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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159354
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014118027
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Discrepancies and validation of Indian manufacturing data
Bedi, Jatinder S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
It is important to remove the discrepancies in data in the various segments of the manufacturing sector, namely, factory, non-factory, small, medium and large-scale sectors, to have a proper estimates of the state of manufacturing. These have an important bearing on estimated of the peprformance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107423
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Contrasting Revealed Comparative Advantages when Trade is (also) in Intermediate Products
Escaith, Hubert - 2020
The paper reviews and compare a selection of existing and new alternative indicators of Revealed Comparative Advantages, with a special emphasis on trade in intermediate products. The research adopts a statistical approach for both its theoretical and its analytical facets. The formal concepts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091275
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Migration, Mobility and Human Rights at the Eastern Border of the European Union - Space of Freedom and Security
Silasi, Grigore; Simina, Ovidiu Laurian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Maltese shores, and the workers’ flows from the new Member States from Central and Eastern Europe following the 2004 accession …, forced the EU officials and the whole Europe to open the debate on the economical and mostly social consequences of labour … celebrate 9 May - The Europe Day was already a tradition for SISEC (an academic formula launched back in 1995 in order to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621891
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Quantifying Economic Integration of the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union: Methodological Approaches
Pelipas, Igor; Tochitskaya, Irina; Vinokurov, Evgeny - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Despite current political headwinds, there is need for a timely expert assessment of the comprehensive economic integration between the European Union (EU) and the emerging Eurasian Economic Union (EEU). This report constitutes a preliminary methodological study. It starts off by offering a...
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European enlargement and new frontiers of Central and Eastern Europe
Brie, Mircea - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
The borders of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) today are the result of a complex process conducted decades after the … fall of communist regimes in this part of Europe. With the opening towards the west, with the change of political and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112046
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Alliances Among Asymmetric Countries
Roy Chowdhury, Prabal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
We examine alliances between asymmetric countries. We find that the results depend on the nature of the equilibrium. If the equilibrium is an interior one then, with an increase in asymmetry, the level of the alliance-wide defense good decreases and the divergence between the first best and the...
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Labour substitution and the scope for military outsourcing
MacDonald, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
defence ministry provides an indication of the likely scope for efficient outsourcing of military services. Military labour … Ministry of Defence's relative demand for military labour. Instruments based on the relative supply of military labour are used …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109855
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The Us Dollar, the Euro, and the Yen : An Evaluation of Their Present and Future Status as International Currencies
Beckmann, Rainer - 2010
The paper evaluates the present and future international currency status of the US dollar, the euro and the yen. In section two the functions, benefits, and costs of a leading international currency are discussed. In section three key determinants for the continuous dominance of the US dollar...
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