The events of 9/11 and subsequent border entry security initiatives have led to increased costs and transportation delays that have the potential to impact Canada-U.S. trade. Researchers have identified increased border crossing times for importers and exporters transporting goods between the...

Main description: Amerikanische und japanische Management- und Produktionsmethoden hatten nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg eine wichtige Leitbildfunktion für deutsche Unternehmer. Die Rückkehr auf den Weltmarkt in den 50ger Jahren, die Behauptung der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit in den 60er und 70er Jahren...

This paper investigates the impact of ethanol blending mandates on retail fuel prices in the United States. It uses the modifications of three microeconomics models - partial equilibrium theoretical model by de Gorter and Just, partial equilibrium simulation model of Drabik et al. and Wu and...

Oil was a basic source of conflict between the United States and Japan. This book examines the role played by the Standard-Vacuum Oil Company in the crisis that led to Pearl Harbor. ""Stanvac"" was the largest American supplier of oil to Japan and represented the single largest American direct...