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What "Open Skies" Means for U.S. Airlines
You've probably heard a great deal of talk about the wonders of Open Skies between the US and European Union. It officially went into effect March 30, and now the world is a different place . . . right? Well, not really. From the European...
Tags: European Union, Heathrow, Brett Snyder, Agreement, Airline
Blog posts 2008-03-31
The EC-Cambodia Country Strategy Paper 2004-2006
Cambodia is still in the process of emerging from a severely traumatic post-crisis situation. Violence, domestic and public, remains endemic. Weak law enforcement exacerbates the situation, resulting in significant impunity, fuelled by corruption. Although important steps have been taken to establish a multi-party democracy and to address governance and human...
Tags: European Union, Cambodia, Strategy, Management
White papers 2004-12-20
The Interplay Between Foreign Direct Investment, Security And European Integration
A bi-directional relationship between FDI Foreign Direct Investment and economic reforms in ten Central European countries is tested, along with the role of the EU in breaking a potential vicious circle of insecurity, little investment, slow reforms, low prospects of EU European Union membership and hence high insecurity. Using panel...
Tags: Security, Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, Integration, University Of Kent, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance
White papers 2005-11-23
The EU Eastern Enlargement And FDI: The Implications From A Neoclassical Growth Model
This paper studies how the EU European Union Eastern enlargement can affect the economies of the old and the new EU members and the non-acceded countries in the context of a multi-country neoclassical growth model where Foreign Direct Investment FDI is subject to border costs. The authors assume that in...
Tags: Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, University Of Alicante, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance
White papers 2005-11-17
Public Procurement And EU Tendering Directives-Explaining Non-Compliance
Ever since the adoption in the 1970s, compliance with the EU tendering directives has been problematic. Many studies have reported on the effectiveness of the directives, mostly in terms of impact on the openness of public procurement and the impact on cross-border trade. However, relatively little work has been undertaken...
Tags: Compliance, Procurement, Directive, European Union, Open Universiteit Nederland
White papers 2006-05-14
The Contribution Of Good Environmental Regulation To Competitiveness
In the context of the current EU focus on growth and jobs, this paper reviews the evidence on the links between environmental regulation and competitiveness. It finds that a modern approach to regulation can: Reduce costs for industry and business; Create markets for environmental goods and services; Drive innovation; Reduce...
Tags: Competitiveness, European Union, Regulations, Government
White papers 2005-11-01
Foreign Direct Investment In The Enlarged EU: Do Taxes Matter And To What Extent?
Foreign direct investment is of increasing importance in the European Union. This paper estimates the effect of taxes on Foreign Direct Investment FDI flows and on three sub-components of these flows for the countries of the enlarged European Union. The model in the spirit of gravity equations robustly explains FDI...
Tags: Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Taxes, Finance, Financial Planning
White papers 2006-04-18
Costs, Risks, And Contracting Strategies For European Union Traceability Requirements
A stochastic simulation was developed to determine the marginal cost and a testing strategy test location and test intensity for an integrator conforming to the European Union traceability. Integrator's cost, the United States' risks, and premiums were determined for export of non-genetically modified (non-GM) wheat from the United States to...
Tags: European Union, Integrator, Testing Strategy, Strategy, Management
White papers 2004-08-01
Relocation: How Far Can Trade Unions Go To Prevent Businesses Going Elsewhere For Cheap Labour?
Opportunities for European businesses to take advantage of the cheaper labour available in the EU accession states were challenged recently in the European Court Of Justice ECJ by a landmark case. International Transport Workers Federation and another v Viking Line demonstrated the conflict between two fundamental rights enshrined in EU...
Tags: Trade Union, Reed Business Information, European Union
White papers 2008-02-04
The Impact Of Council's Internal Decision-Making Rules On The Future EU
This paper deals with the voting rules in the EU Council. Both internal and external impact of the voting rules is evaluated. Internal impact affects the distribution of power among the member states and external impact affects power relations between the main decision-making bodies in the EU. One of the...
Tags: Decision-making, Impact, European Union, Tools & Techniques, Management
White papers 2008-01-01
The Impact Of The Euro On The Automobile Industry
One of the most debated aspects of the EU in recent years has been the acceptance of the Euro. The Euro has further united many EU countries and has given them an ability to use an integrated monetary system that has tended to be exceptionally stable, valued highly, and liked...
