BUSS1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Resource-Based View, Industrial Espionage, Emerging Markets
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Countries with largest economic potential and that are of interest to investors today. Have some characteristics of a developed market, but do not meet all the standards of developed markets. Emerging economies (e7): (term coined by john hawksworth and gordon cookson, pwc. As emerging economies develop technological infrastructure etc. , they do not have resources/capabilities to address/develop sustainable technologies. Population infrastructure needed to support population increase. Demand for residential floor space expected to increase by 90% in 2025. Income rise avg. no. ppl per household decreases: demand for dwellings increasing due to population increase and smaller average household size. Demand for commercial floor space expected to increase by 75% by 2025 total increase of approx 80000 km squared. Sanitation key driver of early urban population expansion. As economies/pops expand provision of water treatment infrastructure for drinking/sanitation increases. By 2025 increase in water usage to 270 billion cubic metres p. a. Increased economic activity (gdp) increased transportation of goods.