Is China A Real Economic Opportunity For Western Companies

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PART I 4 INTRODUCTION 5 I. Internal analysis 6 a. Presentation 6 b. Strengths and Weaknesses from the SWOT 10 II. International expansion objectives 11 a. First three-years objectives 11 b. Long term 12 III. Luxury Department Stores: sector analysis 13 a. Global Scale 13 b. Turkey scale 16 c. Saudi Arabia 17 d. Israel 18 PART II 20 I- Country selection 21 1. General situation indicators 21 a. Average annual income per capita – 2007 data 21 b. Consumer

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Problematic: Belgian Fashion Case Profile of Turkey Turkey id Demographical environment The territory of Turkey extends on 783 562.38 km² It has important metropolises under development: there exist a dozen metropolises of more than one million residents, with a strong demographic and economic growth. The requirements in infrastructures are numerous in these cities. Let us quote Istanbul (12.6 million), Ankara (4.5 million), Izmir (3.8 million), Bursa (2.5 million) and Adana (2 million).

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des conditions favorables, la Chine encourage et soutient la participation de ses experts techniques à toutes sortes de formations, de séminaires, d'échanges et d'analyses, et inversement, les experts étrangers sont toujours les bienvenus en Chine pour effectuer des visites, des études ou des formations. En prenant part aux activités organisées par l'OMS (Organisation mondiale de la Santé), la Chine a entrepris depuis 2001 une série de formations et d'échanges techniques concernant la sécurité sanitaire

CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The rapid rate of urban growth in Third World countries is a cause for concern. Whereas in 1960, only 22% of the population of Third World countries lived in Urban Area, the figure is projected to increase to 44% by the new millennium (Anderson 1994). The situation is particularly alarming in Sub-Saharan Africa where, although about 70% of the population still live and work in rural areas, the average annual urban growth rate of 4.8% between 1980