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Retail Image As Seen Through Consumers' Eyes: studying international retail image through consumer photographs of stores
Burt, Steven Leslie; Johansson, U.; Thelander, Å. - 2007
The aim of this paper is to explore how retail store image is perceived by consumers from different cultural backgrounds and with different degrees of awareness and experience of the retailer. The subject is IKEA, a retailer recognized as having a global approach to the markets in which it...
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Migration, Remittances, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction: Reflections on Some South Asian Developments
Ballard, Roger - 2005
This report presents a global account of the historical relationship between migration, industrialization and economic growth, and then goes on to present an empirical examination of the dynamics immigration from Mirpur (Pakistan) and Jullundur (India) to the UK. It closes by considering the...
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Processes of consolidation and settlement in remittance-driven Hawala transactions between the UK and South Asia
Ballard, Roger - 2003
The paper, presented at a World Bank Conference on Migrant Remittances: development impact, opportunities for the financial sector and future prospects in London, 9th - 10th October 2003, examines the Hawala transactions by British labour migrants to South Asia, their region of origin.
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Unequal Relations between Comecon and Developing Countries in South Asia
Jürgenmeyer, Clemens - 1980
In diesem Besprechungsaufsatz setzt sich der Autor mit dem 1977 erschienenen Buch "Die Außenwirtschaftsbeziehungen des COMECON mit den Entwicklungsländern. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung Südasiens" von Jiri Elias auseinander. Clemens Jürgenmeyer weist daraufhin, dass die wirtschaftlichen...
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Microfinance in the Improvement of Living Standard and GNH
Bandyopadhyay, Saugata - 2008
This paper mainly aims to extend the philosophy of capability development at the micro level for achieving individual happiness as a part of a community through social transformation and to achieve happiness at individual and community level. One of the main indicators for Gross National...
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dargestellt am Beispiel von Existenzgründerinnen und Existenzgründern im Einzelhandel in den neuen Bundesländern
Panick, Veronika - 1999
Mit der Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen, den Zusammenhängen von Biographie- und individuellen Lernprozessen nachzugehen. Dies erfolgt am Beispiel von acht ostdeutschen ExistenzgründerInnen, die sich nach der Wende in den neuen Bundesländern im Lebensmitteleinzelhandel selbständig gemacht...
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An ethics of representation for international marketing
Schroeder, Jonathan; Borgerson, Janet L. - 2005
strategic functions. We conclude by discussing the theoretical, research, and managerial implications that arise from an ethics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009440910
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IN SEARCH OF THE ETHICAL CONSUMER
Sohn, Michele Esther Delis - 2011
In developed markets a growing number of consumers expect businessorganisations to take responsibility for their impact on society as a whole. Thisresearch investigated the applicability of these first world concerns to SouthAfrican consumers.A statically significant sample of 171 respondents...
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The international search for ethics norms : which consumer behaviors do consumers consider (un)acceptable?
Neale, Larry; Fullerton, Sam - 2010
perceptions of consumer ethics from young consumers on five continents. The study seeks to present a profile of consumer …. Originality/value: This investigation into consumer ethics helps businesses understand what their customer base believes is the … right thing in their role as customer. This is a large-scale study of consumer ethics including 3,739 respondents on five …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483312
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Economic internationalisation and the distribution of income : a comparison of the cases of Germany and the U.S.
Wacker, Ulrich - 2002
This study compares the effects of economic internationalisation on the functional distribution of labour income in the U.S.and Germany. The benchmark for assessing the empirical analyses theoretically is the general equilibrium framework ofinternational trade theory. Focusing on general...
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