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Contents: 1. Introduction: Setting up the stage -- 2. The conceptual framework -- 3. The empirical context: The global apparel value chain -- 4. The contest for value capture: Manufacturers and global brands -- 5. The contest for value capture: Labor as a claimant of value -- 6. The contest for...
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the burgeoning multidisciplinary literature on the globalization of retailing. In addition to focusing on the retail … corporations and their expansionary strategies, it explores the multi-faceted impacts of retail globalization on host economies and …, Emily Morgan, Alexandra Teachout and Katie Vasquez (2007), 'Globalization of Food Retailing and Transformation of Supply …
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The global economy is changing rapidly and multinational corporations (MNCs) are at the forefront of this transformation. This book provides novel and profound analyses of how MNCs and emerging economies are related, and how this relationship affects the dynamics of the global economy. In...
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This Handbook explores and critically examines current research in economics and marketing science on key issues in retailing and distribution. Providing a rich perspective for the discussion of public policy, contributions from several disciplines and continents range from the history of chains...
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This book provides a uniform and coherent approach to the analysis of distribution systems in general and retail systems in particular. It develops the fundamentals of retail demand and supply, and demonstrates how the provision of distribution services is a principal determinant of economic...
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technological advancement and globalization. It concludes with an analysis of context-specific models, discussing tailored modelling …
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In memoriam for Robert Goodland -- Part I Introduction -- 1. The foundations for an ecological economy: an overview / Joshua Farley -- 2. The world in over-shoot: a celebration of Herman Daly's contributions to ecological economics - the science of sustainability / Robert Goodland -- 3. Toward a...
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globalization -- Invited testimony to Russian Duma on resource taxation -- Involuntary displacement : efficient reallocation or … -- Globalization -- Globalization versus internationalization, and four reasons why internationalization is better -- Population …, migration, and globalization -- Philosophy and policy -- Policy, possibility, and purpose -- Feynman's unanswered question …
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Evaluating sustainable development is becoming increasingly important in policy making, evaluation practice and the scientific world in general. However, at present, there is neither a generally accepted set of measures and evaluation methods, nor specific standards to be met. Sustainable...
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pt. 1. An introduction to ecological economics, sustainable development and the steady-state economy -- pt. 2. Sustainable development and natural capital -- pt. 3. Sustainable development indicators -- pt. 4. Sustainable development : theoretical and policy issues -- pt. 5. Sustainable...
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