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Standard-Essential Patents
Lerner, Josh; Tirole, Jean - Institut d'Économie Industrielle (IDEI), Toulouse … - 2013
A major policy issue in standard setting is that patents that are ex-ante not that important may, by being included into a standard, become standard-essential patents (SEPs). In an attempt to curb the monopoly power that they create, most standard-setting organizations require the owners of...
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The role of accounting in the German financial system
Leuz, Christian; Wüstemann, Jens - Center for Financial Studies - 2003
This chapter analyzes the role of financial accounting in the German financial system. It starts from the common perception that German accounting is rather uninformative. This characterization is appropriate from the perspective of an arms length or outside investor and when confined to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010986429
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Multinationals’ Accountability on Sustainability: The Evolution of Third-party Assurance of Sustainability Reports
Perego, Paolo; Kolk, Ans - In: Journal of Business Ethics 110 (2012) 2, pp. 173-190
auditing practices, namely diversity of assurance standards and type of assurance providers, shape the quality of … these verification practices. The paper contributes to the emerging literature on international accountability standards and …
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Case Study in the Evolution of Sustainability: Baxter International Inc.
Dhanda, K. - In: Journal of Business Ethics 112 (2013) 4, pp. 667-684
-of-the-Art (SOA) Environmental Standards. At this time, the company started measuring its efforts and began publishing an …
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Perceptions of professionals interested in accounting and auditing about acceptance and adaptation of global financial reporting standards
Bozkurt, Orhan; İslamoğlu, Mehmet; Öz, Yaşar - In: Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science 18 (2013) 34, pp. 16-23
, and the publication of standards related to the profession of accounting & auditing has been to put into practice a … uniform global set of standards which will be applicable in finance. Before 2000, in the case of a preference between IFRS … professionals interested in accounting and auditing about application and development of international financial reporting standards …
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Should I take this seriously? A simple checklist for calling bullshit on policy supporting research
Kampen, Jarl; Tamás, Peter - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 48 (2014) 3, pp. 1213-1223
We propose a simple checklist for the users of policy supporting research in order to decide whether a piece of research begs further study or can be dismissed right away. The checklist focusses on the quality of the research question (is it a research question, and is the research question...
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Towards an Open Information Infrastructure for Disaster Research and Management: Data Management and Information Systems Inside DFNK
Köhler, Petra; Wächter, Joachim - In: Natural Hazards 38 (2006) 1, pp. 141-157
technology and global standards these concepts contribute to a superior information infrastructure and finally substantiate to …
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Post-Tsunami Field Survey Procedures: An Outline
Farreras, Salvador - In: Natural Hazards 21 (2000) 2, pp. 207-214
. Guidelines to conduct post-tsunami field surveys and standards for theobservations have been established by the International …
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Who is importing forest products from Africa to China? An analysis of implications for initiatives to enhance legality and sustainability
Huang, Wenbin; Wilkes, Andreas; Sun, Xiufang; … - In: Environment, Development and Sustainability 15 (2013) 2, pp. 339-354
leading timber product manufacturer, has raised concerns that social and environmental product and process standards are …
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The private governance of food: equitable exchange or bizarre bazaar?
Busch, Lawrence - In: Agriculture and Human Values 28 (2011) 3, pp. 345-352
embraced private standards, usually with some form of third party certification employed to verify adherence to those standards …
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