define and measure multinational corporations? If the firm is operating facilities in multiple countries or it is controlling real assets in multiple countries then the firm is called MNC. Multinational corporations can be measured by foreign ratios, foreign sales, and foreign employee ratios by how many countries in which

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    Introduction “Today’s global economy can best be characterized as an international system of economic interdependence whereby many countries have come together to transact or engage in ‘business beyond borders’” (Patel, Li, & Sooknan, 2011, p. 90). In our globalizing world today, it is important to acknowledge the positive as well as negative outcomes to intercultural communication. It is evident through scholastic study that in intercultural communications, according to Ting-Toomey and Oetzel (2001)

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    Corruption

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    Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) defines corruption as "intentionally to offer, promise or give any undue pecuniary or other advantage....to a foreign public official...in order that the official act or refrain from acting in relation to the performance of official duties in order to obtain or retain business or other improper advantage in the conduct of international business" (Raeschke -Kessler & Gottwald, n.d.). This measure criminalizes bribery in international transactions

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    Balance of Payment” (BOP) is a statement used by a country to summarize an economy’s transactions with the rest of the world by both private and public sectors for a specified time period, usually every quarter or year. It is known as “Balance of International Payment”, it involves all transactions between a country’s residents and its non-residents involving goods, services and income, financial claims on and liabilities to the rest of the word. If a country has received money, this is known as a “credit”

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    the International Monetary System In response to the worst financial crisis since the 1930s, policy-makers around the globe are providing unprecedented stimulus to support economic recovery and are pursuing a radical set of reforms to build a more resilient financial system. However, even this heavy agenda may not ensure strong, sustainable, and balanced growth over the medium term. We must also consider whether to reform the basic framework that underpins global commerce: the international monetary

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    To talk about one currency’s convertibility often implies how open an economy is as the concept of convertibility of one currency covers the unrestricted use of a country’s currency for international currencies allowing it to be exchanged for foreign currency to make a transaction. 1. Current account and convertibility The current account is the sum of the balance of trade (exports minus imports of goods and services), net factor income

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    number that exceeded the growth rate of the population (2%) but fell well short of growth in other poor, developing countries. Although growth was lagging behind the pace of other emerging markets, Mexican politicians were willing to sacrifice rapid economic expansion for stability. The new, apparently more stable, Mexican economy entered 1994 with aspirations of joining the ranks of the more developed and industrialized nations of the world. The NAFTA trade arrangement and the country’s acceptance into

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    Multinational corporations are evidently playing a starring role in the current process of globalization. This has been fueled by the rising share of cross-border capital flows attributable to foreign direct investment of such multinationals. Further, the multinational corporations have played an integral role in linking financial and product markets globally through transfers of technology, physical capital as well as management techniques. However, in order to venture into foreign markets, corporations

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