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Financial Services in Panama
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| Title: |
Financial Services in Panama: A Strategic Entry Report, 1999 |
| Date
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2000-05-16 |
| Pages: |
56 |
| ISBN: |
0741826763 |
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About
the Author(s)/Editor(s) |
Philip
M. Parker
Eli Lilly Chair Professor in Innovation, Business and
Society
INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France & Singapore)
Philip M. Parker is the
Eli Lilly Chair Professor of Innovation, Business
and Society at INSEAD (Fontainebleau, France and Singapore).
He has been a professor there since 1988 where he
teaches graduate and doctoral-level courses on global
competitive strategy and research methodology. He
has taught courses at Harvard University (HBS), the
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Stanford
University (GSB), the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT Sloan School) and UCLA (Anderson School). Dr.
Parker received his Ph.D. in Business Economics from
the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
and has Masters degrees in Finance and Banking (University
of Aix-Marseille, France) and Managerial Economics
(Wharton). His undergraduate degrees are in mathematics
and economics. Some of his work and methodologies
applied in this study were financially supported by
the Research and Development Committee at INSEAD which
is gratefully acknowledged.
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About
the Series |
This
series helps international managers expand to various
country markets around the world. Each report is a broad
study of a particular product market, but also gives
information useful for entry strategies (trend analysis,
marketing, production, finance, and distribution strategy).
Each study provides ample statistics on market size
and trends, as well as various economic statistics cover
human resources and cross-cultural management. |
Contents |
1 INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY
1.1 What does this report cover?
1.2 Evaluating Panama
1.3 Latent Demand and Accessibility in Panama
2 FINANCIAL SERVICES
2.1 Latent Demand and Accessibility: Background
2.2 Latent Demand: Aspects of Interest
2.2.1 Internal Sector
2.2.2 External Sector
2.2.3 Latent Demand: Leading Segments
2.2.4 Statistical Data
2.3 Accessibility: The Structure of Competition
2.3.1 Panamanian Banks
2.3.2 Foreign Banks
2.3.3 U.S. Banks
2.3.4 Target Buyers
2.3.5 Commercial Sector
2.3.6 Housing and Construction
2.3.7 Consumer Credit
2.3.8 Agricultural Sector
2.3.9 Industrial Sector
2.4 Accessibility: Key Factors
2.4.1 Import Climate
2.4.2 Banking Liquidity
2.4.3 Banking Interest
2.4.4 Transactions with Related Parties
2.4.5 Accessibility: Distribution Strategies
2.5 Key Contacts
2.5.1 Government Sector
2.5.2 Private Sector
3 ECONOMICS IN PANAMA
4 TRADE ACCESSIBILITY IN PANAMA
5 INVESTMENT ACCESSIBILITY IN PANAMA
5.1 Infrastructure
5.2 Natural Resources
5.3 Industry
6 COMMUNICATIONS ACCESSIBILITY IN PANAMA
7 HUMAN RESOURCE ASSESSMENT IN PANAMA
8 THE POLITICAL SYSTEM IN PANAMA
8.1 Government
8.2 Military Organization
9 THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN PANAMA
10 DEMOGRAPHY AND CULTURE IN PANAMA
10.1 Overview
10.2 Women
10.3 Children
10.4 Ethnic Divisions
10.5 Religion
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