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What about skills? A discussion of the role of skills in the strategic positioning of ports as essential catalysts of trade and economic growth.

Gekara, V - 2010

projected steady economic expansion over the next two decades, with associated trade and port throughput growth, current … discussions about port expansion and the strategic positioning of the ports industry become essential. An important part of this … discussion is the sustainability of skills in key commercial and safety-critical areas of port operations. This paper reports on …

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From transocean routes to global networks: a framework for liner companies to build service networks, Journal of Telekommunications and Information Technology, 2008, nr 3

Shi, Xiaoning; Vo?, Stefan

During the previous two decades liner carriers within maritime shipping have broken the barriers from being pure transportation providers towards being logistics service providers. Most of the top 20 liner carriers worldwide hale set up spin-offs providing services from local booking up to 3rd...

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Brand Inertia in U.S. Household Cheese Consumption.

Arnade, Carlos; Gopinath, Munisamy; Pick, Daniel - 2008

To analyze U.S. consumers' brand choices for cheese purchases, we derive a set of discrete-choice models from dynamic utility maximization. ACNielsen Homescan Survey data on U.S. households is used to estimate a dynamic probit model for each of the top brands for cheddar, shredded, and sliced...

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International petroleum statistics report, June 1995

2009

The report presents data on international oil production, demand, imports, exports, and stocks. The report has four sections. Section 1 contains time series data on world oil production, and on oil demand and stocks in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This...

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International petroleum statistics report: April 1996

2010

This report presents data on international oil production, demand, imports, exports, and stocks. The report has four sections. Section 1 contains time series data on world oil production, and on oil demand and stocks in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This...

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Foreign criteria and programs

Swinth, K.L.; Thompson, I.M.G. - 2008

The concept of measurement quality assurance (MQA) as embodied in National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) programs is not generally used within European programs for testing or accreditation. Although the essential elements of quality control and quality assurance are in the...

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French Fashion Industry: The Introduction of a Fashion Brand to the French Market

Thomas, Kristen - 2009

France has always thrived in the fashion forefront. Known for its couture and prêt-a-porter industries, it has …

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"EMU: Lessons for the CFA zone"

Healy, Conor. - 2003

Like so many aspects of the European project, the sheer uniqueness of European Monetary Union can often make proper comparative analysis seem difficult and even strained. It seems in so many different ways to mark out uncharted territory. After all, this is a monetary union of democratic states,...

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Importing New Ways of Organising Production and Labour: Lessons from the French Asset Management Industry

Kleiner, Thibaut. - 2000

the pension system. France is a critical example for investigating change. "Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose …": France is often pictured as a country where reform and change are impossible. Showing an example where this actually happened …

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Co-managed versus management-dominated globalisation – The implications of the globalisation of assembly and production in the German and French automobile industry on industrial relations with particular reference to the cases of Volkswagen and Renault

Speidel, Frederic - 2000

[Introduction]. The following essay analyses how the industrial relations actors of the German and French automotive industry, exemplified with particular reference to Volkswagen and Renault, mediate the pressure which has been induced through the increasing globalisation of production...

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