Essays on Luxembourg

Summary

The article titled “Amazon’s Shifting Tax Story” describes how the e-commerce company Amazon has moved its assets overseas in order to pay less taxes in the United States, where it is headquartered. In 2005, Amazon, a company since the early 1990s, moved its technology assets to the small European country of Luxembourg. Luxembourg is a “tax haven” because the revenue that the branch collects there is tax-free. Amazon pays royalties to Luxembourg in order to save billions of dollars in taxes that it would normally pay if its operations had remained in the United States. Amazon is not ...

The journey towards the European Union (EU) integration has experienced several turnings. This section of the essay will detail some of the core turning points in the EU integration. Establishment of a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was a major turning point in EU integration. The Treaty of Rome defined the specific objectives of the CAP. The CAP was introduced in 1962 (Folmern.p). The establishment of the CAP was enshrined to the state of food shortages after World War II. The aim of the CAP was to build a common European Community market and to cut off tariffs on agricultural ...

Overview

Successful development of products is an important cornerstone for the success of any firm. Thus, there exist significant incentives for the firms to introduce new and viable products to markets. Also, the payoff regarding financial success can help enhance a firm’s profitability and growth that is not achievable with existing services and products that could be nearing the maturity stage in their cycle. Finally, development of new products can be a source of important economies of scale for a firm (Rajiv and Naresh, 2008). In that view, Apple considers extending its product line and seeks to conduct a ...

Introduction

Business growth requires the adoption of various corporate levels strategies such as diversification into new markets. With that, it is necessary to identify the most suitable market regarding market demand and policies. That is because the country’s productivity determines the living standards, hence, the demand while policies determine ease of doing business and the productivity level. In that view, this report presents a recommendation and analysis of the most suitable country for Apple to expand to for its iPhone brand. To achieve the objective, the report presents a summary of the country of choice followed by an overview ...

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External analysis (Porter’s Five Forces) Risk of Entry By Potential Competitors In the insurance industry, one important indicator for its attractiveness to new players is insurance density, which is the average amount of insurance premium paid per capita. The US is sixth in the world with $5,965 with Canada and Luxembourg having $ 57,520 and $11,174. In terms of penetration, which is the ratio of the total premiums held in the country to its GDP; the US has 11% which is again 6th in the world. In comparison, Luxembourg and Ireland has 44% ...