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Bus accident record;The return of accident proneness

af Wahlberg, A. E.; Dorn, Lisa - 2009

One of the assumptions of the theory of accident proneness is that drivers’accident liability is stable over time which was tested in the present paper.Previous investigations of this problem (or rather the conclusions) were foundto be deficient, because they did not take into account the...

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ANALYSIS OF VARIOUS CAR-TRUCK CRASH TYPES BASED ON GES AND FARS CRASH DATABASES USING MUTLINOMIAL AND BINARY LOGIT MODEL

Mannila, Kranthi Kiran - 2007

trends for a car-truck crash and develop some countermeasures to lower these crashes. Various types of car-truck crashes are … in these car-truck crashes are investigated. To examine the crash characteristics and to investigate the significant … factors related to a car-truck crash, this study analyzed five years of data (2000-2004) of the General estimates system of …

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Pricing Carbon: Allowance Price Determination in the EU ETS

Hintermann, Beat - 2008

variation, raising the question of a bubble. I carry out two different bubbles tests, the results of both of which are … consistent with the presence of an allowance price bubble. I then address whether market manipulation by dominant power …

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The significance of host country incentives in attracting foreign direct investment (FDI)

Sello, Rethabile - 2007

ENGLISH SUMMARY: With diminishing sources of capital over the past two decades, developing countries have increasingly regarded the flow of foreign direct investment (FDI) as their main source of capital for development. In response to this, countries have also liberalised their policies, making...

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The adoption of the Eurepgap Standard by Mango Exporters in Piura, Peru

Kleinwechter, Ulrich; Grethe, Harald - 2006

The significance of standards in international agricultural trade is continuously rising. Due to their complexity …

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AN AGENDA FOR THE DESIGN AND STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS

Batabyal, Amitrajeet A. - 1996

The combination of a general greening of international political debate, and the events of 1992 at the Rio Earth summit … have led to great interest in the question of global environmental protection. While it is recognized that international …

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The effect of multinationality on management earnings forecasts

Smith, L. Murphy (contributor) - 2003

This study examines the relationship between a firm??s degree of multinationalityand its managers?? earnings forecasts. Firms with a high degree of multinationality aresubject to greater uncertainty regarding earnings forecasts due to the additional riskresulting from the more complex...

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Danone Branding Strategy in China

Melewar, T C; Badal, E; Small, J - 2005

This paper analyses the branding strategy of a leading French food producer in the fast growing Chinese market. The company, Danone Group (DG), has long been operating internationally with success. However, like several multinational enterprises, its initial entry into China was a failure....

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Settling for second best?: Reflections after the tenth anniversary of Wal-Mart's entry to the United Kingdom

Sparks, Leigh - 2011

implications include the rebalancing of considerations of organisational competence and market environment factors on international … strategic directions is also indicted as a key factor.Practical Implications - Implications for national and international …

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Uncertainty and Climate Treaties: Does Ignorance Pay?

Dellink, Rob; Finus, Michael - 2009

-theoretic models of international environmental treaty formation, which capture the strategic interactions between nations, it has been …

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