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An LRP
Aqua Series
Report |
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The
Emergence of
Brand Korea:
Five Key
Milestones |
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In January
2009, the
government
of South
Korea
implemented
an
aggressive
plan for
developing
the
country's
identity and
promoting
that
identity
abroad.
While this
top-down
program has
made some
notable
strides, its
potential
for boosting
long-term
GDP growth
appears
limited. Meanwhile,
Brand Korea
is emerging
from the
global
economic
crisis much
stronger
than it went
in, a result
of rapid and
spectacular
bottom-up
achievements
having
little to do
with
official
efforts.
(Coming
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An LRP
Aqua Series
Report |
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The
Nation-Brand
Ecosystem:
A New
Approach |
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Nation-branding
emerged as a
professional
discipline
in the late
1990s. Since
then, its
development
has been
haphazard
and the
quality of
its practice
has been
inconsistent
at best.
Most
recently,
nation-branding
has been
invaded by
product
brand
managers
sensing a
new growth
opportunity,
and LRP is
generally
underwhelmed
by the
results. In
this report,
LRP
redefines
the
nation-brand
ecosystem
and provides
a new
approach to
nurturing
nation
brands and
optimizing
GDP growth.
(Coming
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Economy
+ US August U-6 unemployment rate up 20 bp to 16.7
pct SA, down 40 bp to 16.4 pct non-adjusted (US
BLS)
+ US August U-6 unemployment rate rose to 16.7 pct
seasonally adjusted... Why? (The
Wall Street Journal)
+ Eurozone Q2:10 GDP jumps 1.0 pct QoQ; fastest pace
in four years for 16-nation currency area (Reuters)
+ China August auto sales up 55.7 pct YoY,
production up 10.0 pct YoY, inventories down YoY (Shanghai
Ribao)
+ Korea IMF 2010 GDP growth forecast raised to 6.1 pct; 2011
outlook trimmed to 4.5 pct (The
Korea Herald)
+ US manufacturing activity grows for 13th straight
month; ISM index August 56.3 versus July 55.5 (AP)
+ Germany PMI shows slowdown in manufacturing
sector; August 58.2 versus July three-month high
61.2 (RTT)
+ India manufacturing sector continues to expand;
PMI August 57.3 versus July 57.6 (The
Economic Times)
+ China manufacturing sector stages moderate
rebound; CFLP PMI August 51.7 versus July 51.2 (Reuters)
+ Australia Q2:10 SAAR GDP growth accelerates to 3.3
pct; fastest pace in three years (Sydney
Morning Herald) |
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Asia
+ China "gray income" phenomenon could mean official
income figures too low (WSJ
China Real Time Report)
+ China, India: As they rise in tandem, their
relationship will shape world politics (The
Economist)
+ China apparently keeps purse strings tight during
North Korea leader Kim Jong-il visit to Beijing (Chosun
Ilbo)
+ Vietnam to see US$250.0 M PepsiCo investment;
production capacity, product line to expand (Thanh
Nien)
+ Global GDP: China, India have been world's largest
economies for most of past 2000 years
(The
Economist) |
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Social Media
+ Apple iTunes music-based Ping to rival Facebook,
Twitter; launches with 160.0 M users (Belfast
Telegraph)
+ Microsoft says Google exit from mainland China
presents good opportunity for Bing search (Renmin
Ribao)
+ Intel purchase of McAfee could herald major shift
in security strategy, but likely to be long term
goal (ITP)
+ How Foursquare wants to out-Apple Facebook;
keeping the focus on "open" and "simple" (Cnet)
+ Vietnam Hanoi to close Internet shops within 200
meters of schools; 100 shops to be affected (Thanh
Nien) |
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Homeland Defense
+ China, South Korea agree to make joint effort to
promote strategic cooperative partnership (Xinhua)
+ US encouragement, domestic drugs and terrorism
issues lead Russia back to Afghanistan (Time)
+ US outgoing Marine Corps commandant says US
Marines likely to be in Afghanistan for years (The
Hill)
+ US border security plan adds 1,000 US Border
Patrol agents to 20,000 now deployed (The
Houston Chronicle)
+ Germany plays down leaked Afghanistan intelligence
files, but plans investigation (Deutsche
Welle) |
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Entertainment
+ UAE cinema box office expected to slump by typical
70.0 pct MoM during Ramadan (Arabian
Business)
+ China names films for London film festival;
includes former highest-grossing The Birth of a
Republic (Xinhua)
+ China Aftershock sets box office record for
Chinese movie in domestic market (WSJ/
China Realtime Report)
+ US runaway film, TV productions cost California
36,000 jobs, US$2.4 B lost wages since 2000 (Renmin
Ribao)
+ Iran government-linked studio plans to make TV
movie about "abducted" Iran nuclear scientist (Maktoob) |
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Laguna Research Partners
Core Languages
The primary geographic
markets served by Laguna Research
Partners are Asia, Europe, the
Middle East and the United States, and our firm's primary language is
English. In order to
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maximize reach and impact, we provide
our research and consulting services in ten
additional
languages... Arabic
(MSA),
Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), French,
German, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish
and Vietnamese. LRP's 11 core languages
provide our firm with exposure to a total
native speaker (L1) population of 2.478
billion. Mandarin, the world's leading L1
language,...
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LRP
Data Focus
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United States of America
New Privately-Owned Housing Units
Started
Monthly, Change versus Previous
Year
January 2008 through June 2010
Percent, Not Seasonally
Adjusted, Not Annualized |
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Source: Census Bureau, USA.
The chart above
shows the year-on-year change in the
monthly number of new,
privately-owned housing units on
which construction was started
during January 2008 through June
2010. The chart below shows the
monthly number of total starts for
the same period. This data is not seasonally
adjusted and not annualized.
United States of America
New Privately-Owned Housing Units
Started
Monthly
January 2008 through June 2010
Thousands of Units, Not Seasonally
Adjusted, Not Annualized |
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Source: Census Bureau, USA.
US June housing starts - SAAR, or
seasonally adjusted annual rate, not
shown above - dropped 5.0% MoM
and 5.8% YoY to 549,000 units. On a
raw, non-adjusted and non-annualized
basis, shown above, US June starts
fell 4.9% MoM and 8.3% YoY to 54,200
units. For both data sets, the
decline in starts was particularly
pronounced in the multi-unit
structure market. LRP focuses
primarily on the non-adjusted,
non-annualized data set as being
most reflective of real-time,
on-the-ground realities regarding
both builder and lender confidence.
In the view of
LRP, US June housing start data sets reflect a US
economic recovery that is currently
stagnant.
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