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Many of the present difficulties of the world economy have been blamed on the two oil-price explosions of the 1970s. Professor Chichilnisky shows that, at least in the case of the oil-importing developing countries, the negative effects have been overestimated. In fact, in some respects the oil...
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relevant position among other important agricultural standards. Rather than a comprehensive analysis it outlines key elements …
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focuses on the European Commission's decision to submit biofuels to sustainable certification for those later being eligible …
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The coffee segment that is known as sustainable has grown much faster than nearly any other industry segment in the past decade. It is difficult to understand both the market trends and the impacts of these coffees and it is therefore difficult for producers, industry and even consumers to make...
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. Certification schemes are one of the most common policy instruments used for promoting sustainable production and consumption. A … total 90 producers in food sector were asked about motivation for certification, the challenges and outcomes of … certification. The survey provides information on existing certification schemes (system certification and products certification …
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This research considers the strategies on the initial public offering of company equity at the stock exchanges in the imperfect highly volatile global capital markets with the nonlinearities. We provide the IPO definition and compare the initial listing requirements on the various markets. We...
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Most companies set standards and procedures to meet stakeholder expectations. What distinguishes a company ethically … responsible by other companies is that shareholders and managers develop standards of business ethics, procedures and reasonable …
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and looks at the nature of firms’ strategies in the new world arguing that attention to technology standards, technical …
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Abstract Firms can exploit consumers' mistakes when facing complex purchasing decision problems but Gaudeul and Sugden (2012) argue that if at least some consumers disregard offers that are difficult to compare with others then firms will be forced into adopting common ways to present their...
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There are a number of international initiatives that have the goal of improving or maintaining financial stability by strengthening financial infrastructure. The Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems (CPSS) contributed to this process through its work on developing Core Principles for...
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