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In 1937, Ronald Coase proposed that the cost of transacting between producers and suppliers will determine the economic organisation of a firm. From this original insight, and further refinements, an important stream of literature developed providing the foundations for transaction-cost...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the Lebanese apple industry from a strategic macromanagement perspective. It employs the Industry Value Chain (IVC) framework, along with Porter's Five Forces of rivalry as a methodology to enable the formulation of a matrix model comprising grand and...
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The new basic conditions of energy industries – depicted by the deregulation process, technological innovations, and maturity of network industries in the industrialised countries – promoted the transformation, on the international level, of the energy sector's industrial...
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The purpose of this study is to examine the Lebanese apple industry from a strategic macromanagement perspective. It employs the Industry Value Chain (IVC) framework, along with Porter's Five Forces of rivalry as a methodology to enable the formulation of a matrix model comprising grand and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008538851
Taking advantage of the modular product architecture in the global bicycle industry, Taiwan has created a unique industry organisation that has allowed the island to become a bicycle production powerhouse. We stipulate four characteristics of Taiwan's bicycle industry for this success: parallel...
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Financial globalisation is not a novel phenomenon. In the contemporary period, what is unprecedented about it is its breadth and depth. Several potential benefits emanate from financial globalisation. However, there is a downside of it. In the recent past, it has been observed that several...
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Taking advantage of the modular product architecture in the global bicycle industry, Taiwan has created a unique industry organisation that has allowed the island to become a bicycle production powerhouse. We stipulate four characteristics of Taiwan's bicycle industry for this success: parallel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753879
costs will pollution reductions be achieved? And most importantly, which CCS technologies will turn out to offer the most …
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European Union supports alternative fuels, in particular, biofuels to comply with the triple objective of reducing greenhouse gases emissions, diversifying fuel supply and developing long-term replacements for fossil fuels. The European Community set the goal to substitute 20% of the fossil...
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Through the development and analysis of four in-depth case studies of the emergence of wind power industries in two industrialised and two emerging economies, the authors develop a model of sustainable energy industry development. The model demonstrates that fundamental economic indicators are...
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