Global Recession to Global Recovery: It is well known fact that all good things, as also bad things, come to an end and business cycles pass through good and bad economic times. Economically 2010 was a year of transition from economic recession to recovery. Economies were improving in some...

In international business, competitiveness is the crux of success, which means every effort has to be made to reduce the cost of production and marketing. Every single penny saved matters a lot and adds to an exporter's global competitiveness. One such area that needs to be looked into is refund...

One of the important issues in the areas of international taxation, international technology transfer and foreign investment by the MNCs that has been drawing greater attention of tax authorities worldwide is the issue of transfer pricing i.e. the compensation paid for intra-group services to...

In the global business, competitiveness has become a buzzword and to achieve it every enterprise has been looking for the cost reduction methods in production and marketing of goods internationally. One of such element of on this account is getting the international VAT refunds from the foreign...

Multinational Enterprises with the international transfer of technology to developing countries generally stipulate certain restrictive clauses in the foreign collaboration agreements (FCAs) which govern the over all operations and profitability of the technology importing firms. Amongst the...

It is well known fact that all good things, as also bad things, come to an end and business cycles pass through good and bad economic times. Economically 2010 was a year of transition from economic recession to recovery. Economies were improving in some countries and industries were showing...

In consonance with globalization, the International Transfer Pricing (ITP) rules have also been introduced in the countries, where they did not exist, or reformed as per the OECD guidelines in a number of countries where they already existed. In many countries the process of revamping these...

Unitech Engineers, a manufacturer of high tensile fasteners, was established by the Modi brothers – one a commerce graduate and the other a technocrat with engineering and managerial degrees. From a small workshop, the company gradually crossed many hurdles, and by investing in technological...

Global Recession to Global Recovery: It is well known fact that all good things, as also bad things, come to an end and business cycles pass through good and bad economic times. Economically 2010 was a year of transition from economic recession to recovery. Economies were improving in some...