Articles [Commerce]

  It is our common experience whenever we go to shop a product that the branded ones are costlier than the unbranded ones and the reasons are not far to seek. Let us first look at the term “brand”. And whenever that word is spelt before us, a host...

  The off-shore banking has of late gained tremendous acceptance from the banks in India and almost all the national banks have made tremendous progress in setting up their off-shore units in various parts of the globe. In their efforts to extend...

  The year which has just gone by, would be go down in the economic history as one the worst years. The economic tsunami which the subprime mortgage crisis brought upon the world economy led to a lasting gloom all over the world and affected...

  The term “Sensex” has an aura of mystique hanging around it to a common man . There are investors who would surely go by it to measure their successes or failures in terms of the movement of this not so well understood term. While a big rise in...

  Although it is not possible to be exhaustive in covering all the elements of a foreign collaboration agreement mainly because of the varied nature of the agreements. The requirements of an individual agreement need to be taken care of . However...

  The settlement mechanism of the World Trade Organization provides an elaborate means to solve various problems. The importance and relevance of any rule-based trading system would rendered ineffective unless such a mechanism exists which ensures...

  The problems associated with the transfer of technology are too many. There are various Indian corporate entities who tie up with multinational companies for import of modern and state-of-the-art technologies to achieve faster growth as it would...

  In these days when our economy has been freed from the rigours of regulatory framework and all the multinational and transnational corporate entities are setting up shops in our country, it is worth taking a hard look at joint venture as one the...

  Since the establishment of World Trade Organization there have several rounds of talks and the last and the continuing one which is known as the Doha round, has been dogged by delays and uncertainties. In fact the world trade negotiators are...

  The role of comparative advantage has great importance in guiding international trade and commerce. The closed economies which create artificial barriers to trade and commerce hardly benefit by pursuing such restrictive policies. It is a proven...