International Market Research Articles

The internationalization of higher education and labor market transformations study current and future digital capabilities

The fourth industrial revolution that the world is witnessing has constituted a global turning point in which artificial intelligence systems have begun to invade all fields, including the higher education system as a means of investing in human wealth by qualifying for employment. morocco is not immune to these changes, and therefore the problem of the extent to which Moroccan higher education keeps pace can be addressed. to international developments to acquire employability skills imposed by the international labor market to face external competition for positions by asking the problematic question: Does higher education in Morocco prepare the student to keep pace with employment developments in light of a changing world in the direction of internationalization, artificial intelligence, and digitization that has begun to invade the world of work? The aim of this research paper is to study the extent to which Moroccan university students master new global employability skills, to achieve this goal, we adopted the quantitative approach using questionnaire technology, distributing it to a number of students their number is 45 male and female students the research results showed that Moroccan students have partial mastery of international employability skills, and the university has taken steps toward improving education, but it is still at the beginning of the road, and needs to make more efforts in this field. Therefore, it is necessary to integrate these skills into university curricula. with the necessity of disseminating training curricula within universities and public institutions to provide equal opportunities for students while unifying the vision the future of skills required in the labor market. It also supports, encourages and assists students in training in developed and pioneering countries in the field of artificial intelligence, while granting incentive guarantees to return to the homeland, involving the private sector in exchanging experiences with universities by expanding the field training base.

Problems and Countermeasures of Apple Agricultural Products Futures Market in China

In recent years, the improvement of quality and efficiency of national economy and agricultural modernization have directly promoted the innovative development of apple industry in China. At the end of 2017, the first Apple futures in China was born, and then the scale of Apple trading market continued to expand, and the standardization of Apple futures trading market increased year by year, which directly promoted the adjustment and upgrading of Apple industry. However, the development of Apple futures market lags behind the current situation of spot market development, and the imperfect risk management system, low internationalization level of Apple futures, imperfect laws and regulations of Apple futures market and chaos of market speculators still need to be solved urgently. In order to promote the rapid development of China's apple futures market, it is important to improve the trading system of bulk agricultural products; Strengthen the risk management mechanism; Strengthen international market cooperation and exchanges; Revise and improve the relevant laws and regulations of the Apple Futures Market and improve the level of market standardization; Take measures to limit speculation.

Research on the Transformation and Development of Investment Bank FICC Business of CITIC Securities Company Limited

In the current financial environment, with the continuous expansion of China's economic output and the continuous expansion of demand for financial services, the mutual influence of the international market is gradually deepening. Deepening the development of FICC business has become the core breakthrough point for the high-quality development of securities companies. Since its development, the FICC business (i.e. capital intermediary business) under the investment banking system of CITIC Securities has been involved in fixed income, foreign exchange, commodities, etc. However, there is still a significant gap in its development compared to international investment banks. Taking the current research status of FICC business at home and abroad as the background, taking CITIC Securities Company as an example, analyze the development status of its FICC business from multiple perspectives. Analyze the development bottlenecks in various aspects such as overall capital scale, traditional business and internationalization level, talent team structure, and technological innovation ability, and propose targeted solutions to improve the risk management system, expand the FICC business chain, accelerate technology investment, improve organizational structure, and leverage synergies to promote the transformation and development of CITIC Securities' FICC business and support the high-quality development of the securities and finance industry.

Research on Social and Cultural Stereotypes of Chinese Men in Hollywood Films: A Case Study of "The Mask of Fu Manchu"

To better penetrate the international market and gain a wider international audience, Hollywood has made films with rich and varied themes based on the cultures of various countries. Given China's rich cultural heritage and vast market, Hollywood has made many films set in China t open up the Chinese market and carry out cultural exchanges between China and the West. However, due to the misunderstanding between cultures, there are prejudices and stereotypes of Chinese men's society and culture in Hollywood films. This study applies the case study method in the qualitative research method and takes〈The Mask of Fu Manchu〉 film as a case study to systematically analyze Fu Manchu's external characteristics such as gender, t, and form, as well as internal characteristics such as behaviors and personalities. It is found that the Chinese male socio-cultural symbols in the film are oversimplified and culturally misinterpreted, leaving the audience with a stereotypical impression of cultural homogeneity. Based on this, this study explores multiple perspectives from history, culture, and art to find ways to eliminate stereotypes of Chinese men in Hollywood films, promote producers' understanding of different cultures, build a positive image of China, and provide a path for viewers to correctly understand Chinese culture.

