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- K.D. - Knocked down
- K.D.C. - Knocked down condition
- 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.
- KB - Kangera Basin Organization
- KDD - Kokusai Denshin Denwa
- keel - Longitudinal girder at the lowest point of a ship.
- Keidanren - Keidanren (the Japanese Federation of Economic
Organizations) was established in 1946 as a private, non-profit
economic organization representing virtually all branches of economic
activity in Japan.
- 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.
- KFAED - Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development
- KFTA - Korea Foreign Trade Association
- KfW - Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbal
- kg - kilogram
- KG - Kommanditgesellschaft
- kHz - kilohertz
- kl - kiloliter
- km - kilometer
- knot - One nautical mile (6,080 feet or 1,852 meters) per hour.
- Kokusai Denshin Denwa - The Kokusai Denshin Denwa Company,
KDD, was established in 1953 but traces its history back to 1871
and the establishment of its predecessor organizations. For more
than a century, the company was Japan's sole supplier of international
telecommunications services and today remains Japan's leading
international carrier. KDD is Japan's signatory to INTELSAT and
INMARSAT.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Korea Trade Promotion Corporation - KOTRA, a non-profit organization,
was established by the Korean government in 1962 to promote foreign
trade. The corporation now also serves as an import promotion
center offering a variety of free services in trade, investment,
and international economic cooperation. KOTRA, with headquarters
in Seoul, has a network of domestic and overseas offices, including
several U.S. sites.
- KOTRA - Korea Trade Promotion Corporation
- 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.
- Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development - The KFAED is a
Kuwaiti independent public institution which assists Arab and
other developing countries in developing their economies by granting
them concessional loans for development programs and by financing
pre-investment studies of ways to expand production capacities.
Fund operations, originally restricted to Arab countries, were
extended to cover other developing countries in July 1974. In
March 1981, the objectives of the Fund were extended to include
participation in the capital and resources of development institutions
and other types of establishments. These recipients have included:
the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, the African
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the Arab Bank
for Economic Development in Africa, the Inter-Arab Investment
Guarantee Corporation, the International Development Association,
the International Fund for Agricultural Development, and the Special
Program of Assistance for African Countries. KFAED was established
in December 1961; its headquarters are in Safat, Kuwait.
- Kyoto Convention - See: International Convention on the Simplification
and Harmonization of Customs Procedures.
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