Crony capitalism is a term describing an economy in which success in business depends on close relationships between business people and government officials.

Prior to 1890, big business was widely regarded as more efficient and generally more modern than small business.

Beijing s busy people, however, seemed not to pay close attention for them, it was business as usual.

If so, the outlook for Colombia is more favorable in 2010 and 2011, when growth should be close to 3 , thanks to inflows of foreign investment, improvements in security, and a better business environment.

The Court must have a solid financial basis as its business came to a close over the following year.

Differentiating technology is what makes your business more desirable to your customer than your competitor's business.

In business, too, networks are becoming more important.

By keeping the deal making business separate, banks may have focused more on their traditional core business.

Indeed, the inability to see the advantages of close state business relations is the blind spot of modern economic liberalism.

It maintained close contacts with various NGOs and heard the views of women in senior positions in business and academia.

Client management structures will be rationalized and kept at the minimum level necessary to ensure business development and close client relations.

Gradually, more and more women were being elected to high posts in government and business.

In some cases, that close communication is more important than public rhetoric.

For more than a decade, Pakistan and the US were close allies.

They can take on more risk running a more highly leveraged business with less shareholder capital.

Interest in business ethics courses has surged, and student activities at leading business schools are more focused than ever before on making business serve long term social values.

With respect to business loss claims, the analysis is more complex.

UNCTAD's component included intensive training and business development services for more than 1,000 local companies, the establishment of TNC SME business linkages and the implementation of a business incubator.

Boeing executive Roger Krone stated that NASA investment would allow Boeing to close the business case, while this would be very difficult without NASA.

Governments and the private sector in this subregion will be supported by UNIDO to help business close the performance gap with their international competitors.

In fact, the main advantages of the original Glass Steagall Act may have been more sociological than technical, changing the business culture and environment in subtle ways. By keeping the deal making business separate, banks may have focused more on their traditional core business.

Of course, there is a close interrelationship between the two issues. Therefore, the broader business environment variables affect the quality of entrepreneurship and vice versa.

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Should business administration students and future business managers immerse themselves in the philosophy of science, they would not only become more knowledgeable and have greater respect for science they might also become more rigorous and more competent, have greater respect for other disciplines, and be more humble.

This is a different level of intelligence, more analytical, where close collaboration adds significant value.

The geographic location of Benin, its membership in ECOWAS, its close business ties with Nigeria, and its natural resources highlighted the investment potential of the country.

Enabling developing nations to access vitally needed pharmaceuticals at rates reasonably close to the cost of production will not put transnational drug companies out of business.

We need fewer equilibrium business cycle theorists and more old fashioned Keynesians and monetarists.

As a result, more companies are likely to create and implement business continuity plans.

During his 50 years in show business, Campbell has released more than 70 albums.

Prices are increasing, more transactions are being conducted in cash, and more dubious business figures are arriving from around the world.

(a) If a party has more than one place of business, the place of business is that which has the closest relationship to the agreement to conciliate

Seattle and Vancouver are close geographically, but Vancouver trades more with distant Toronto than with nearby Seattle.

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In Egypt, Gamal Mubarak will have to counter the widespread perception that his interests are aligned with close allies among the business elite, notably steel tycoon Ahmed el Ezz.

Underwriting had collapsed, and banks were more than ready to get out of the securities business.

Although Murdoch remains chairman of both, everyone expects him to focus more on the news business.

The window of opportunity for financial reform is now closing, and business as usual will only result in more crises and more bailouts.

The State level Law on Public Procurement was enacted in late 2004, following the adoption of the Framework Law on Business Registration (which aims to introduce a faster, more transparent and more uniform, system for registering a business in the country).

In addition, he proposed that the phrase and has more than one place of business, then should be deleted, since if the party had not indicated a place of business and had only one place of business, that place of business would automatically have the closest relationship to the relevant contract.

Line of business (LOB) is a general term which often refers to a set of one or more highly related products which service a particular customer transaction or business need.

More and higher quality energy increases production through modernized communications, improved productivity, and a better business environment.

But more importantly, let me tell you I'm going to come up really close here. Don't freak out, Pat.

Following standard practice, interest rates can be more or less significantly positive, very close to zero, or at zero.

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