Export demand patterns for blue swimming crab from Indonesia to United States : impact of fishing seasons in FMA 712 (2018 to 2022)

Abstract Blue swimming crab (Portunus pelagicus) is a significant fishery export commodity from Indonesia, especially the fisheries management area (FMA) 712. The aim of this study was to analyze the relationship between export demand and fishing season in FMA 712 during the last five years (2018–2022) based on export volume, prices, and fishing season information. Fishing season in Indonesia was classified as the west season with high rainfall (November to May) and the east season with low rainfall (June to October). The data were analyzed by correlation and trend analysis. The results showed that the export demand for blue swimming crab fluctuated with the fishing season. Demand for blue swimming crab tends to increase in the west season due to abundant supply from a favorable fishing season, leading to decreased prices due to international market competition. Conversely, demand for blue swimming crabs declines in the east season due to reduced supply from an unfavorable fishing season, resulting in increased prices due to limited availability. To address fluctuations, market diversification, product quality improvement, and sustainable fishery resource management are essential to balance profitable exports and marine preservation. Other variables that may influence export demand, such as global economic and political factors, were not included in this analysis.

Financial Analysis of China Duty-Free Group under the Framework of Harvard Analysis

Due to the COVID-19 in 2019-2022, global resident home quarantine, the economic downturn has led to lower household consumption levels than those before the epidemic, but with the economic and political policy and regulation and the availability of vaccines. Global COVID-19 is essentially over, at this time, the tourism retail industry is the main driver of economic recovery. In the tourism retail industry, China's duty-free industry is also a giant in the international retail industry. China Duty-Free Group has industry advantages, this article is based on the financial situation of China Duty-Free Group under the framework of Harvard analysis. Through the Oriental Fortune network, The National Bureau of Statistics of China, The China Immigration Bureau, statistic Data analysis on the China Duty-Free Group's environment and financial situation to analyze the development status and prospects of China Duty-Free Group, Conclusion for China Duty-Free Group after COVID-19 and acquisitions this year, the financial indicators in the capital increase have decreased. But this does not affect the dominant position of China Duty-Free Group in the future development, suggestions that China Duty-Free Group should hold the first position in China's duty-free industry in China's future development, from the Asian market to the international market in the global duty-free industry, make the full use of assets to expand their market share in the global tax-free industry.

The Level of Integration of Select International Markets in COVID Crisis: An Empirical Assessment

The Level of Integration of Select International Markets in COVID Crisis: An Empirical Assessment

Hotel internal marketing, staff basic psychological needs and employee satisfaction: Basis for employee relations improvement framework

Hotel internal marketing, staff basic psychological needs and employee satisfaction: Basis for employee relations improvement framework

The Role of Social Media in Marketing Tourism Halal to the International Market Challenges and Opportunities

This research aims to determine people's behavior regarding the use of social media as a source of information and knowledge about halal as well as the role of social media and its function as a means of marketing halal tourism to the international market. This research was conducted using quantitative methods with an associative approach. Data collection techniques using questionnaires, interviews and observation. The population used in this research was 560 respondents. And the samples used were 132 samples. The results of this research found that social media plays a positive and significant role in marketing halal tourism to the international market. The conclusion of this research is that social media has a positive and significant effect on marketing halal tourism to international markets. The suggestion in this research is to increase the marketing of halal tourism to the international market, so that social media promotion via TikTok and Histagram media is very effective and efficient, so it needs to be developed optimally.

A Study on the Impact of Airline Internal Marketing on Positive Psychological Capital and Affective Commitment - Focusing on Ground Staff -

A Study on the Impact of Airline Internal Marketing on Positive Psychological Capital and Affective Commitment - Focusing on Ground Staff -

The influence of the organization of the national currency system on the investment climate in Ukraine

The paper examines important aspects of the influence of the organization of the national currency system on the investment climate in Ukraine. The authors consider the functions of the national currency system, including control of international settlements, management of the foreign exchange market, participation in international relations and provision of favorable conditions for economic development. Special attention is paid to the influence of the organization of the currency system on the investment climate through the analysis of various problems, such as corruption, instability of the economic and political situation, lack of guarantees, etc. The paper puts forward recommendations for improving the investment climate in Ukraine, in particular through the improvement of legislation, the fight against corruption, the creation of a competitive business environment and other measures. The analysis of foreign direct investment schedules informs about the dynamics of the investment process in Ukraine and emphasizes the importance of solving problems for attracting new investments. The conclusions of the paper indicate the need for comprehensive measures to improve the investment climate and increase Ukraine's competitiveness on the international market.

