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It all started in 2002, just as when almost every American company are racing themselves up to enter the Chinese market. Driven primarily by the Asian country’s booming economy, coupled by low labor costs and liberalized policies towards capitalism, most companies sought out after the opportunity that China promises. Among these is China’s growing online…

The repo rate, also known as the interest rate at which banks borrow funds annually from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is used to manage temporary liquidity shortages through repurchase agreements called repos. Normally, banks utilize government bonds or securities as collateral. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) permits banks to obtain funds by…

            As neighbors, Korea and China share many cultural similarities. The reason for the similarities varies. Some of the similarities are due to migration between the two. For instance, Chinese culture came into Korea by people such as merchants, by immigrants, or sometimes by invasion.  Since those two countries’ national boundaries are right next to…

Situated between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the eastern region of the Hindu-Kush range was home to a land called Kafiristan. The inhabitants of this land were the Kafirs, who were referred to as “pagan” in Islamic terms but firmly rejected conversion to Islam and instead held onto their own religious beliefs. About 200 thousand Kafirs resided…

Akademi Teknikal Laut Malaysia (ATLAM) was established in August 1981 and privatized in January 1997. It was under the ownership of MICT Berhad. ATLAM had a mission to provide excellent services and value-added learning to its clients. In 2001, they were asked to upgrade their accounting system to the PETRA group-wide SAP system. SAP is…

Zahir ud-din Muhammad Babur (23 February 1483 — 5 January 1530) was a Muslim conqueror from Central Asia who, following a series of setbacks, finally succeeded in laying the basis for the Mughal dynasty of South Asia. He was a direct descendant of Timur through his father and a descendant also of Genghis Khan through…

Mauritius Introduction The most easily reached island in the Indian Ocean is Mauritius. It boasts as a tropical paradise such as Martinique and Maui and offers everything at a very good price. This small country is situated in Africa but it has been influenced by French and British ties and by the dominant Indian Workforce.Culture and History In…

Overpopulation is a significant problem that the Earth is currently facing. More than 4,000 cities worldwide have populations of over 100,000 people, and this number keeps increasing as the global community grows. The effects of overpopulation extend beyond humans and also affect the environment while raising concerns about limited resources on Earth. According to ABF…

Anheuser-Busch (AB) is making another effort to gain market share in China, a market that has proven challenging for many global brewing corporations over the past decade. Foreign companies have struggled to achieve success in China, and our group has studied the mistakes made by these brewers to identify the best strategic plan to recommend…

Regionalism Regionalism is a feeling or an ideology among a section of people residing in a particular geographical space characterized by unique language, culture etc. and the feeling that they are the sons of the soil and every opportunity that exists in their land must be accorded to them first and not to the outsiders….