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

likely increase as China becomes more integrated with the rest of the world. Western nations have already experienced the …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 …

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 … for the successful implementation of world-class practices. The Shingo Prize emphasises the improvement of operations and … processes, the adoption of proven world-class practices, the use of specific measurements related to quality and process …

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

which takes into accountchanges in export and domestic demand and market clearing price. It optimizes the supply of … already have significant income effects to agriculturalproducers. We simulated effects of pig meat export bans of different … degrees due to livestockepidemics. Full closure of export markets for six months cost pig sector €21 million. …

animals from the market, and halts the export of livestock products from the infected country. The magnitude of these effects … implications of alternative FMD and export scenarios in the Finnish pig sector. It takes into account dynamics and adjustment of … pig producers can increase considerably when the risk of prolonged export ban increases. Production adjustments also …

that local companies are having to face as well as general factors affecting companies all around the world. These factors …