Five different civilizations (Western, Sinic, Buddhist, Orthodox, and Islamic)
Seven economic areas (Sinic, Buddhist, Orthodox, Latin American, North American, Oceania, and Malay)
Six different Religions (Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism, Orthodoxy, Christianity, and Islam)
Four “linguas francas” (English, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish)
The Pacific Ocean occupies a third of the land area being the world's largest ocean, with 25,000 islands
Economic Diversity of the Pacific Rim Economic Area:
Near 48% of the global trade
58% of the global GDP
APEC covers twenty-one Pacific markets
The importance of the Transpacific Strategic Agreement (CPTPP)
Two of the five BRICS countries (Russia and China)
Six developed countries (according to the OECD): Australia, Canada, South Korea, the U.S., Japan, and New Zealand
Five newly industrialized nations: Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand
One frontier market: Vietnam
Four Latin American emerging markets: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico
Four Asian Tigers: South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan
The six Central American Pacific countries (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) are regarded as developing countries
Nine least developed countries (United Nations): Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu
Four countries under a single-party (socialist-communist): China, North
Korea, Laos, and Vietnam
The three of the ten least corrupt countries in the world (Transparency International): New Zealand, Singapore, and Canada
One of the ten most corrupt countries in the world: North Korea
Nine of the largest container ports in the world (Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong, Busan, Ningbo) are in the Pacific region
Students who belong to any country analyzed on the Master in Business in the Pacific Rim
If the country of the student is included in one subject or module of the Master, the student will find useful information related to the international trade of his country: Economic Organizations to which his country belongs, Free Trade Agreements in force, major trade partners, a case study of export companies...