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Eastern Europe : the EU’s frontier – incorporation or regime competition?
Thom, Rodney; McDowell, Moore - 1999
This paper looks at some aspects of trade and investment relations between the EU and the countries of central and eastern Europe (CEEC). The approach used is based on a model of trade with, and development of, a frontier by a metropolitan economy developed by Ronald Findlay. Findlay’s model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475652
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Trade Invaders: How big business is driving the EU-India free trade negotiations
Eberhardt, Pia; Kumar, Dharmendra - 2010
India and the EU launched negotiations on a far-ranging free trade agreement (FTA) in 2007, including trade in goods, the deregulation of services, investment, government procurement and the strict enforcement of intellectual property rights. The aim is to conclude the agreement in early 2011....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468689
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Technical Potential for Peak Load Management Programs in New Jersey
Kirby, B.J. - 2008
to respond to economic signals. When we buy bananas, we don't simply take a dozen and wait a month to find out what the … price was. We always ask about the price before we decide how many bananas we want. Technology is beginning to allow at …
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Assessing the Impact of Recent Trade Policy Changes in the Banana Market under Alternative Market Structures
Anania, Giovanni; Scoppola, Margherita - 2011
policy analysis. It does it with reference to the most recent changes in theEU import regime for bananas, namely the Economic … Partnership Agreements and the December2009 WTO agreement on bananas. The paper’s contribution to the literature on the issues … assesses how the analysis of the implications of the mostrecent changes in the EU import regimes for bananas is affected by the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009443732
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Economic Partnership Agreements and WTO negotiations. A quantitative assessment of trade preference granting and erosion in the banana market
Anania, Giovanni - 2008
performed suggestthat the impact of the EPA on the production and consumption of bananas in the EU will be limited … cancel out most of these benefits.The actual outcome will depend on the EU bound tariff for bananas which will be subject to … reform of the EU import regime for bananas in 2006?); on whetherbananas will be included among “tropical products”; and, if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009445735
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Assessing the Impact of Recent Trade Policy Changes in the Banana Market under Alternative Market Structures
Anania, Giovanni; Scoppola, Margherita - 2010
policy analysis. It addresses this issue with reference torecent changes in the EU import regime for bananas, namely the … Economic PartnershipAgreements and the December 2009 WTO agreement on bananas. The paper?s contributionto the literature on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009483596
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Organic premiums of US fresh produce.
Lin, Biing-Hwan; Smith, Travis A.; Huang, Chung L. - 2008
premium, which varies greatly from 13 cents per pound for bananas to 86 cents per pound for strawberries among fresh fruits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009429498
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Identifying the determinants of construction innovation
Manley, Karen - 2006
This exploratory paper examines the drivers and obstacles to construction innovation. It is based on a large-scale survey of nearly 400 businesses in the Australian construction industry conducted in 2004, and twelve in-depth case studies of innovation on Australian construction projects between...
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SnowSports Interactive - The Dilemmas of Being Born Global
Yang, Xiaohua; Taylor, Marilyn; Strom, Robert - 2007
"The best trick this winter won’t be done on skis or a board, it will be worn!" said Steve Kenny, CEO of Australian-based SnowSports Interactive. Steve was finishing up an early July 2006 presentation about SnowSports Interactive to a group of business professors. During the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009437655
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No Simple Solutions: How Sectoral Innovation Systems Can Be Transformed : Key Findings from the Australian Innovation Systems (AUSIS) Project
Scott-Kemmis, Don; Holmen, Magnus; Balaguer, Antonio; … - 2005
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study is concerned with change in the factors that drive and support innovation, focusing on the influences of business behaviour and industrial dynamics. The study draws on seven sectoral case studies: computer games, dairy products, mineral exploration, motor vehicles,...
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