Als ein entscheidender Faktor der Diffusion eines Produktes im Markt muss die Mundwerbung angesehen werden. Nicht umsonst werden große Anstrengungen unternommen, die als maßgeblich für die interpersonelle Kommunikation erkannten Meinungsführer zu identifizieren und in den Wertschöpfungs-...

In last six decades political analysts, scholars and statesmen have mainly analyzed and focused on the political dimensions of the Kashmir problem. However, unfortunately much important economic dimensions of the problem have received less attention or have been somewhat deliberately neglected....

This paper attempts to establish the value of good relationships between countries by considering their effect on a group of individuals who are arguably intimately affected by them: immigrants. We appeal to an index of conflict/cooperation which is calculated as an annual weighted sum of news...

As economic linkage between south-south countries especially China with Nigeria have grown in intensity, it is seen as an engine to Nigeria economic growth. Therefore the amplified presence of China investment in Nigeria is now widely noticed and has drawn scrutiny from the populace raising...

This paper attempts to establish the value of good relationships between countries by considering their effect on a group of individuals who are arguably intimately affected by them: immigrants. We appeal to an index of conflict/cooperation which is calculated as an annual weighted sum of news...

Friendly and beneficial relations with the countries of West Asia, and the Gulf region in particular, have remained a key component of India’s foreign policy on account of geopolitical, economic and strategic interests. The reasons for significance of this region for India now go beyond...

Mahatma Gandhi referred to Sri Lanka as India’s ‘daughter state’. True to this metaphoric observation, relations between the two countries have been by-and-large cordial, but occasionally not devoid of irritants. India is Sri Lanka’s closest, most important and...

This paper explores the ways in which macroeconomic imbalances have driven policy discussions between the United States (US) and People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the last decade. The PRC’s current account surplus, its growing foreign exchange reserves, and its shifting policies...