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Workshop on the Consumer Credit Directive ; 20 October 2007

Balazs, Mellar - 2007

The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee of the European Parliament wished to continue its considerations of the draft Consumer Credit Directive by looking into specific elements of the Council common position and hence on 10 October 2007, hosted a workshop. This document provides a...

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International business : competing in the global marketplace

Hill, Charles W. L. - 2007 - 6. ed., internat. ed.

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The changing structure of the electric power industry: Selected issues, 1998

2009

More than 3,000 electric utilities in the United States provide electricity to sustain the Nation`s economic growth and promote the well-being of its inhabitants. At the end of 1996, the net generating capability of the electric power industry stood at more than 776,000 megawatts. Sales to...

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Will competition hurt electricity consumers in the Pacific Northwest

Hadley, S.; Hirst, E. - 2009

A computer model was developed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory to analyze the electricity production, costs, and prices for two geographical regions for a single year. Bulk-power trading is allowed between the two regions and market clearing prices are determined based on marginal costs. The...

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Modernizing Consumer Protection in the Financial Regulatory System; Strengthening Credit Card Protections: Hearing Before the S. Comm. on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, 111th...

Levitin, Adam J. - 2009

Transparent pricing is a prerequisite for an efficient, competitive market and responsible consumer behavior. If the card industry were required to price its products in a straightforward manner, and it were less costly for consumers to switch cards, deceptive practices would be harder to...

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Consumer protection compliance in agent negotiated business to consumer transactions

Cross, Stuart - 2007

Much of the focus in the literature relating to the legal issues associated with intelligent software agents focuses on issues associated with the valid conclusion of contracts involving the use of such agents. While contractual validity is of fundamental importance, suppliers and consumers in...

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Bigtechs and financial services: some challenges, benefits and regulatory responses

Gorjón Rivas, Sergio

Artículo de revista ; The pandemic has speeded up the digital transformation of Spanish society. Cloud computing, data analytics and remote interactions have become even more essential, forming the basis for a new industrial and commercial reality in which large technology companies (BigTechs)...

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Globale Strukturen und deren Steuerung : Auswertung der Ergebnisse eines Förderprogramms der VolkswagenStiftung

Mayntz, Renate - 2005

Dynamikender neuen „globalen Welt“ sind. Sie knüpfen damit an die vereinzelten und theoretisch höchst heterogenenVersuche an, die … „Weltgesellschaft“ oder world polity theoretisch ähnlich in den Griff zu bekommen,wie es den versammelten Sozialwissenschaften (im …

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Embedded theorizing : perspectives on globalization and global governance

Mayntz, Renate - 2005

scientifi c perspectives on the loosely bounded set of phenomena addressed by the terms "globalization" and "global governance … science literature, it is fi rst shown how changes in world politics since World War II are refl ected in the scientifi c … perspective on globalization and global governance. In a final section, different perspectives of American and European scholars …

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Glokalisierung : ein Phänomen, in dem globale und lokale Interessen ineinander fließen

Lamers, Oliver - 2011

"Campus-Report" heißt die Radiosendung der Universitäten Heidelberg, Mannheim, Karlsruhe und Freiburg. Die Reportagen über aktuelle Themen aus Forschung und Wissenschaft werden montags bis freitags jeweils um ca. 19.10h im Programm von Radio Regenbogen gesendet. (Empfang in Nordbaden: UKW...

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