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The Ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement and Innovation in Sri Lankan Textile and Clothing Industry: Trade and Innovation Project - Case Study No. 3
Wijayasiri, Janaka; Dissanayake, Jagath - Trade and Agriculture Directorate, Organisation de … - 2008
innovations with foreign partners, process innovations such as introduction of CAD/CAM and various marketing and organisational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004962798
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Social- and Self-Image Concerns in Fair-Trade Consumption: Evidence from Experimental Auctions for Chocolate
Teyssier, Sabrina; Etilé, Fabrice; Combris, Pierre - HAL - 2012
Can social interactions be used to encourage the consumption of fair-trade products? Social interactions may alter purchase behavior by triggering either self-image concerns (when one sees others' decisions without being seen) or social-image concerns (when everybody sees everyone else). A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930214
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Social and self-Image concerns in fair-trade consumption: Evidence from experimental auctions for chocolate
TEYSSIER, SABRINA; Etile, Fabrice; Combris, Pierre - Département Sciences Sociales, Agriculture et … - 2012
Can social interactions be used to favor the consumption of fair-trade products? Social interactions can alter purchase behaviors by triggering either self-image concerns (when one observes others' decisions without being observed) or social-image concerns (when everybody observes everyone). A...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010780303
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Gibt es bessere Lösungen als "Fair-Trade"?
Steckelbach, Ludger - 1998
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000997029
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Education Impact Study: The Global Recession and the Capacity of Colleges and Universities to Serve Vulnerable Populations in Asia
Postiglione, Gerard - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper reviews the capacity of colleges and universities to serve poor and vulnerable populations during past and present economic shocks. The main argument is that the environment of the global recession—an Asia far more economically integrated than during past economic shocks, with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008456785
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Labeling by a private certifier and public regulation
Barry, I.; Bonroy, O.; Garella, P.G. - Laboratoire d'Économie Appliquée de Grenoble, … - 2014
This paper considers the effects of labels in a vertically differentiated duopoly. A label certifies the level of a product's measurable characteristic. It is shown that the certification label chosen by a private (for profit) certifier is lower than both the socially optimal and the firm's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010891743
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Use of Ecolabels in Promoting Exports from Developing Countries to Developed Countries: Lessons from the Indian LeatherFootwear Industry
Kulkarni, Parashar - 2005
a few examples of such chains of influence. Section four studies whether ecolabels are in a position to be suitable … whether ecolabels are useful in promoting sustainable exports. The explanation of how ecolabels conflict with brand dynamics …, a brief overview about types of ecolabels and a small description of integrated product policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312642
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Environmental Labelling in Europe: EU and National Approaches
Karl, Helmut; Orwat, Carsten - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
This paper considers environmental labelling (or ecolabelling for short) as an informational instrument of environmental policy. It examines some economic aspects of environmental labelling, for example, the function of product certification to overcome market failures for environmental superior...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005786078
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ECOLABELS: THE LINK BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL PREFERENCES AND GREEN PRACTICES?
ERICKSON, Audrae; KRAMER-LEBLANC, Carol S. - Regional Research Project NE-165 (Private Strategies, … - 1997
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005793602
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Use of Ecolabels in Promoting Exports from Developing Countries to Developed Countries: Lessons from the Indian LeatherFootwear Industry
Kulkarni, Parashar - Fondazione ENI Enrico Mattei (FEEM) - 2005
a few examples of such chains of influence. Section four studies whether ecolabels are in a position to be suitable … whether ecolabels are useful in promoting sustainable exports. The explanation of how ecolabels conflict with brand dynamics …, a brief overview about types of ecolabels and a small description of integrated product policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423121