that services are produced in two contexts: in the first type, consumers interact directly with goods; in the second, the … identification of consumption contexts based on their building blocks (actors, goods, relationships), the basic classification of … intermediation of frontline personnel comes into play. Actors and goods present in the consumption contexts are knowledge …

Using a newly assembled, consistent and disaggregated dataset (12 goods and 7 services) on internal and bilateral trade … for 25 European countries, we analyse the difference between trade in goods and services. The measurement of both trade in … goods and trade in services is improved over earlier research, allowing us to compare trade in goods and services in a …

economy. It involves liberalization and facilitation of trade in goods, services, and investment, as well as protection and … promotion of investment; narrowing the development gap; and free flow of skilled labor and freer flow of capital. The AEC … removal of non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and services and investment liberalization. In summary, the AEC has come a long way, but …

This paper argues that the production constraints in the basic NAIRU model should be distinguished by type: capital … for UK manufacturing over 80 quarters we show that capital constraints became relatively more important during the 1980s … as industry failed to match the increase in labour flexibility with rising capital investment. …

In contrast to earlier field studies, we survey German public savings banks on their management of capital. We find … that the most important determinants of the savings banks? target capital ratio are risk aversion, the desired credit … growth and profitability. Savings banks prefer to manage the level of capital rather than the level of riskweighted assets in …

the consequence of the occurrence of credit rationing on farmer's capital accumulation, investment and supply. The method … discount rate. Finally, if the uncertainty is introduced, then the level of investment spending and capital accumulation is …

interactions associated with the movement of capital and polluting activities from one economy to another. We use a simple … dynamical model describing capital accumulation along the lines of a fixed-savings-ratio Solow-type model capable of producing … or regions. The basic mechanism underlying the movements of capital across space is the quest for locations where the …

This study reports results of a nationwide survey on overall working capital policy of small manufacturing firms. The … form queried firms on their overall working capital policies as well as on the management of the components of working … capital. Statistically significant measures of association between working capital policies and tools were found among many of …

Capital structure choices and preferences in small, rapidly growing corporations are examined. As much of capital …, information asymmetries) a survey was designed in an attempt to gauge the relevance of several theories of capital structure. The …. Analysis of the responses indicates that tax factors and management preferences have major impacts on capital structure …