Search Results - subject:"STANDARDS"

Import Restraints and Quality Choice under Vertical Differentiation.

Boccard, N.; Wauthy, X. - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 1998

We consider the following stage game: a domestic government chooses an import quota, the a domestic and a foreign firm choose their quality level before engaging a price competition. We first show that the indirect effect of the quota on the sales of the domestic producer are different depending...

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Catering to cultures: the customer is often right

Gould, B - In: The Antidote 3 (1998) 5, pp. 36-37

Looks at cultural divides — such as where the French take their dogs with them to restaurants, dining at the table with their owners and in some Asian countries where dogs are the dinner! Highlights, in a box, 6 guidelines for offerings across cultural divides. Recounts, in another box, Euro...

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In pursuit of excellence: total quality approaches in Irish organisations

Drew, Eileen - In: The TQM Magazine 10 (1998) 6, pp. 452-457

total quality concepts and the degree to which total quality management (TQM) is associated with standards, strategic …

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Environmental Regulations and Plant Exit

Biørn, Erik; Rolf Golombek*; Raknerud, Arvid - In: Environmental & Resource Economics 11 (1998) 1, pp. 35-59

A qualitative response model is applied to study the relationship between environmental regulations and plant exit. The data set is Norwegian panel data for establishments in three manufacturing sectors that have high shares of units which have been under strict environmental regulations. In two...

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The Adverse Effects of Environmental Policy in Green Markets

Moraga-González, J. L.; Padrón-Fumero, Noemi - Centre for Industrial Economics (CIE), Økonomisk Institut - 1998

´ strategic behaviour may increase pollution levels. Maximum emission standards, commonly used in green markets, improve the …

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Attitudes towards auto-ID technologies within the UK construction industry

Marsh, Laurence; Finch, Eddy - In: Construction Management and Economics 16 (1998) 4, pp. 383-388

-ID technologies and the absence of appropriate industry standards. Recommendations include the establishment of a standards body and …

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Labor Standards and International Trade.

Stern, R.M. - Research Seminar in International Economics, University … - 1998

There is a wide disparity of views on issues of international labor standards. Labor and social activists are concerned … about the increased imports from countries in which labor standards are ostensibly not enforced at a sufficiently high level …. The paper begins with the definition and scope of labor standards, then turns to theoretical aspects of the economic …

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Multinationality of US corporations: the auditing implications

Tucker, Robert R. - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 5, pp. 29-41

between US and foreign auditor independence and auditing standards. Lays down the requirements for an auditor on foreign …

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Multinationality: the financial accounting implications

Fekrat, M. Ali - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 5, pp. 42-52

. Criticizes the Financial Accounting Standards Board Exposure Draft “Accounting for derivatives and similar financial instruments …. Describes Financial Accounting Standards Board collaboration with foreign standard setters, starting with earnings per share and … that US and international accounting standards differ in the interpretation by different companies. Predicts that standards …

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An analysis of the problems and obstacles to global accounting harmonization

Gbenedio, Pender O.; Benson, Eric D.; Omolehinwa, Eddy - In: Managerial Finance 24 (1998) 7, pp. 63-80

Traces the history of efforts to harmonize global accounting and presents a study analysing obstacles to it, using multidimensional scaling. Illustrates the environmental influences on global accounting, groups 37 factors obstructing harmonization into economic, social, political/legal and...

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