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RUSSIA Gujarat Technological University in Partial Fulfillment Of A GLOBAL / COUNTRY STUDY AND REPORT ON RUSSIA SUBMITTED TO Gujarat Technological University In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement of the Award for the Degree of Master of Business Administration Under the Faculty Guide: Mr. Sunil Prajapati, MS. Selvy Palmer and Ms. Sashikala Munka Submitted by: Enrollment No. 107550592062 to 107550592121 MBA SEMESTER -IV Sardar Patel College of Administration & Management (SPCAM-MBA) Approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), New Delhi AFFILIATED WITH GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, AHMEDABAD SPEC Campus, Vidhyanagar-Vadtal Road Bakrol-388315, Anand (Gujarat) May, 2012 1 STUDENTS DECLARATION We enrollment no. 107550592062 to 107550592121 Students of SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ADMINISTRATION & MANAGEMENT (SPCAM-MBA) Bakrol,, hereby declare that the report for A GLOBAL / COUNTRY STUDY REPORT ON Spain is a result of our own work and our indebtedness to other work publications, references, if any, have been duly acknowledged. Place : .. Date : 2 PREFACE In today’s competitive environment, survival of the fittest is the new motto. That is why it’s necessary that the theoretical knowledge is accompanied by practical knowledge. In an MBA programmer, project study forms an important and an integral part. It helps in bridging the gap between the two main important aspects the theoretical as well practical knowledge. “Knowledge and Human Power are synonyms”, once said the great philosopher Francis Bacon. However based on the experience within today’s global markets, he would probably say, “The ability to capture, communicate & leverage knowledge to solve problems is human power”. This raises the question how exactly one can best capture, communicate & leverage knowledge, especially within world of system engineering. With the help of the county report we can get the information about the both country and the position of the both country and make compare both the country so we can say that which country is good and which country are linked with which country. So the country report is also helpful to show the country’s economy and all the rank like GDP and all that. With help of the country we get the information about the import and export of that country with other country and which things are more import and export form the country. 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We have the pleasure to present herewith the study work on economic policy of Argentina. Working on this project has been a great learning experience. Numerous individuals helped us a lot with all sort of queries that we had and without the help of them, we would never be able to complete this Country Project. We would like to use this opportunity to thank them. We are extremely indebted to our guides (Mr. Sunil Prajapati, MS. Selvy Palmer and Ms. Sashikala Munka) who have taken great pains to provide us guidance to make this project. She is always there to help us a lot by giving her valuable guidelines and suggestions to complete this study from start to end. She is the person who inspired us to explore such an emerging sector of economy. She inspired us to be systematic in our work. She explained that how to go ahead for studying such topic and also explained the technical and other dimensions of the same. We want to thank our Director General-SPEC, Dr. T. D. Tiwari for giving us an opportunity to work on this task. Lastly, we express our gratitude to the faculty of SPCAM and want to thanks GTU for giving us a chance to work on such practical task. We are aware that there are a number of people who have helped us to do this project but we may have failed to make a mention of them. We take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to all those for their assistance and support. Thanking All, 4 Table of Content Sr. No Particular Total No. of Pages Semester Part-I Economic Overview of the 9-28 III Selected Country 1 Demographic profile of III Spain Economic Overview of Spain Overview of different sector Overview of Business and Trade at International Level Present trade relation and business volume of different product with India Part II PART – II INDUSTRY / 29-198 IV SECTOR / COMPANY SPECIFIC STUDY 2 Banking Sector in Spain IV Retail Sector in Spain Information Technology Sector in Spain Logistic Sector in Spain Import and Export in Spain Media and Advertisement sector in Spain Rural Sector in Spain Transportation Sector in Spain 3 Conclusion 199-204 IV 4 Bibliography 205-208 IV 5 List of Table Table. Particular Pages No. No 1 Major food retailers operating in Russia 46 2 Food retailers operation in India 47 3 Food & beverage production in Russia and India 50` 4 Production of wheat in Russia and India 51 5 Contribution in GDP by the agriculture sector 51 6 Food production and nutrition 52 7 The history of information systems in business 70 8 The