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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
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
EU Ministers Agree Mobile Data Price Cap, Reject Wider Reforms
Europe's national telecom ministers have consented to European Commission plans to further cap roaming data and SMS charges, but have stood up against a wider package of telecom reforms. France via Reuters said the various ministers had agreed to reduce cross-border data from the current average ?2.05 per megabyte...
Tags: Minister, Mobile, SMS, European Union, Telephony, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Networking, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Legal, Regulatory, Robert Andrews
External links 2008-11-27
EU and social networks form anti-bullying pact
The European Commission and 17 social networks in Europe have agreed a pact to protect teenagers and children from cyber-bullying and breaches of privacy. The commission says the agreement will help protect under-18s from harassment and the ?grooming’ of children by adults for sexual abuse. Members of the European...
Tags: Pact, Network, European Union, Safer Internet Day, Internet, Social Networking, Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, MySpace, Bebo, Facebook, European Commission (EC), Jasper Jackson, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
Articles 2009-02-11
SKYPOSTAL NETWORKS, INC. Wall Street Analyst Forum's 20th Annual Institutional Investor Conference Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionUnidentified Participant inaudible. Albert Hernandez No. By 2013, all EU members, European Union members, about 26 countries must deregulate their market. So far UK, Holland, Germany, most of the larger countries have. The CIS countries are in the process, but this is a mandate. If you are in...
Tags: Valuation, U.S. Postal Service, Investor, European Union, CIS Country, Parcels, Investment, Finance, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-03-26
Philip Morris International, Inc., Q1 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from the line of Christine Farkas of Merrill Lynch. Christine Farkas - Merrill Lynch Thank you very much. Good morning Hermann. Hermann Waldemer Good morning, Christine. Christine Farkas - Merrill Lynch I am looking at the EU I respect your comments...
Tags: Philip Morris USA, Germany, France, Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Poland, Call Transcript, Earnings, European Union, Marlboro, Managerial Accounting, Branding, Finance, Marketing, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-04-23
Google Will Seek EU Publishers' Permission For U.S. Books Project
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) will ask European book publishers’ permission before making their works available to U.S. users, in a bid to stay on the right side of EU states’ copyright law. Google confirmed to paidContent:UK in a statement that it will digitize either the full text or excerpts from...
Tags: U.S., Google Inc., Permission, European Union, Advertising & Promotion, Corporate Governance, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Legal, Regulatory, EC, Media & Publishing, Books, Companies, Google, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-07
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
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 Maastricht Inflation Criterion: How Unpleasant Is Purgatory?
The Maastricht inflation criterion, designed in the early 1990s to bring "High-inflation" EU countries in line with "low-inflation" countries prior to the introduction of the euro, poses challenges for both new EU member countries and the European Central Bank. While the criterion has positively influenced the public stance toward low...
Tags: IMF, Criterion, European Union, Currency & Foreign Exchange, Benefits, Strategy, Finance, Human Resources, Management
White papers 2006-06-01
EU Emergency and Crisis Co-ordination Arrangements
This remit follows that in the Hague Programme (point 2.4), which called for the establishment of an integrated EU arrangement for crisis management with cross-border effects ICMA to be implemented at the latest by 1 July 2006. The need for improved EU emergency and crisis co-ordination arrangements has also been...
Tags: European Union, Crisis Management
White papers 2005-12-08
Civilian Crisis Management
The Union has decided to develop the civilian aspects of crisis management in four priority areas defined by the Feira European Council in June 2000: police, strengthening of the rule of law, strengthening civilian administration and civil protection. The specific capabilities in these four fields could be used in the...
Tags: European Union, Union, Crisis Management
White papers
Action Plan for Civilian Aspects of ESDP
The European Security Strategy recognises that in these times security challenges have to be tackled with the full spectrum of EU capabilities and resources. The EU needs to be more active, more coherent and more capable. Drawing on experience to date of civilian crisis management and lessons learned, the EU...
Tags: Action Plan, European Union, European Security Strategy, Crisis Management
White papers 2004-06-17
Foreign Direct Investment And Integration: Lessons For CEECs
This paper studies empirically the impact of economic and monetary integration on Foreign Direct Investment FDI.It is shown that a country joining the European Union EU could benefit from additional inward FDI from EU members and other OECD countries. Monetary integration also generates increasing FDI inside the euro zone and...
Tags: Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, Integration, University Of Paris, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance
White papers 2004-03-29
Vertical Intra-Industry Trade And Foreign Direct Investment In East Asia
As economic integration in East Asia progresses, trade patterns within the region are displaying an ever-greater complexity: Though inter-industry trade still accounts for the majority, its share in overall trade is declining. This paper set out to measure and examines vertical intra-industry trade patterns in the East Asian region and...
Tags: Foreign Direct Investment, European Union, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Currency & Foreign Exchange, Investment, Finance
White papers 2003-01-01
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