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Upgrading the System of Innovation in Late-Industrialising Countries -The Role of Transnational Corporations in Thailand's Manufacturing Sector

Martin Berger - 2005

The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential contribution of transnational corporations (TNC) to the upgrading of systems of innovation in late-industrialising countries. This study looks specifically at TNC-affiliierter in Thailands manufacturing sector and compares them with...

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International business : competing in the global marketplace

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

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Retailer's Order Policies for Supplier's Contingent Disruption

Chen, Chiu-Ling - 2007

In this thesis, three procurement policies (Backup Policy, Blend Policy, and Partial Order Policy) are considered and evaluated using a Discrete Time Markov Decision Process. The following factors were analyzed: retailer's demand distribution, holding cost, purchasing cost and supplier's...

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Should You Offer a Job to Your External Auditor?

Beasley, Mark S.; Carcello, Joseph; Hermanson, Dana R. - 2000

This article discusses the significance of external auditor. Companies searching for financial and accounting talent to join their senior executive teams often lure partners and other professional staff away from accounting firms that perform their annual audits. Livent Inc., the Toronto-based...

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MOTIVE FÜR DEN KAUF EINER HEIZUNG - ERGEBNISSE EINER VERBRAUCHERBEFRAGUNG MIT DEM SCHWERPUNKT "HOLZPELLETHEIZUNGEN"

Decker, Thomas - 2007

Paper prepared for presentation at the 7th Industrieforum PelletsStuttgart (Germany), 10th October 2007 …Compared to other heating markets the wood pellets market is quite young and small in Germany. Nevertheless it is a … within the scope of this project. Therefore people in different parts of Germany have been asked about their heating system …

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Gender Equality in Reconciling Work and Childcare in South Korea

Lee, Kook Hee - 2009

procuring full remuneration throughout the leave period. However, the mandatory maternity leave system in Germany is not an …

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Does Economic Uncertainty Affect the Decision to Bear Children? Evidence from East and West Germany

Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2005

of uncertainty measures based on GSOEP data from Eastern (and for comparison purposes also Western) Germany for the years … Eastern Germany during its transition than in Western Germany and had a highly nonlinear effect on the probability of a birth … uncertainty in East Germany in the transition could have contributed significantly to the sharp fall and unusually low level of …

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Interest Rate Pass-Through in Central and Eastern Europe: Reborn from Ashes Merely to Pass Away?

Égert, Balázs; Crespo-Cuaresma, Jesus; Reininger, Thomas - 2006

In this study, we seek to better understand the interest rate pass-through in five Central and Eastern European countries -- the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia, the CEE-5. Our pass-through estimates for several retail rates are generally lower than those reported in the...

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Price Promotions and Brand Loyalty: Empirical Evidence for the German Breakfast Cereals Market

Empen, Janine; Loy, Jens-Peter; Weiss, Christoph R. - 2011

Price promotions are important marketing activities for (food) retailers; brand loyalty is a major requisite to foster brands' assets. Several theoretical papers have analyzed the relationship between price promotions and brand loyalty resulting in mixed or perhaps contradictory outcomes; only a...

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Explaining German imports of olive oil: evidence from a gravity model

Kavallari, Aikaterini; Maas, Sarah; Schmitz, P. Michael - 2008

In this study the case of olive oil imports of Germany is examined since olive oil is a traditional Mediterranean … commodity and Germany is the biggest importer in the EU. A gravity model has been employed so as to analyse those factors that … Mediterranean Partner country of the EU has the highest impact on trade flows to Germany, thus supporting further Euromediterranean …

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