The Protection of Intra-EU Investments: Putting the EU’s Rule of Law to the Test

With the 2018 Achmea ruling, the European Court of Justice declared investment arbitration in the intra-EU setting to be inadmissible. As a result, the Member States have cancelled more than 190 bilateral investment protection treaties between themselves. Critics fear a high level of legal uncertainty for intra-EU investments. The EU Commission, on the other hand, believes that the existing law of the internal market provides ‘adequate and effective protection’ for such investments without further ado. Both sides invoke the rule of law. After an overview of the developments, individual elements of the protection of investments within the EU, namely the rights of investors, the balance between them and public interests, the legal means available and the question of compensation, are analysed comparatively. In the end, it emerges that both positions can lay claim to different elements of the rule of law. The rule of law does not require maintaining investment protection with bilateral treaties and investor- state arbitration. However, it is questionable whether the existing law in the internal market does adequately protect investments in the European Union. With the abolition of traditional international investment protection, the European Union faces major challenges with regard to the further improvement of the rule of law, the importance of which goes far beyond the issue of investment protection.

African and international financial markets interdependencies: Does Covid-19 media coverage make any difference?

This study examines the co-movement and time-varying integration between equity, exchange rate, and international market volatility indices across different time–frequency domains using the wavelet and dynamic conditional correlation-generalised autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity (DCC-GARCH) model and BEKK GARCH for selected African countries. First, the findings indicate that the co-movement between equity and exchange rates during the pandemic was exacerbated by global COVID-19 media coverage. The findings indicate that there has been a substantial risk transfer between exchange rates and stock returns during the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a decline in domestic stock returns and subsequent capital outflows, which in turn increased the exchange rate. Given the growing difficulties in diversification, specific information on the volatility of financial market connectedness is required to plan hedging strategies. To explore the influence of global market volatility on Africa’s equity and currency markets, it is crucial to analyse the relationship between regional and global market fluctuations, especially given the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our empirical research demonstrates that the VIX and OVXCL indices play a significant role in transmitting spillovers to currency and equity markets in Africa. This suggests that the sentiment indicators provided by the VIX and OVXCL can be useful in predicting the behaviour of Africa’s currency and equity markets

A sovereign grant and a franchised state: Tin mineral supply chains in south Kivu of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

In resource extraction regions, nation-states tend to be depicted as the legal authority sanctioning profitable mining operations in close collaboration with corporate actors in their domestic territories. Especially in post-colonial contexts, corporate sovereignty is the term deployed by anthropologists to depict the acts of power by legally sanctioned corporate actors within a space of negotiation authorised by the state. A problem arises with this framing of sovereignty in contexts where the international norms of liberal democracy and development are violated due to constraints on the domestic authority of the state. In this scenario, the international order imposes itself to restore the authority of the state by governmentalising the security, territory, and market access of the state. Through ethnographic and field survey research in south Kivu of eastern Congo, I argue that the restoration and extension of state authority is a grant given to the state on condition of the responsible exercise of norms and practices of international markets. The tin, tantalum and tungsten (3T) mineral supply chain in south Kivu are an example of such a grant extended by international market actors and their related resource policy regimes to strengthen the state by franchising its apparatuses through practical mechanisms and discourse aimed at implementing traceability of so-called conflict minerals. Here, sovereignty is a position that is made by international market rule delivered through infrastructure in the form of 3T-mineral supply chains that franchise the state with the aim of optimising its fiscal reach and penetration among upstream mineral producers in south Kivu.

Advantages and Challenges of Health Tourism Development in Croatia

This paper presents the advantages and challenges of Croatia as a health tourism destination. Croatia is a popular tourist destination where tourism significantly contributes to the country's GDP. Health tourism in Croatia is based on natural health resorts, preventative medical and rehabilitation programs, and various wellness offerings. However, the current state of health tourism is not very promising, as large medical institutions (such as clinical hospital centers, general hospitals, and polyclinics) show little interest. Previous guests have expressed dissatisfaction with the lack of innovation in the programs offered and the limited accessibility for persons with special needs. Significant investment in hotel and medical infrastructure is necessary to meet contemporary global tourist demand, including staff education and increased competitiveness in the international market. This research highlights the importance of health tourism as a selective type necessary for the current and future development of tourism at both local and international levels. The objective is to understand the existing potential of the Saint Nicholas Polyclinic and explore possibilities to further valorize health resources. The research methodology included a survey questionnaire, with results displayed graphically. The findings indicate that Croatia has the prerequisites for health tourism development, particularly in medical tourism. Keywords: tourism, health tourism, sanatorium, polyclinic, development

Run, not walk: advanced red queen effect and mutual forbearance effect in multimarket contact

