Students' zone - List of abbreviations

ABB Asea Brown Boveri
APV Adjusted Present Value
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations
ATT American Telegraph and Telephone
B2B Business to Business
BT British Telecom
B.O.T Build Operate and Transfer
BPI Bribe Payers Index
CEO Chief Executive Officer
CIA Central Intelligence Agency
CIF Cost Insurance Freight
CPI Corruption Perception Index
EDI Electronic Data Interchange
EIU Economist Intelligence Unit
FDI Foreign Direct Investments
FOB Free on Board
GATT General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GDP/Cap Gross Domestic Product per capita
GE General Electric
GNP Gross National Product
GNP/Cap Gross National Product per capita
GRI Global Revenue Index
GCI Global Capability Index
HQ Headquarters
ILO International Labour Organisation
IMD International Institute for Management Development
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPR Intellectual Property Rights
IRR Internal Rate of Return
JV Joint Venture
LIBOR London Inter Bank Offering Rate
M&A Mergers and Acquisitions
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NPV Net Present Value
NYSE New York Stock Exchange
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PCN Parent Country National
PPP Purchasing Power Parity
RFQ Request for Quotation
R and D or R&D Research and Development
SME Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
SNECMA Société Nationale d’Études et de Construction de Moteurs d’Avions
SRI Socially Responsible Investing
TCN Third Country National
TI Transparency International
UNCTAD United Nations Centre for Trade and Development
UK United Kingdom
UN United Nations
USA United States of America
US United States
WACC Weighted Average Cost of Capital
WTO World Trade Organisation