International Trade Modelling

International Trade Modelling

Author: m Dagenais

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1992-06-01

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9780412450006

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In recent years, international trade has become a subject of increaed practical importance and also one of the most intellectually exciting parts of economics. In his introduction to this volume, Paul Krugman outlines why this is so, by analysing the original contribution of the New Trade Theory in interpreting and explaining the observed trade behaviour of the past twenty years. Then follow sections which discuss: formal tests of the New Trade Theory, Price Discrimination and Exchange Rate, as well as New Protectionism, measures of Comparative Advantages and Import Demand in industrialized and developing countries. Some chapters also use GCE models to evaluate Trade Protectionism, while others encompass External Trade within aggregate Disequilibrium Models.


The Automotive Industry and European Integration

The Automotive Industry and European Integration

Author: A. J. Jacobs

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2019-08-07

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 303017431X

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This book chronicles the divergent growth trends in car production in Belgium and Spain. It delves into how European integration, high wages, and the demise of GM and Ford led to plant closings in Belgium. Next, it investigates how lower wages and the expansion strategies of Western European automakers stimulated expansion in the Spanish auto industry. Finally, it offers three alternate scenarios regarding how further EU expansion and Brexit may potentially reshape the geographic footprint of European car production over the next ten years. In sum, this book utilizes history to help expand the knowledge of scholars and policymakers regarding how European integration and Brexit may impact future auto industry investment for all EU nations.


International Business

International Business

Author: Marios Katsioloudes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-03-15

Total Pages: 842

ISBN-13: 1136394516

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Traditionally, international business (IB) texts survey the field from a USA perspective, going on to compare the USA to the rest of the business world. This text addresses IB from a purely multinational perspective. International Business is examined from the USA angle, going on to address IB issues from other countries’ perspectives, what we call the “Reverse Perspective.” The authors interview business executives and politicians from a number of countries including the USA, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, India, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy, and Russia. These interviews are incorporated at appropriate points in the text providing first-hand information and practical insight. Cases include: Air Arabia, Gap, Diebold Inc, Matsushita, AMSUPP, NIKE, China Eastern Airlines, Luton & Dunstable Hospital, Harley Davidson, Cassis de Dijon, Green investments in Belize, Chicago Food and Beverage Company, Advanced Software Analytics


Absolute Zero Cool

Absolute Zero Cool

Author: Declan Burke

Publisher: Liberties Press

Published: 2011-08-30

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1907593659

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Winner of the Crimefest 2012 Goldsboro Last Laugh Award Billy Karlsson needs to get real. Literally. A hospital porter with a sideline in euthanasia, Billy is a character trapped in the purgatory of an abandoned novel. Deranged by logic, driven beyond sanity, Billy makes his final stand: if killing old people won't cut the mustard, the whole hospital will have to go up in flames. Only his creator can stop him now, the author who abandoned Billy to his half-life limbo, in which Billy schemes to do whatever it takes to get himself published, or be damned . . .


Planning for Power Advertising

Planning for Power Advertising

Author: Anand Halve

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2005-11-05

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9780761933540

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This book is a sound and comprehensive introduction to advertising planning and branding. Intended for students of and beginners in advertising and marketing, it discusses key issues and market realities, many of which are ignored and neglected in developing markets. The structure of this book follows a stepwise process, which starts from the beginning of the advertising planning process to the end product, which is the creative brief. Each chapter discusses a conceptual principle, which is illustrated by relevant examples. Some key issues discussed in this book are: - planning for communication in a context; - Segmentation: studying and understanding the dimensions, demographics, and psychographics of the target group; - Differentiators and Motivators: discovering what can change the consumers' mind; " managing a brand over time, looking at the entire life-cycle of a brand. Each chapter ends with an 'Action Point', which helps the reader to apply the principles discussed through an exercise.


Recent Developments on Structural Equation Models

Recent Developments on Structural Equation Models

Author: Kees van Montfort

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2004-04-30

Total Pages: 380

ISBN-13: 9781402019579

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After Karl Jöreskog's first presentation in 1970, Structural Equation Modelling or SEM has become a main statistical tool in many fields of science. It is the standard approach of factor analytic and causal modelling in such diverse fields as sociology, education, psychology, economics, management and medical sciences. In addition to an extension of its application area, Structural Equation Modelling also features a continual renewal and extension of its theoretical background. The sixteen contributions to this book, written by experts from many countries, present important new developments and interesting applications in Structural Equation Modelling. The book addresses methodologists and statisticians professionally dealing with Structural Equation Modelling to enhance their knowledge of the type of models covered and the technical problems involved in their formulation. In addition, the book offers applied researchers new ideas about the use of Structural Equation Modeling in solving their problems. Finally, methodologists, mathematicians and applied researchers alike are addressed, who simply want to update their knowledge of recent approaches in data analysis and mathematical modelling.


International Business

International Business

Author: Marios I. Katsioloudes

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 724

ISBN-13: 0750679832

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'International Business' covers international business issues from a multinational perspective. Each chapter features the reverse perspective case that provides material for discussion and/or case analysis from a global perspective not necessarily that of the US.


Learning Rates of Electric Vehicles

Learning Rates of Electric Vehicles

Author: Andreas Zerfaß

Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing

Published: 2017-11-01

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 3960671776

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Governments of many countries consider the electrification of individual passenger transport as a suitable strategy to decrease oil dependency and reduce transport-related carbon dioxide (CO2) and air pollutant emissions. However, battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles (PHEVs) have been more expensive than their conventional counterparts and suffer from relatively short electric driving ranges, which still hampers the market potential of these vehicles. Despite persisting shortfalls, mechanisms such as technological learning and economics of scale promise to improve the techno-economic performance of BEVs and PHEVs in the short- to mid-term. Here, the author seeks to obtain insight into the techno-economic prospects of BEVs and PHEVs by: (i) establishing experience curves and (ii) quantifying user costs and the costs of mitigating carbon dioxide and air pollutant emissions in a time-series analysis. The analysis captures the situation in Germany between 2010 and 2016.


Fundamentals of Automotive and Engine Technology

Fundamentals of Automotive and Engine Technology

Author: Konrad Reif

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-06-16

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 3658039728

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Hybrid drives and the operation of hybrid vehicles are characteristic of contemporary automotive technology. Together with the electronic driver assistant systems, hybrid technology is of the greatest importance and both cannot be ignored by today’s car drivers. This technical reference book provides the reader with a firsthand comprehensive description of significant components of automotive technology. All texts are complemented by numerous detailed illustrations.