PurposeThis study explores the evolutionary relationship between multimarket contact (MMC) and competitive actions among multinational corporations (MNCs). It aims to enhance the understanding of international market competition by incorporating insights into dynamic competition and parent–subsidiary relationships.Design/methodology/approachA structured content analysis was used to identify the competitive actions of global shipping liners. The dataset includes 8,204 actions identified across nine global arenas. Data were collected from 6,553 monthly news articles on Alphaliner. The period covered is from January 1, 2015, to June 30, 2023.FindingsThe results indicate that a higher degree of MMC leads to greater competitive aggressiveness, supporting the combination of mutual forbearance and the Red Queen effect. Additionally, market importance triggers the mutual forbearance effect, whereas competitive rivalry is weaker for overlapping cross-market contacts. Furthermore, local competitive intensity increases MNCs' contact and echoes the Red Queen effect, especially for subsidiaries facing increasing pressure from local responsiveness.Research limitations/implicationsLimitations include reliance on Alphaliner, potential inaccuracies from proxy variables, and unmeasured headquarters–subsidiary interactions. Future research should explore other industries and extend the study period for broader applicability and generalization.Practical implicationsBy interlacing mutual forbearance with the Red Queen effect within a coopetition framework, managers can devise strategies to balance competition and collaboration, thereby ensuring long-term viability and growth in global markets.Originality/valueThis study extends the concept of MMC to the context of global shipping liners, a previously underexplored sector. Unlike earlier research, this study empirically examines MMC dynamics globally and integrates mutual forbearance and the Red Queen effect.

Analysis of the Brand Internationalization Status and Development Environment of Chinese Enterprises

Driven by the wave of economic globalization in the 21st century, brand internationalization has become an important strategic choice for the enterprise and even the national level. With the internationalization of the market, the transnational of enterprises, the multinational capital and the intensification of competition, the brand has become a key indicator to measure the economic strength of a country or region. Although Chinese enterprises have cost and product advantages in the international market, their brand advantages are relatively weak, which leads to the limited image of Chinese products in overseas markets, and faces intellectual property challenges and dumping charges. To meet this challenge, the Chinese government has included independent innovation and brand building as the focus of the 11th Five-Year Plan since 2005, with the aim of enhancing international competitiveness. However, Chinese enterprises still face many problems in the process of brand internationalization, including the lack of brand strategy, the lack of understanding of the importance of brand internationalization, and the lack of grasp of development models and methods. At present, the theoretical research of brand internationalization has not yet formed a systematic framework, and there is a relative lack of systematic research on enterprise brand internationalization. Moreover, the practical history of Chinese enterprises in this field is relatively short, which provides a broad space for theoretical research and practical exploration. This paper aims to provide theoretical reference and strategic guidance for Chinese enterprises to enhance their brand competitiveness in the international market through in-depth study of the theory and practice of brand internationalization. Through the elaboration of the relevant theory of brand internationalization, the analysis of the development environment of Chinese brand internationalization, and the construction of the development strategy and mode of enterprise brand internationalization, this paper discusses the support system of brand internationalization development, in order to provide systematic theoretical support for the road of brand internationalization of Chinese enterprises.

Countermeasures of Chinese Home Appliance Enterprises Under the Background of "Belt and Road" to Develop the International Market

Countermeasures of Chinese Home Appliance Enterprises Under the Background of "Belt and Road" to Develop the International Market

Regulatory Issues and Countermeasures in International Financial Markets

With the deepening of globalization, the development speed of capital markets is constantly accelerating, presenting a trend of globalization. At the same time, the emergence of multiple forms of trading platforms and diversified financial products further highlights the competitive relationship between security exchanges and other trading platforms. While promoting the transformation of security exchange forms in various countries, it also prompts governments to re-examine the financial regulatory system of securities markets. In this situation, it is very important to research the international financial market and financial regulatory system. This article explores the regulatory issues and countermeasures in the international financial market, intending to promote the stability and healthy development of the international financial market.

Design of Export Strategy for Roasted Beans Products to The Asean Market Using The Swot Method and The Use of Trade Map (Case Study: Pt Wahana Development Indonesia)

This research aims to analyze the potential of roasted coffee bean products and provide a strategy proposal for PT. Wahana Development Indonesia (Kopi Sarongge) to maximize sales by exporting roasted beans via the Trade Map website to ASEAN countries, particularly Singapore, Malaysia, and Thailand. The analysis methods employed include SWOT analysis, IFAS, EFAS, and strategy formulation using the TOWS matrix. Based on the processed data from the IFAS table, the IFAS value of 3.11 indicates that the Company possesses significant strengths. This suggests the Company has many internal advantages and capabilities. Furthermore, the EFAS table yielded a value of 2.73, indicating relatively favorable external conditions for the Company despite facing some challenges. In the TOWS matrix, the Company ranks 1st with an SO strategy, where it should leverage its reputation for high-quality coffee beans to meet the increasing demand in international markets, utilize competent human resources to explore the export-import sector, set competitive pricing to enhance competitiveness and attract international market interest, and utilize adequate production capacity to sell through various channels. This research was conducted to determine the strategies that the Company should employ to penetrate the ASEAN market.