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Factors Behind International Relocation and Changes in Production Geography in the European Automobile Components Industry
Lampón, Jesús; Lago-Peñas, Santiago - 2013
This article analyses business strategies in the automobile sector to determine the key factors behind production relocation processes in automobile components suppliers. These factors help explain changes in production geography in the sector not only in terms of location advantages but also...
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Eurasian Integration and Its Institutions : Possible Contributions to Security in Eurasia
Vinokurov, Evgeny; Libman, Alexander - 2017
The authors turn to the large family of institutions that came into existence in post-Soviet Eurasia (and, in some ways, beyond it) over the last two decades. The researchers review their current state, agenda, real and perceived mandate, and their respective achievements and constraints. The...
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Consumption style among young adults toward their shopping behavior:an empirical study in Pakistan
Azam, Rehan; Muhammad, Danish; Syed Akbar, Suleman - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The purpose of this study was to substantiate the consumption styles of adolescents as customer. The study was executed in Karachi, Pakistan by applying consumption style inventory scale. The data covered of 1,048 respondents who are young and educated mostly students, which belong to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259640
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Consumption style among young adults(an empirical study in Karachi city)
Rehan, Azam; Danish, Muhammad; Suleman, Akbar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
The purpose of this study was to substantiate the consumption-styles of adolescents as customer. The study was executed in Karachi, Pakistan by applying consumption style inventory scale. The data covered of 262 respondents who are young, urban and educated mostly students, which belong to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010584030
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A profile of financially at-risk college students from an emerging market
Wesley, Mendes-Da-Silva; Wilson, Toshiro Nakamura; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This article deals with this issue in a relevant emerging market and in a pioneering manner. University students (n = 769), in São Paulo/Brazil, replied to a questionnaire about their credit card use habits. Using Logit models it was seen that there exist associations between personal...
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African Development,Partnership and Rationality Challenge:An Exposition
NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
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Usefulness of Executive Development Programs to Corporate Executives
Raval, Vishvesh; Vyas, Khyati; Raval, Brahmaghosh - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
India has been in centre stage of developing economies and commends high respect in knowledge based industries India has opened it economy to international competition and Indian products now compete with best products of the world. Indian promoters have realized that human resource is basic for...
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Psychological behavior and economics: the need for new theories and redefinition of basic concepts in Islamic economics
Agil, Syed; Omar, Syed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This study attempts to posit the nexus between psychology and economics. However it is not the purpose of the paper to … focus on all aspects of psychology and its various theories. It is also not the purpose of this paper to trace the … traces the historical experience of western economics and psychology through three phases, which inevitably led to secularism …
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An economic approach to the self : the dual agent
Lotz, Aïleen - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper extends the notion of the rational agent in economics by acknowledging the role of the unconscious in the agent's decision-making process. It argues that the unconscious can be modelled by a rational agent with his own objective function and set of information. The combination of both...
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Decision-Making: A Neuroeconomic Perspective
Hardy-Vallee, Benoit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
in which decision-making is usually construed in philosophy, economics and psychology, I review many important findings …
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