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The Austrian Traded Index (ATX) is the most important market index of Austria’s Wiener Börse, also known as the Vienna Stock Exchange, itself one of the most important exchanges in eastern Europe. Almost half of the stock trades in Austria are over-the-counter trades, with the remainder handled on …
Auditing standards are professional guidelines promulgated either by an authorized national or international body. Any standards are based on the universally or generally adopted practices, which should serve as guidelines for auditors undertaking audit. They are usually distilled through years of practice and are of such quality that …
The only nation to occupy a continent, Australia is a country of approximately 21.5 million people (2008 estimate) and had a gross domestic product in nominal dollars that ranked 14th in the world in 2007. Although less populous than Romania, Australia occupies an area approximately 80 percent the …
This European country has a population of 8.3 million (2007), and a land area of 83,872 square kilometers. Although now a relatively small country, historically it was a dominant power in central Europe with Austria and then the Austro-Hungarian Empire being one of the major economic, political, and …
Aviva is a relatively new transnational corporation that started its international expansion during the last decade through a series of mergers, acquisitions, and strategic alliances such as bancassurance joint ventures. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Aviva is the world’s fifth-largest insurance group, has 57,000 employees, and serves around …
AXA is a France-based financial holding company that specializes in financial protection, insurance, and asset management products and services. It has grown to become one of the world’s leading insurance companies, occupying a leading position in France (market share: 10 percent at the end of 2007), the United …
The verbal translation of a document or a questionnaire has two principal methods—forward translation and backward translation. While forward translation is a method to convert a document or a questionnaire from the source language to the target (foreign) language, the back translation method is used for translating the …
Bahrain is a small Arab state (665 sq. km; estimated population 508,573 in 2007) situated in the Persian Gulf. It is an archipelago consisting of two main islands, Bahrain and Al Muharraq, and more than 30 smaller islands. The country’s economy depends on processing crude oil, manufacturing, financial …
The balance of goods and services, also known as the trade balance, is part of the Current Account (CA) balance in a nation’s Balance of Payments (BoP) statistics. This net measure of a country’s position with respect to trade in goods and services is a widely cited statistic …
The banana wars were an eight-year trade dispute between the European Union (EU) and the United States that started in 1993. It escalated to include sanctions on the import of a range of other products. By 2008 it still had not been fully resolved. The European Economic Community …
An international financial institution, headquartered in Spain and with operations in over 30 countries in Europe, Asia, North and Latin America, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) offers personal banking, loans and mortgages, insurance, investment banking, asset management, and wholesale banking. The bank was born from the merger of …
Banco Santander Central Hispano (BSCH) is a Spanish banking group offering retail and wholesale banking, asset management and insurance service in Europe and Latin America. It is headquartered at the Ciudad Financeria Santander (Santander Financial City) in Madrid and employs around 130,000 people worldwide. The history of BSCH …
Bangladesh (population 150,448,000 in 2007, gross domestic product $208 billion in 2007) is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. A south Asian country, it is almost entirely surrounded by India except for the small Burmese border and the Bay of Bengal to the south. …
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an organization that provides services for many central banks, nations, and other official monetary institutions around the world. However, the bank does not provide financial services to corporations or individuals. The Bank for International Settlements is responsible for promoting monetary and …
Bank of America Corp. is a bank holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. As of December 2007, it had $1,716 billion in assets, and 210,000 employees, more than any other U.S. bank except Citigroup. Ranked by deposits, it is the largest bank in the United States, and …
The Bank of China is one of China’s four stated-owned commercial banks. Its businesses cover commercial banking, investment banking, and insurance. The Bank of China (Hong Kong), Bank of China International, and Bank of China Group Insurance are members of the Bank of China Group. It is ranked …
Bankruptcy is the legal state of being unable to make good on one’s debts. Originally a crime—the accusatory origins of the word are retained when we refer to someone as “morally bankrupt”—ideas about and practices concerning bankruptcy have evolved over thousands of years, changing as do economic systems. …
Baoshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., is one of China’s largest and most strategically important companies. It is the publicly listed subsidiary of Baosteel Group, a Chinese state-owned enterprise headquartered in Shanghai. The subsidiary was established in February 2000. In December of that year, 1.877 billion common shares …
Barclays Bank was founded in 1896, but its precursors date back as far as 1690. The Barclay name became connected to the business when the bankers John Freame and Thomas Gould joined forces with Freame’s son-in-law John Barclay in 1736. At the start of the 21st century Barclays, …
A barrier to entry is any obstacle that prevents potential entrants from enjoying the benefits that accrue to incumbents (established firms). These obstacles may be classified as structural or strategic. The benefits that accrue to the established firms are usually defined in terms of long-run abnormal profits (price …
