conducted to collect consumer panel data in the U.S. and China respectively. Results from regression analysis and path analysis …

In the early 1990s, the United States began to run a significant trade deficit with China due to the dual forces of … greater trade liberalization and China’s transition from a command economy towards a market economy. Proponents of free trade … with China argue that greater integration will lead to a convergence of interests that reaches beyond economics. Despite …

examine monopoly (South Africa) and duopoly (South Africa, Australia) with a competitive fringe (US, Canada, Poland, China and …

Established in 1988, the Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence recognises organisations in the USA, Mexico and Canada …

effect). This study has practical implications for regulators, corporations and investors, both in the USA and abroad. …

China first adopted minimum energy performance standards (MEPS) in 1989. Today, there are standards for a wide range of … domestic, commercial and selected industrial equipment. In 1999, China launched a voluntary endorsement label, which has grown … to cover over 40 products including water-saving products. Further, in 2005, China started a mandatory energy information …

In the last five years, China's refrigerator market has grown rapidly, and now urban markets are showing signs of … the first half of 2007, when the draft standard was completed under the direction of the China National Institute of … of the label on China's market, CLASP further provided assistance to CNIS to collect data on both the efficiency …

The minimum energy efficiency standards program for household appliances in China was initiated in 1989. Since 1996 …, CLASP and its implementing partner, LBNL, have assisted China in developing 11 minimum energy performance standards (MEPS … (under development). Before 2003, China's traditional approach to standards development involved small increases in …