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Changing big business : the globalisation of the fair trade movement

Hutchens, Anna - 2009

Drawing on candid accounts from practitioners, producers and industry representatives, this informative and proactive volume investigates the challenges facing today's fair trade movement and provides unique insights into the workings of social and economic power in world markets

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Environmental regulation and market power : competition time consistency and international trade

Petrakis, Emmanuel (ed.); … - 1999

Emissions taxes, tradeable emission permits and voluntary compliance policies are becoming the instruments of choice in controlling environmental problems at the national and international level. Careful design of these policies in second-best environments is a very important factor for their...

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Competition policy and merger analysis in deregulated and newly competitive industries

Carstensen, Peter C. (contributor); … - 2008

This comprehensive book contains case studies on the evolution of competition policy, with an emphasis on merger policy, for seven major US industries that have experienced substantial deregulation in the past forty years - electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, railroads, airlines,...

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Firm size, innovation, and market structure : the evolution of industry concentration and instability

Mazzucato, Mariana - 2000

Firm Size, Innovation and Market Structure uses evolutionary dynamic theory, non-linear mathematics and computer simulation techniques to explore the relationship between firm size, innovation and market structure. The book begins by reviewing the connection between these variables from a...

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Buyer power and competition in European food retailing

Clarke, Roger; Davies, Stephen; Dobson, Alan Paul; … - 2002

In this book, leading experts in the field examine the effects of the recent growth in concentration in the European food retailing sector. In particular, the book develops a number of buyer power propositions and builds on the previous work of several of the authors, to consider how the growth...

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Economics and the future : time and discounting in private and public decision making

Pannell, David J. (contributor); … - 2006

Economics and the Future tackles the discounting issue from a number of angles, ranging from relatively short-term private financial decisions, to very long-term public issues spanning generations. The authors present differing perspectives and original ideas in a style that remains accessible...

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Progress in the competitive agenda in the postal and delivery sector

Crew, Michael A. (contributor); … - 2009

processing operations / A. Thomas Bozzo -- 16. Do differences in facility-specific mail processing unit costs have implications …. Market entry and competitive strategies in the German B2B parcel market / Helmut M. Dietl ... [et al.] -- 20. Bank of America …

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The economic costs and consequences of terrorism

Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor); … - 2007

: initial estimates of indirect costs / Thomas F. Stinson -- The economic cost of disasters : permanent or ephemeral? / Matthew … benefits and costs of prevention / Lester B. Lave, Jay Apt and Granger Morgan -- Risk and economic costs of a terrorist attack …

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The economy as a process of valuation

Samuels, Warren J.; Medema, Steven G.; Schmid, Alfred Allan - 1997

The Economy as Process of Valuation sheds new light on the potential benefits of concept and theory formation along dynamic and evolutionary lines for understanding economic processes. The emphasis is on aspects of the economy as a process of valuation rather than as a mechanistic result of...

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Modelling the costs of environmental policy : a dynamic applied general equilibrium assessment

Dellink, Rob B. - 2005

costs of environmental policy for multiple pollutants be properly assessed in an applied model? Using an original … to study the costs of various environmental policies including climate change, acidification, eutrophication, smog … cost-effective manner, the economic costs of these policies can be effectively limited through a combination of economic …

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