The importance of emerging economies for business

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The importance of emerging economies for business 

- An 'emerging market' (or economy) refers to a country with relatively low incomes per head, but experiancing high rates of economic growth - 'BRIC' countries, which include Brazil, Russia, India and China, are prime examples of emerging economies - The growth rate of emerging economies are much higher than that achieved by developed economies such as the UK (2.25- 2.5 per cent) and US

- The rise of emerging markets is inextricably tied up with globalisation (result of the world becoming more interconnected), such developments have enabled BRIC economies to thrive- at the same time, domestic businesses in these emerging markets have also grown rapidly 

- Other emerging economies include Turkey, Mexico, Indonesia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Iran, Argentina and Thailand 

China

  • The most immediately recognised of the so-called emerging markets or emerging economies
  • China has received copious amounts of media coverage due to its spectacular rates of economic growth - although their growth rates has slowed down, its economy still grew by 7.3 per cent in 2014 
  • In 1980 the Chinese economy was about 25 per cent the size for the UK's; by 2014 it was more than twice as large

India 

  • India's population exceeds 1.1 billion people and the country has specialised in providing services 

Brazil 

  • Brazil has a smaller population, but huge natural resources, notably land and minerals
  • Both India and Brazil are already major economic powers 

Russia 

  • Despite facing current economic difficulties, it is also well endowed with natural resources in the form of oil and gas 

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