MGM102H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: United States Dollar, Outsourcing, Market Risk
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To remain competitive increase investments in innovation, technology, education and training. These investments and our ability to manage them, will determine our ability to maintain and enhance our current level of competitiveness. Ipo (initial public offering: the sale of a company"s sto(cid:272)k fo(cid:396) the fi(cid:396)st ti(cid:373)e i(cid:374) the pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) marketplace with the intent to raise equity (money) to fund company operations and growth. Our changing world: development of new markets resulted in an increase of demand for canadian natural resources. Resulting in significant recent growth within these economic sectors (mining, agriculture, energy) Such growth (although slowing down) offers expansion opportunities: manufacturing sectors within canada continue to be challenged to improve overall competitiveness. Emerging competitors from china, india, vietnam, brazil, etc: north-america-centric view of marketplace changing to a more global-centric, interconnective model, china, india, brazil and other economies will soon mature and benefit from significant foreign direct investment (fdi)
