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Standards Management in the Twenty-First Century: Architectural Challenges and Management Opportunities
Spring, Michael B. - In: International Journal of Standardization Research (IJSR) 14 (2016) 1, pp. 34-44
The history of modern standards development provides support for the argument that the process of standardization has evolved in response to crises and opportunities. In the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector, many new groups have become involved in standards setting. In a...
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Innovationen und Dienstleistungen: Dimensionen der Außenwirtschaftstheorie und -politik / Innovation and Services: Dimensions in Theory and Policy of Foreign Trade
Hasse, Rolf - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 224 (2004) 1-2, pp. 17-36
Zusammenfassung Die Theorie und Politik der Außenwirtschaft unterliegt seit geraumer Zeit einem Wandel und einer … langsame, nunmehr ist es jedoch eine rasante Strukturveränderung. Die Theorie folgte als erste diesem Umbruch, die Politik hat … Erweiterung der Außenhandelstheorie durch Innovationen aufgezeigt (traditioneller Ansatz, Produktzyklen-Ansatz, „neue“ Theorie des …
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A transatlantic comparison on poultry disputes with China
Chen, Shumei - In: Journal of Chinese Economic and Foreign Trade Studies 3 (2010) 2, pp. 169-184
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to conduct a comparative study on the transatlantic similarities and dissimilarities in the USA's and the EU's poultry trade disputes with China, as a case study of murky protectionism amid the current global financial crisis. Design/methodology/approach...
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Japanese Consumer Protection
Herbig, Paul A.; Palumbo, Frederick A. - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 11 (1994) 1, pp. 5-14
Japan′s consumers are said to be the most meticulous and demanding consumers in the world – expecting only the best in quality and service from the merchant. However true this may be, how protected are these consumers by their own government? In an irony of place and time, the world′s...
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Impacts of services trade barriers: a study of the insurance industry
Zimmerman, Alan - In: Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 14 (1999) 3, pp. 211-228
in services. Foreign direct investment and market entry strategy theory do not adequately address the importance of NTBs …
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Still searching for the pot of gold: doing business in today’s China
Jagersma, Pieter K.; van Gorp, Désirée M. - In: Journal of Business Strategy 24 (2003) 5, pp. 27-35
China may be the world’s largest growth market, but it has not always been hospitable to foreign companies. This appears from a survey of 381 managers of foreign companies active in China done by the Center for International Business of Universiteit Nyenrode, Breukelen, the Netherlands. The...
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Second‐best Rates of Effective Protection with Imperfect Substitution
Milner, Chris - In: Journal of Economic Studies 19 (1992) 1
Demonstrates the implications of imperfect substitutability between domestic and imported final goods for the determination of second‐best ominal and effective tariffs in a general equilibrium setting. The analysis of second‐best interventions for given policy distortions extends that by...
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The Sectoral Incidence of Protection in Industrial Countries – The Case of West Germany
Smeets, Heinz‐Dieter - In: Journal of Economic Studies 17 (1990) 1
Increasing protection in the world economy, especially in industrialised countries since the 1970s has increased the costs of restricting international trade. It is shown that in West Germany under inter‐industry specialisation the short‐run burden of protection is shared nearly equally by...
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Benefits and barriers of electronic marketplace participation: an SME perspective
Stockdale, Rosemary; Standing, Craig - In: Journal of Enterprise Information Management 17 (2004) 4, pp. 301-311
There are concerns that despite government initiatives to promote adoption of electronic commerce, SMEs still fail to realise e‐commerce related benefits. It may therefore, seem premature to discuss electronic marketplaces in the context of SMEs. However, if SMEs ignore e‐marketplaces a...
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Post‐NAFTA production and sourcing development in the maquiladora program
Helio Yang, Y. - In: Industrial Management & Data Systems 98 (1998) 6, pp. 269-277
The maquiladora program is an important part of the economy in North America. A significant share of intra‐industry trade has been generated between the USA and Mexico. The imports and exports from maquiladoras to the USA continue to grow under NAFTA. However, non‐maquiladora sectors are...
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