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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Local suppliers"”.
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Consumption of furniture and furnishings for the home in the West Midlands using local suppliers 1760-1860
Using a framework of design history and theories of consumption, the production, ownership and use of furniture and furnishings is examined, to obtain an understanding of the material culture of the home, its physical reality and cultural meaning. Homes during the period 1760-1860 are the focus for …
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Mediating regional development : how metalworking firms forged lasting linkages with steel in Ciudad, Guayana, Venezuela
… with the expectation that they will trigger local industrial activity. According to the literatures on unbalanced growth, growth poles, foreign direct investment, and global commodity chains, large firms can dynamize lagging economies by creating a market for inputs, which then stimulates and …
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Development of a design and evaluation framework for supplier cities
… unavoidable: identifying and developing capable, local suppliers. In developing markets suppliers often lack the cutting edge technology, processes, and management methodologies driving the world's best businesses. The ability to identify and develop, relocate or build suppliers with World-Class …
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Volkswagen Cars, Politics, and Culture in the Post-1978 China: The Social Construction of Success
… material actors, including the central planners, local government, VW, local suppliers, Chinese consumers, and VW cars, and depended on Chinese particular political and cultural context; VW’s success in China presents a story of co-construction of power and actor-networks.
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The fragmentation of political risk and MNCs' supply chain linkages
… risk causes MNCs to increase their use of local suppliers, with particularly strong effects among those that are (1) more vulnerable to political risk, and (2) have a greater capacity to adopt linkages, in general. These findings qualify research on the political determinants of FDI by …
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Factors Behind Construction Companies' Purchasing Decisions of Wood Products and Insight into how Local (In-State) Wood Product Suppliers can have a Bigger Market Impact
… industry have a wide range of choices of suppliers for the company's needs in building materials. Local (in-state) suppliers within key southern states have issues gaining market share within the construction sectors. Construction companies often outsource their purchase of wood products …
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The Environmental History of the National Grid The Process of Electrification: Infrastructure and Influence
… electricity to workplaces, causing a shift from local suppliers to national coordination. Consequences for pollution, its visual impact on rural and urban landscapes, and an unparalleled and rapid intrusion on property rights were considered at the time. It was these effects that were the most …
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Local content requirements and industrial development : economic analysis and cost modeling of the automotive supply chain
… in developing nations, focusing on the role of local content requirements. It proposes a theoretical framework to understand the impact of this policy on the decisions of firms and the welfare of the domestic economy, and offers a methodology to apply the analysis to the context of the …
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Towards a Framework for Regulating the Sustainability of Mine Hospitals: A Legal Perspective
… income in mine-affected communities and boost local economic activities. Additionally, mining companies can promote local procurement by purchasing goods and services needed for their mine hospitals from local suppliers. Notwithstanding the positive socio-economic impacts of mine hospitals in …
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Moving Boxes Closer to Home: The Role of SYSCO Corporation in Food System Localization
Increasing demand for local food by foodservice establishments creates new opportunities and challenges for the local food movement. While there is considerable potential for local suppliers to sell more product volume closer to home, the business needs of foodservice establishments may not be …
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Moving Boxes Closer to Home: The Role of SYSCO Corporation in Food System Localization
Increasing demand for local food by foodservice establishments creates new opportunities and challenges for the local food movement. While there is considerable potential for local suppliers to sell more product volume closer to home, the business needs of foodservice establishments may not be …
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The Role of Intermediary Firms in Pakistan’s Integration into Automotive Global Production Networks
… where lead firms delegate regional production to local Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) through licensing or contractual arrangements, rather than direct investment. Through three interrelated empirical studies, this research explores how OEMs serve as critical intermediaries between global …
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Value-added tax:Analysis of the supply of cross border electronic services
… the goods and services acquired from foreign suppliers are usually offered at better prices (price excludes VAT/GST). This creates an unfair advantage for foreign suppliers over local suppliers. The problem with selling a product to a consumer over the internet is that no physical product …
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Workers' learning through inter-firm linkages in the process of globalization : lessons from the Indian automobile industry
… India. My questionnaire survey of 50 component suppliers revealed that the nature of skills has recently changed with increased emphasis on behavioral traits, resulting in considerable upskilling, particularly among workers at component suppliers. These findings markedly contrasts with the …
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Value added tax on electronic services: an explorative study on the current regulations prescribing electronic services and the proposed amendments as at 01 October 2018
… will be put in the same tax position as the local supplier. However, all of this will be dependent on domestic legislation and value thresholds in a particular jurisdiction. In the instance of cross border supplies of services supplied electronically, there is increased exposure or risks to …