Government sanctions and restrictions add another complex layer. Declaring: "with the goal of protecting Russia's national interests", Vladimir Putin "banned or limited the import of food products from countries that imposed sanctions on Russia", including the US and European Union. Russia imports 40% of its food (Ioffe, 2014). ... Lower taxes help stimulate the economy while higher taxes help fund government programs. ... Both of these scenarios are ultimately related to the government's handling of the funds generated by taxes. ...

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Acting virtually independently of the civil government, the Japanese navy seized Germany's Micronesian colonies. ... Post WWII International trade and industry was a very powerful influence in Japanese government 1950-1970. ... This whole agency was created while Japan was still recovering from World War II. " With inflation rising and productivity failing to keep up, the government sought a better mechanism for reviving the Japanese economy" (Japan 101). ... Recent basis for trade As late as the 1980s, prime ministers were expected to serve a tenure as MITI minister before taking...

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Economists were doubting the American system of free enterprise, and some thought Russia's command economy was the answer. ... If the government was going to earn less revenue, it would have to cut back spending to match it. ... The tactic worked, because at one point Russia was spending 60% of its budget on the military and still not spending as much as the United States.12 The weakened Soviet Empire lost its power and morale, and then collapsed in 1991. ... The government, like any responsible business, needs to eliminate deficits. ... Government regulation was a target of the R...

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Technological 4.1.1.1 Political Factors Political factors include government regulations and legal issues and define both formal and informal rules under which the firm must operate. ... Their power plants run solely on coal imported from Indonesia, due to government taxation and the new 2003 Electric Acts regulations, their plants make significantly lower profits. ... Additionally oil is harvested in regions with a volatile political scenario, such as the Middle East, South China Sea, Russia and the Balkans. ...

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McDonald's recognizes India as being a great market for its product because India is one of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) countries which are surging economies and countries with more the 100 million people (Grewal & Levy., 2015). ... Hindu believes that cow is sacred; therefore, 80.5% of Indian population does not beef (Government of India., 2011). ... Also, 13.4 % of the population is Muslim, and they do not eat pork; thus, McDonald's needs to use another meat apart from beef and pork, which are usually the main meat, serve in McDonald's restaurants (Government o...

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