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Handbook of International Insurance : Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies

Cummins, J. David (ed.); Venard, Bertrand (ed.) - 2007

globalization of insurance markets means that understanding both international developments and local trends around the world is now … picture of the world’s insurance markets, this unique and necessary book becomes an essential tool for anyone seeking to … and discuss recent developments of the world’s major insurance markets. Each chapter contains essential insights for …

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Retail Marketing and Sales Performance : A Definitive Guide to Optimizing Service Quality and Sales Effectiveness

Preuss, Christoph - 2014

The purpose of this research project is to contribute to effective retail by determining the impacts of the elements of retail marketing interventions on sales performance in franchises and branches. The approach comprises a series of complementary surveys of franchisees, branch managers, shop...

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Why Do People Dislike Low-Wage Trade Competition with Posted Workers in the Service Sector?

Calmfors, Lars - 2012

The issue of low-wage competition in services trade involving posted workers is controversial in the EU. Using Swedish survey data, people's attitudes are found to be more negative to such trade than to goods trade. The differences depend on both a preference for favouring social groups to which...

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Instrumental Variables and Causal Mechanisms : Unpacking the Effect of Trade on Workers and Voters

Dippel, Christian - 2018

This paper shows that import exposure affects voting behavior because it affects local labor markets. We develop a new framework for mediation analysis where one instrumental variable is sufficient to identify three causal effects. Using German data from 1987–2009, we find that import exposure...

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Intra-Industry Adjustment to Import Competition : Theory and Application to the German Clothing Industry

Raff, Horst; Wagner, Joachim - 2021

This paper uses an oligopoly model with heterogeneous firms to examine how an industry adjusts to rising import competition. The model predicts that in the short run the least efficient firms in the industry become inactive, surviving firms face a fall in output, mark-ups and profits, and the...

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The Pathological Export Boom and the Bazaar Effect - How to Solve the German Puzzle

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2021

Germany is the laggard of Europe, yet the country is world champion in merchandise exports. The paper tries to solve …

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Trade Credit and Temporary Employment : How Companies Respond to Capital and Labor Market Frictions

Nielen, Sebastian - 2016

Introduction -- Product Innovation, Credit Constraints, and Trade Credit: Evidence from a Cross-Country Study -- Product Innovation and Trade Credit Demand and Supply: Evidence from European Countries -- Temporary Agency Work and Firm Competitiveness: Evidence from German manufacturing firms --...

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Low-tech Innovation : Competitiveness of the German Manufacturing Sector

Som, Oliver - 2015

Introduction -- Innovation in Low-Tech Industries: Current Conditions and Future Prospects -- Economic Relevance and the Future Potential of Non-R&D-Intensive Industries -- Patent Activities in Non-R&D-Intensive Technology Areas -- The Development of Qualification and Employment Structures in...

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Enabling Innovation : Innovative Capability - German and International Views

Jeschke, Sabina - 2011

The capability to innovate in an on-going manner is emerging as a decisive key factor in today's world of business and …

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Foreign Competition and Firm Boundary Dynamics : An Analysis of US and German Firms

Gröne, Florian - 2010

Product- and Geographic Boundary Dynamics under Foreign Competition Pressure -- Vertical Boundary Dynamics under Foreign Competition Pressure -- Product-, Geographic-, and Vertical Boundary Dynamics, and their Inter-Relationships under Foreign Competition Pressure -- Conclusion and Implications...

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