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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Free trade zone"”.
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Analysis of an international distribution hub for fast moving consumer goods
… center. By adding hub capability in the Colon Free Trade Zone, our model determined that the lowest cost could be achieved using a "Hybrid" solution, where some channels flowed through the hub and others were shipped direct. This network design would result in a 4.4% reduction in annual …
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Imagen Ponce : public and private interests in the design of a free zone within the Port of Ponce, Puerto Rico
… and spatial requirements that would allow a free trade zone to operate efficiently within the Port of Ponce. The form of this economic enterprise is seen as an integration of the industrial machine and the city's urban fabric. Layers of physical forms generated from past economic programs …
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THE CEMENT OF INTEREST: INTERSTATE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, INTERSTATE COMMERCE, AND THE TRANSITION FROM THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION TO THE CONSTITUTION, 1783-1786
… interstate tariffs impeded domestic commerce and free trade with foreign countries threatened to undermine America’s economic independence. These two problems suggested a dual solution: free and equal trade within the U.S. and a national tariff to protect American industries from foreign …
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Les enjeux de la distribution géographique des flux conteneurisés canadiens sur l'espace terrestre nord-américain
… flows and an assessment of the concept of trade diversion in the context of the North American free trade zone. Data are drawn from a commercial source that allow the competitive structure of the flows to be determined. The geographical dynamics of the traffic are examined from the …
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Trade Liberalization and the Environment: A Study of NAFTA's Impact in El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico
… a clearer understanding of relationships between trade liberalization and environmental quality in a free trade zone along an international border, between countries unevenly matched in development and infrastructure. Specifically, it examines whether theories of environmental degradation provide …
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The architecture of water infrastructures : strategies for urban growth in the Haitian-Dominican border
… and underexplored landscapes of the border zone between Haiti and the Dominican Republic has become a promising frontier for capital accumulation, attracting industrial activity to the island's overlooked regions. This thesis focuses on the most populous border crossing in the island, where …
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Sustainable business strategies with policy-driven economies
… facilitate a smooth capital flow in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, while promoting new initiatives such as the Stock Connect and One Belt One Road. The action of the government has since stabilized a continuously devaluated Renminbi and increased the alarmingly low level of foreign reserve. On the …
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Trends in the factor markets and their effects on labour absorption: A study on the Sri Lankan manufacturing industry
… the 1990s. Capital intensity in the private free trade zone (FTZ) sector shows somewhat declining trend while it has increased in the private non-FTZ sector after 1996 and the public sector throughout the1990s. The real wage behaviour throughout the reform period was found to be not …
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Factores sociales y económicos y la localización de empresas en el área metropolitana de Costa Rica: ¿existe una relación?
La presente investigación pretende analizar la relación de factores sociales y económicos con la localización de las empresas en los cantones pertenecientes al área metropolitana costarricense a través de herramientas estadísticas y econométricas para el periodo comprendido en los años 2008 a …