Competitiveness, Infrastructure and Business in Japan
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This 10 page report discusses the competitive world of Japanese business and industry. Following the economic disintegration in Japan, the nation has experienced, not unexpectedly, an economically sluggish period followed by an adjustment period, and a slow restoration period. Although the economy in Japan is gradually recovering, its international competitiveness has been reduced and industrial migration to foreign lands has been noticed. This paper examines the competitive nature of Japan, its infrastructure, economic issues, cultural differences, and the nations political stability. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWcomjap.wps

Construction as an Indicator of Australia's Economic Health
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A 5 page paper discussing construction's worth as an economic indicator and how it can be used as an indirect link of a nation to the global economy. The paper focuses on Australia, but uses July 2000 data reporting industrial construction completions in the US as example. The data indicates US manufacturers are confident that their business growth warrants increased capacity, and that semiconductor manufacturers perhaps are the most optimistic. The same kinds of relationships are operational in Australia as well, where real GDP growth has been above 4 percent each year since 1997. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSAusConstr.wps

Construction in Malaysia; Financing New Buildings
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This 20 page paper considers the way in which the financing of building in Malaysia, with a move towards utilising the value in the finished buildings to contra pay the subcontracts and meet debts. The writer looks at why this has come about, the alternatives and uses a case study of South Malaysia Industries Bhd (SMI). The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEbuldfn.rtf

Contract Law, the “Battle of the Forms,” European Law, and the Value of a Uniform Code
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This 28 page report discusses the complications of contract law, especially in terms of international transactions. In the highly-competitive and globalized world of the 21st century, the alliances that exist between individuals, corporations, and even nations carry an enormous amount of consequence. Far too often, contract law has been modified to facilitate the use of standard form contracts to assure that the organization is held blameless in regard to actions undertaken by an individual or to serve the interests of one nation over those of another. Because of the switch from an industrial age economy to an information economy, the necessity for coherent, meaningful, and predictable legal rules for contracts that serve as the framework for the new economy has grown dramatically. The UCC of the United States is discussed along with United Nations’ Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods or CISG, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts, and the Principles of European Contract Law. Each demonstrates a significant variance in content, nature and scope, but must be considered in terms of the modern and irreversible phenomenon of globalization. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: BWfralaw.wps

Country Failure Evaluation: Thai Baht
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5 pages in length. Considered an emerging market with regard to country risk assessment, one cannot proceed with the Thai baht failure evaluation without first noting how Thailand's economic presence was inextricably linked to all of Asia as a whole. Prior to the Asian Economic Crisis, Thailand held the strongest economic position in all of Southeast Asia. The country's financial situation was strong and, for the most part, it maintained a stable monetary system. However, all of that changed quite drastically in July, 1997, when the plummet of the Thai baht sent its entire economic status into a tailspin, ultimately threatening the world's economy, as well. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCThaiB.rtf

Credit Markets Articles
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A 6 page paper discussing a week's "Credit Markets" section articles from the Wall Street Journal. Published each day, the articles during the week of March 5, 2001 all discussed securities sales, activity in the Treasurys market and other activity such as municipal bond issuances. The leading news of the week was France Telecom's sale of $16.4 billion multicurrency sale of debt. The largest to date, the offering attracted $30 billion of investment interest, some of which went instead to Freddie Mac's largest-ever one-day sale of two- and ten-year notes. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KS-WSJcredit.wps

Cuba's Economy
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A 5 page paper discussing the Cuban economy and Castro's claim that the country is moving toward a market economy. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Cubaec.wps

Cuba's Economy # 2
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The economy of the socialist country is analyzed in this 8 page paper. At issue is whether or not the rosy picture as presented by Vice President Carlos Lage and President Fidel Castro is accurate. Economic indicators are explored in addition to a look at how the people live. Class differences are noted. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Cuba4.rtf

Cuban Business: Impact of Economic, Political, and Sociological Environmental Constraints
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A 9 page overview of the many environmental constraints which affect Cuban business development and management. Emphasizes that the political constraints in Cuba have been by far the most important deterrents to business growth and development. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPcubaMd.wps

Cultural Industries
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This is a 9 page paper discussing cultural industries and their importance. Cultural or culture industries are considered those within a region or country which are based on the creative, cultural, and popular markets of books, magazines, films, videos, multimedia and other products which are distributed on a worldwide basis. Cultural industries not only highlight the cultural diversity of a country but also are considerably important in the economy of each country as well. Since globalization and the deregulation of many restrictive policies, the distribution opportunities available for cultural industries has increased dramatically over the past decade and also expanded to include a shift in industry with more multimedia and electronic-based products. Because of globalization however, many regions fear that their cultural industries are threatened by conglomerates and has resulted in the formation of several organizations which focus on the development, maintenance, and protection of cultural industries. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: TJculti1.rtf

Currency Risk Management
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A 10 page paper discussing the external and internal need for managing the currency risk that organizations increasingly deal with as globalization continues to increase. The trend brings with it the need to equalize business results based on widely varying changes in world currencies. In recent years, the dollar has been strong relative to other major currencies of the world, and while good for the US economy, a dollar greatly stronger than other major world currencies creates a bevy of problems for multinational organizations. Because currency values are never static but can be depended on to regularly change in exchange value, organizations must devise measures that minimize the effects of that currency exchange rate movement. The paper provides several corporate examples, including Caterpillar, Merck, Honeywell and Dow Chemical. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSacctCurrRiskMgmt.rtf

Currency Stabilisation in Russia
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This 5 page paper is an outline for a dissertation on the way in which the Russia has tried to stabilise its' currency. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
Filename: TErussia.wps