Target Economic Regions

Week 1

• An emerging market is a country that has some characteristics of a developed market but is not yet a developed market. This includes countries that may be developed markets in the future or were in the past. ( Wikipedia )

• The category of newly industrialized country (NIC) is a socioeconomic classification applied to several countries around the world by political scientists and economists. ( Wikipedia )

• BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The grouping was originally known as "BRIC" before the inclusion of South Africa in 2010. ( Wikipedia )

See also

• Emerging markets
• Science in newly industrialized countries
• Flying geese paradigm
• Developing country
• Developed country
• North–South divide

Groupings:

• BRICS
• G8+5
• G-20 major economies
• G20 developing nations
• BRIC / MINT / Next Eleven
• Emerging and growth-leading economies
• CIVETS
• VISTA

Week 2

• Reputation of a social entity (a person, a social group, an organization) is an opinion about that entity, typically a result of social evaluation on a set of criteria. It is important in business, education, online communities, and many other fields. ( Wikipedia )