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K.D.
- Knocked down
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K.D.C.
- Knocked down condition
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Kangera Basin
Organization
- The KBO promotes integrated exploitation and management of water and land
resources in the Kangera Basin. Officially known as the Organization for the
Managment and Development of the Kangera Basin (French: Organisation pour
l'Amenagement et le Developpement du Bassin de la Riviere Kagera), the KBO
was established in 1978; headquarters are in Kigali, Rwanda. BKO members
inlcude: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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KB
- Kangera Basin Organization
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Keiretsu
- Keiretsu refers to the horizontally and vertically linked industrial
structure of post-war Japan. The horizontally linked groups include a broad
range of industries linked via banks and general trading firms. There are
eight major industrial groups, sometimes referred to as "Kigyo Shudan":
Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo, Fuyo, DKB, Sanwa, Tokai, and IBJ. The
vertically linked groups (such as Toyota, Matshushita, and Sony) are
centered around parent companies, with subsidiaries frequently serving as
suppliers, distributors, and retail outlets. Common characteristics among
the groups include crossholding of company shares, intra-group financing,
joint investment, mutual appointment of officers, and other joint business
activities. The keiretsu system emphasizes mutual cooperation and protects
affiliates from mergers and acquisitions. Ties within groups became looser
after the oil shocks of the 1970s as a result of decreasing dependence on
banks for capital.
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kg
- kilogram
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KG
- Kommanditgesellschaft
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kHz
- kilohertz
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kl
- kiloliter
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km
- kilometer
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knot
- One nautical mile (6,080 feet or 1,852 meters) per hour.
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Kommanditgesellschaft
- KG (German, meaning: "limited partnership") differs from the general
partnership in that only the general partner (Komplementaer) has full
personal liability for the liabilities of the partnership while the
remaining (limited) partners' (Kommanditist) liability is limited to the
specific amount of their contribution. The company must carry the name of
one personally liable partner with reference to the existence of a company.
The name of the general partner with unlimited liability may not be left
out.
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Kommanditgesellschaft
auf Aktien -
KGaA (German, meaning: "limited partnership by shares") is a combination of
the elements of a stock company and a limited partnership. There is at least
one general partner whose liability is unlimited while limited shareholders
have an interest in the stated capital divided into shares without being
personally liable for the debts of the company.
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Korea Foreign Trade
Association
- KFTA, a non-profit, private business organization of Korean companies,
provides information and services concerning trade both for members and for
foreign businesses. KFTA, with headquarters are in Seoul, maintains some
U.S. offices.
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Kreditanstalt fur
Wiederaufbau
- The KfW (English: Reconstruction Loan Corporation) provides assistance to
developing countries in the form of loans, grants, materials, or services.
The KfW determines volume and use of funds, repayment conditions, interest
rates, fund-release procedures, and monitoring requirements. It promotes the
establishment of German companies in developing countries and promotiong new
technologies by German companies in developing countries. See: Deutsche
Finanzierungsgesellschaft fur Beteilgungen in Entwicklungslandern GmbH
Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit.
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Kyoto Convention
- See: International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of
Customs Procedures.
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