Search Results - subject:"STANDARDS"

Product Standards Coalitions in a Market without Borders

Casella, Alessandra - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

Traditional analyses of standards in international trade identify standards as government regulations and investigate … the determination of technical standards. The composition of these groups is affected by technology and market conditions … harmonization ‘from the bottom’. If standards are public goods whose ideal value differs across economic activities and across …

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Corporate sponsorship of events and tax implications: is there an opportunity for global co‐ordination?

Wise, Spence L.; Miles, Morgan P. - In: International Marketing Review 14 (1997) 3, pp. 183-195

legislation worldwide. International environmental and quality management standards such as ISO 14000 and ISO 9000 are examples of … global standards that have emerged due to the increasingly international nature of commerce. Describes the tax implications …

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The changing role of parliamentary lobbyists

McLeod, Jon - In: Journal of Communication Management 1 (1997) 4, pp. 374-378

standards in public life. The author explains why the industry's attempts at self‐regulation may still have some way to go …

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Women’s studies: bibliometric and content analysis of the formative years

Cronin, Blaise; Martinson, Anna; Davenport, Elisabeth - In: Journal of Documentation 53 (1997) 2, pp. 123-138

Women‘s studies has emerged as a recognised academic specialty in recent years. We explored the social structure of the field by analysing bibliometrically all scholarly articles (n = 1,302) and acknowledgements (n = 595) appearing in three pioneering journals over a twenty year period. We...

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The skills gap and a training conundrum

Kippenberger, T - In: The Antidote 2 (1997) 2, pp. 22-23

Homes in on the skills gap in the UK, showing that in 1996 one‐fifth of 4,000 employees interviewed believed there was a skills gap. Highlights the 791 employees who believed this who were asked which skills were lacking, and uses a Figure to help explain the results. Refers to the fact that a...

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Should environmental management standards be a mechanistic control system or a framework for learning?

Strachan, Peter - In: The Learning Organization 4 (1997) 1, pp. 10-17

Analyses the key aims of the recently formulated environmental management standards BS 7750, EMAS and ISO 14001, and … components of the standards’ management system and then considers whether or not the approach taken is appropriate for the … attainment of their stipulated aims. Concludes that the environmental standards should be fundamentally revised and replaced with …

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Establishing quality systems in research institutes: a progress report

Pfeifer, T.; Wunderlich, M. - In: The TQM Magazine 9 (1997) 3, pp. 221-227

standards is applied widely. Research institutes are now showing an interest in setting up a system. It is an opportunity for …

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Critical success factors for Inflight Catering services: Singapore Airport Terminal Services’ practices as management benchmarks

Yun Chang, Zeph; Yong Yeong, Wee; Loh, Lawrence - In: The TQM Magazine 9 (1997) 4, pp. 255-259

The Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) Inflight Catering has maintained a 47‐year zero‐food‐poisoning record. SATS Catering has also been the first flight kitchen to be awarded the ISO 9002 Certificate for production of inflight meals. It has contributed significantly to Singapore...

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A survey of Austria's tourist industry

Smeral, Egon - In: The Tourist Review 52 (1997) 3, pp. 13-18

In a study commissioned by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Austrian Institute of Economic Research conducted a written survey of the Austrian hotel industry (hotels and similar establishments). The sample comprised more than 3,000 establishments in the three to five star category.

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The Generalized War of Attrition

Bulow, Jeremy I.; Klemperer, Paul - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

We generalize the War of Attrition model to allow for N+K firms competing for N prizes. Two special cases are of particular interest. First, if firms continue to pay their full costs after dropping out (as in a standard-setting context), each firm’s exit time is independent both of K and of...

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