Factbook Draft William Kwok Enoch Ng Ainsley Hart Martina Nikic Axel Durand-Smet Mahmoud Abu Hannoud.

Factbook DraftWilliam Kwok Enoch Ng Ainsley Hart Martina Nikic

Axel Durand-Smet Mahmoud Abu Hannoud

Countries

Republic of Poland Switzerland

Introduction

Republic of Poland • Former member of the

USSR• Current member of the

European Union• Population: 38,501,000• Currency: Zloty• GDP per capita: US$

13463

Switzerland

• Current member of the European Free Trade Association

• Population: 7,907,000

• Currency: Swiss Franc

• GDP per capita: US$ 83383

Industry

Banking

Information

Republic of Poland• The country’s banking

sector is 70% owned by foreign investors

• Polish banks could recover relatively quickly, thanks to the 3.8% economic growth last year and the re-pricing of risk

• There are issues which may affect the country’s growth

Switzerland• All banks are regulated

by FINMA• Banking began in the eighteenth

century• The financial sector employed

about 5.6% of the entire Swiss workforce

• There are roughly 327 authorized banks and securities dealers in Switzerland

Frameworks

Porter’s Five Forces Model of Competition

• eg. Swiss bank – banking secrecy/privacy

• Globalization of Financial Sector

• Competition within industry with major banks

Frameworks

National Diamond of Competitive Analysis

Dimensions to Research

• Political (historical effects, degree of government interference)• Legal (regulations, laws, corruption, banking secrecy esp Swiss

Bank)• Economical (free market vs mixed market, economical stability, EU

Debt Crisis)• Sociocultural (demographics, both European countries, lifestyles,

risk adversity, ethical values, mass media reception, social views, employment culture)

• Technological (technical support, infrastructure)• Global (cross-national interactions and cooperation, globalization of

financial sector)

Factbook Layout

CIA Factbook

- Supporting visuals- Strong information

hierarchy- Easy-to-interpret

categorizing

Factbook Layout

Nation Master Factbook

- Cluttered- Less visual

representation- Weak information

hierarchy- Pure data

representation

Our Factbook

- In-depth visual representation of data/statistics to make it more presentable and comprehendible (lacking in most factbook examples)

- Simplicity and easy-to-comprehend- Interpretations of Data, summaries and drawn conclusions

(qualitative)- Applications of theories & models- Evident comparisons- Other visuals to support and stimulate audience- Relevancy & recentcy, minimize clutter and irrelevant

information

Objectives

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