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A multinational firm’s organizational structure that reflects the “global” philosophy that the world is basically one homogeneous market is called a “global structure.” For example, by this philosophy, many large electronics and consulting firms, while allowing for minor local adjustments to packaging and language, basically project the same …
The Gnomes of Zurich is an old tongue-in-cheek term for the Swiss market, and especially Swiss bankers. The term was first used by Harold Wilson, the Shadow Chancellor of the British Parliament in 1964, who believed the Swiss were speculating on the British pound on foreign markets in …
The gold standard was a fixed exchange rate system that operated as the primary monetary regime of the international economy from the late 19th century through to the outbreak of World War I. The apparent virtues of the gold standard lay in (1) its ability to eliminate exchange …
A government bond is a security issue by the national government of a particular country that gives the right to the bearer to request the promised interest to be paid in agreed intervals (usually annually). This is a special type of bond, based on the qualities of the …
Greece’s official name is the Hellenic Republic and the official form of government is the presidential parliamentary republic. Other conventional names include the names Hellas or Ellada. It is a Mediterranean country in southern Europe comprising an area of 131,944 sq. km and with an extended coastline of …
The term Green Revolution refers to the series of advances in agriculture and agronomy that led to exponentially higher cereal harvests in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in food-scarce nations in Asia and Latin America. Genetic improvement of high yield plant seed was fundamental to the increases, but …
Grey market (also sometimes known as “gray market”) involves the trade of legal goods through unauthorized, unofficial, and unintended channels of distribution. Hence, trademarked products are often exported from one country to another and sold by unauthorized individuals or firms. This practice is also often known as parallel …
Decisions about allocation of a society’s resources require some understanding of how these decisions will affect the welfare of the citizens. The most convenient measure for the welfare of citizens has been found to be the volume of goods and services available in the society. Ideally we would …
The Group of Twenty Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, or G20, draws its members from 19 of the 25 largest national economies, plus one member representing the European Union as a whole. G20 is used to refer either to that specific group (which has no support staff …
Guanxi is a Chinese word for which the closest English synonyms are connections and relationships, although neither of these words best encapsulates the broader cultural implications that guanxi represents. It refers to the dynamic and complex nature of friendships, trust, interpersonal relationships, and the construction of closed family …
Guatemala is a Central American country that shares borders with Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and El Salvador. Its economy is heavily reliant on the agricultural sector, in particular the export of bananas, coffee, sugar, textiles, and fresh vegetables. Its population is over 12.7 million (2007). With a highly unequal …
The Hang Seng Index (HSI) is the internationally recognized stock market indicator of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (SEHK). The HSI is a free-float capitalization-weighted index of selected companies listed on the Hong Kong exchange. The index was developed on July 31, 1964, with an initial base …
The Hanseatic League (the “Hanse”) was a regional alliance of North German cities and towns that operated to control trade along the Baltic and North Seas and thrived during the late Middle Ages. Historians point to the Hanse as an early example of regional integration within Europe. Indeed, …
The harmonized system, or as it is more formally known, the harmonized commodity description and coding system, is an international classification system designed to facilitate the collection of trade statistics as well as to assist in the collection of tariffs and customs duties. For decades, individual nations used …
The HBOS group provides business, corporate, and retail banking, insurance, and investment services to 23 million customers in both the United Kingdom (UK) and internationally. While 86 percent of its profits are currently generated in the UK, the balance is provided from operations in Australia, North America, Ireland, …
The organized provision and delivery of healthcare services constitutes a healthcare system. The 2000 World Health Report states the goals for healthcare systems to include good health; making the health status of the entire population as good as possible across the entire life cycle; responsiveness to the expectations …
The Heckscher-Ohlin model (H-O model) was constructed to understand the role of productive resources in international trade, analyzing an economy in which two goods are produced using two factors of production. It is a general equilibrium model that extends some important results of the comparative advantage theory developed …
Hedging is a strategy applied to minimize risk. It also involves the synthetic insurance, i.e., the implementation of a dynamic trading strategy that determines the lower bound on the value of a position. Market participants in the 18th century realized the importance of avoiding uncertainty and created futures …
Hewlett-Packard (HP) is a technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California, that operates in more than 170 countries worldwide. It was founded in 1939 and is a Fortune 11 company with $91.7 billion in revenue, generating $7 billion in organic growth for fiscal year 2006. It produces and …
Hitachi, Ltd., a global Japanese company whose products include electronics equipment, home appliances, train cars, elevators, escalators, computers, mobile devices, power plants, and industrial machinery, originated in 1910 in the electric repair shop of Namihei Odaira. The company’s first product was three 5horsepower (hp) motors, and in 1915, …