BPO growth 84 9 Software export growth 85 10 Comparative position of logistic industry 92 11 Logistic comparison 93 12 Overall comparison 94 13 Traditional fulfillment versus e-fulfillment of Russia 98 14 Description of border control in the Russia 100 federation 15 Russia state bodies in the border control process 102 16 Estimate of business space in logistic sector of India 103 17 Russian- Indian trade turnover in 2006-2011 109 18 India export (2006-07) 116 19 Advertising as country a percent of GDP 120 20 Growth of Indian advertising industry in 2006-2010 127 21 Forecaste growth of various segment of the media 128 6 industry in India till 2010 22 Russia’s trade indicators at a 2010 130 23 Russian foreign trade in good 137 24 India-Russia Trade data 140 25 Rural population of Russia 149 26 Railways, passengers carried 173 27 Railways, Goods transported 174 28 International tourism, expenditure for passenger 175 transport 29 Motor vehicle per 1000 people 175 30 The past review of the pharma sector 182 7 List of Graph Graph. No Particular Pages No. 1 Comparative position of banking sector with 34 India 2 Stock market comparatives 35 3 Structure of logistic industry 91 4 Logistic performance index 92 5 Customs 92 6 Infrastructure 92 7 International shipments 92 8 Logistic competence 93 9 Tracking and tracing 93 10 Timelines 93 11 Growth rate by segment in Russia and 135 worldwide, 2011-15 12 Russian Foreign trade in good 138 13 Russia’s Agricultural output 151 14 Distribution of major non-agricultural 160 establishment in rural India during 2005 8 PART- I 9 DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE OF RUSSIA Population 138,739,892 (July 2011 est.) Geography Area: 17 million sq. km. (6.5 million sq. mi.); about 1.8 times the size of the United States. Cities: Capital--Moscow (pop. 10.4 million). Other cities--St. Petersburg (4.6 million), Novosibirsk (1.4 million), Nizhniy Novgorod (1.3 million). Terrain: Broad plain with low hills west of Urals; vast coniferous forest and tundra in Siberia; uplands and mountains (Caucasus range) along southern borders. Climate: Northern continental. Age structure 0-14 years: 15.2% (male 10,818,203/female 10,256,611) 15-64 years: 71.8% (male 47,480,851/female 52,113,279) 65 years and over: 13% (male 5,456,639/female 12,614,309) (2011 est.) Median age total: 38.7 years male: 35.5 years female: 41.9 years (2011 est.) Population growth rate 10 -0.47% (2011 est.) Birth rate 11.05 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) Death rate 16.04 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) Net migration rate 0.29 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) Urbanization urban population: 73% of total population (2010) rate of urbanization: -0.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Sex ratio at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.44 male(s)/female total population: 0.85 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate total: 10.08 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.58 deaths/1,000 live births female: 8.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) Life expectancy at birth total population: 66.29 years male: 59.8 years female: 73.17 years (2011 est.) 11 Total fertility rate 1.42 children born/woman (2011 est.) HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate 1% (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS 980,000 (2009 est.) HIV/AIDS - deaths NA Major infectious diseases degree of risk: intermediate food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea Vector borne disease: tick-borne encephalitis Note: highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has been identified in this country; it poses a negligible risk with extremely rare cases possible among US citizens who have close contact with birds (2009) Nationality noun: Russian(s) adjective: Russian Ethnic groups Russian 79.8%, Tatar 3.8%, Ukrainian 2%, Bashkir 1.2%, Chuvash 1.1%, other or unspecified 12.1% (2002 census) Religions Russian Orthodox 15-20%, Muslim 10-15%, other Christian 2% (2006 est.) Note: estimates are of practicing worshipers; Russia has large populations of non-practicing believers and non-believers, a legacy of over seven decades of Soviet rule Languages Russian (official), many minority languages Literacy 12 definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 99.4% male: 99.7% female: 99.2% (2002 census) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2008) Education expenditures 3.9% of GDP (2006) Maternal mortality rate 39 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) Health expenditures 5.4% of GDP (2009) Physicians density 4.3089 physicians/1,000 population (2006) Hospital bed density 9.66 beds/1,000 population (2006) Economic Overview of Russia Economic Overview Russia has undergone significant changes since the collapse of the Soviet Union, moving from a globally-isolated, centrally-planned economy to a more market-based and globally-integrated economy.
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