Tags: Associated Content, Euro, European Union, Management, Strategy
White papers 2007-02-20
EU To Cap Cross-Border SMS At 11 Euro Cents Each
We already knew that European Union telecom ministers are meeting Thursday to discuss price caps on cross-border text messaging and mobile web surfing, but now we know some of the actual prices they are going to set. According to the International Herald Tribune, which has seen a copy of...
Tags: Mobile, European Union, Telephony, Telecom & Utilities, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dianne See Morrison
External links 2008-11-26
Trade Integration, Firm Selection And The Costs Of Non-Europe
In models with heterogeneous firms trade integration has a positive impact on aggregate productivity through the selection of the best firms as import competition drives the least productive ones out of the market. To quantify the impact of firm selection a multi-country multi-sector model with monopolistic competition and variable markups...
Tags: Selection, European Union, Integration, University Of Bologna
White papers 2006-01-15
Determinants Of Foreign Direct Investment: Empirical Evidence From EU Accession Candidates
This paper examines bilateral Foreign Direct Investments FDI between the members of the European Union and eight Central and East European Candidate CEEC economies in transition, awaiting accession into the European Union EU. Cross-section data were obtained for Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, and Slovenia for...
Tags: Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance
White papers 2004-03-09
EU Productivity And Competitiveness: An Industry Perspective
Since the mid 1990s the average growth rates of real GDP Gross Domestic Product, labour productivity and total factor productivity in the European Union have fallen behind those in the United States. What makes this remarkable is that this is the first time since World War II that these performance...
Tags: European Commission, European Union, Gross Domestic Product, Human Resources, Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Workforce Management
White papers 2006-12-10
Human Capital in the Central and Eastern European Countries
The enlargement of the EU towards the East has brought about much better opportunities and chances for investment for the Austrian economy. This holds for the new EU member states as well as for those that will become members in the near future. Yet, one can expect a simultaneous boost...
Tags: Training, Austria, European Union, Human Capital, Workforce Management, Training And Certification, Human Resources
White papers 2005-11-01
Mergers and Acquisitions and Bank Performance in Europe: The Role of Strategic Similarities
An unprecedented process of financial consolidation has taken place in the European Union over the past decade. Building on earlier US evidence, one examines the impact of strategic similarities between bidders and targets on post-merger financial performance. This paper finds that, on average, bank mergers in the European Union resulted...
Tags: Bank, Merger, Financial, M&A, European Union, European Central Bank, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance
White papers 2004-10-01
Effects of Customs Union With European Union on the Market Structure and Pricing Behaviour of Turkish Manufacturing Industry
Turkey established a customs union with European Union in 1996 in accordance with the Association Agreement signed in 1963. The main aim of the study presented in this paper is to analyse the effect of that customs union on the market structure and pricing behaviour in the Turkish manufacturing industry....
Tags: Pricing Strategy, European Union, Customs Union, Pricing, Marketing Research, Marketing
White papers 2004-09-01
Anonymous Sarbanes-Oxley Hotlines in the E.U.: Practical Compliance Guidance for Global Companies
SOX requires an anonymous method for employees to report concerns related to accounting and financial matters and the adoption of a code of ethical conduct designed to promote prompt reporting of code violations. Many U.S. companies maintain subsidiaries and employees in the European Union where the anonymous hotlines and other...
Tags: Financial, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Compliance, European Union, Sarbanes-Oxley, Regulatory Compliance, Regulations, Disaster Recovery, Financial Accounting, Government, Finance, Human Resources, Policies And Procedures, Data Management
White papers 2005-08-01
Online Pricing and the Euro Changeover: Cross-Country Comparison
This paper studies the impact of the Euro on prices charged by online retailers within the EU. The data spans the period before and after the Euro was introduced, covers a variety of products, and includes countries inside and outside of the Eurozone. The main finding is that the Euro...
Tags: Changeover, University Of Cambridge, Pricing Strategy, European Union, Retail, Pricing, E-business/E-Commerce, Marketing Research, Marketing, Internet
White papers 2002-10-15
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