Managing Economies, Trade and International Business by O'Connor, Aidan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Managing Economies, Trade and International Business

Contents List of Tables List of Figures List of Abbreviations Notes on the Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction

Managing economies Managing trade Managing international business Focus and format

Part I Economic Growth and Sustainable Development

1 Population, Specialized Occupations and Semi-Endogenous Growth

A model of growth due to gains from specialization The production sector: the final-good sector The production sector: the intermediate-good sector The household sector Equilibrium analysis Proposition 1 Welfare and its implementation Proposition 2 Proposition 3 Proposition 4 Proposition 5 Conclusion Notes

2 Investment in Human Capital, Migration and Economic Growth

Human capital competencies and firms Sectoral level employment in the European Union Demand for qualifications in the European Union Investment in education and further training and educational attainment Participation rates and returns to education Migration of labour Migration in the European Union Policy on migration from outside the European Union Migration of students The effects of migration on countries Conclusion Notes

3 Technological Innovation and Divergence in Economic Growth

Divergence in factor productivity levels A model of the velocity of technological assimilation among groups of countries Introducing the world economy Introducing firms, competencies and productivity Optimization process of countries and firms Divergence among groups of countries with identical availability of technology Conclusion Notes

4 Tax Competition

The race to the bottom Conclusion Notes

5 The Evolving Role of Industry in European Union Environmental Governance

Business roles in European governance Classical context of environmental policy directed at the automobile sector The Auto-Oil programme Outcome of the Auto-Oil experiment ACEA Voluntary agreement Outcome of the ACEA voluntary agreement Conclusion Notes

6 Opportunities for Firms in Reducing Greenhouse Gases through the Kyoto Protocol Flexibility Mechanisms

The scientific aspect of climate change The shift from scientific analysis to economic assessment The political choice of mitigation or adaptation Economically efficient flexibility mechanisms to achieve targets Project-based mechanisms Cap-and-trade mechanisms The benefits of a system of emissions trading Conclusion Notes

7 Water Resources and Business – Supply, Demand and Security

Trends in freshwater availability Trends and issues in demand Supply, demand and security Water usage and resources Water and business Water metrics and eco-efficiency Conclusion Notes

Part II Trade, Law and Regulation

8 Foreign Direct Investment and Developing Economies

Internationalization, foreign direct investment and local factors Recent trends in foreign direct investment Foreign direct investment and its determinants in the world economy Conclusion Notes

9 Basel II and Banking in Emerging and Other Developing Economies

10 Antidumping, Countervailing Duties and Non-Market Economies

11 Trade and Customs Management: the Increasing Importance of Rules of Origin

Obstacles to trade – an overview Determination of the applicable duties The increasing importance of rules of origin The relationship between rules of origin and origin marking Trade and customs management Conclusion Notes

12 Technical Regulations in Agricultural Trade Agreements between the European Union and Central American Countries

13 The European Court of Justice’s Jurisprudence on the Right of Review of Customs Authorities’ Decisions

Part III Competitive and Managerial Issues in International Business

14 Intellectual Property Rights as a Means of Competitiveness

15 Considerations for Trade of Terms of Sales, Documentary Collections and Documentary Credits

International commercial terms1 Aims of parties to a business transaction Documentary collections Uniform rules for collections Documentary credits Uniform customs and practice for documentary credits Main features of and parties to a documentary credit Conclusion Notes

16 Knowledge as a Guiding Principle in the Organization of International Marketing Departments in Service Firms

Design of a marketing department organization Marketing orientation Brand management Relationship marketing perspective Guiding principles for organizing international marketing Conclusion Notes

17 Managing International Projects through Virtual Communications

Teams Virtual teams Intercultural factors Technical specifications for virtual communications Technical specifications of virtual meetings Issues with virtual communications Conclusion Notes

18 Futurescope 2020: Global Management Support Systems in the Knowledge Age

Data, information and knowledge in the knowledge age Decision support systems in the knowledge age The global organization in the knowledge age Decision-making in the global organization An integrated global management support system for the future Implications for management Conclusion Notes

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