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This book explores the regional strategy and management of Japanese MNEs in Europe. Ken-ichi Ando investigates, using … and opportunities of trading in Europe, including the problems posed by cultural differences and geography, alongside the …
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Biotechnology and Competitive Advantage investigates the development of biotechnology in Europe and the United States …. It examines why Europe has fallen behind in applying biotechnology, when its scientific capabilities are largely … biotechnology in Europe and the US. Issues discussed include: * European policy for biotechnology, in individual countries and at …
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This important book, a successor volume to European Industries, brings together a number of in-depth and authoritative studies of key European industries, providing fascinating insights into their nature and characteristics
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The diffusion of work processes across countries through foreign direct investment and technological collaborations is an increasingly important practice in today's global economy. Ayse Saka explores this process both by focusing on the role of actors in appropriating different ways of operating...
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Combining case studies with accessible but rigorous production models and historical background, this provocative book challenges accepted views on Japanese production methods in the world car industry. The book argues that the 'lean and flexible' production model popularly associated with...
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This book combines currency matters with competitiveness considerations, with a view to raising the understanding of exchange rate dynamics and to analysing the role of exchange rates in reinforcing economic competitiveness
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This study focuses in detail on the environmental compliance/competitiveness relationship with respect to the regulation of packaging waste. An important and innovative feature of the study is its emphasis on backward and forward linkages. An entire supply chain is considered: packaging...
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implications are tested in a comparative study of competitive performance in the EU, Japan and the USA. Typical mechanisms of …
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Americas, Europe and Japan. It shows how this depends upon what platforms--cable, satellite, fixed or wireless broadband …
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system and private savings in Italy -- Do the elderly dissave in Japan? -- On robust monetary policy -- The euro and the … account -- Land prices and business fixed investment in Japan -- Rationality, behavior and switching idiosyncracies in the …
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