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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"Trade associations"”.
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The politics of regulation: multifirm trade associations in telecommunications policy-making.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Political Science. Thesis. 1974. Ph.D.
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Trade Associations and the Strategic Framing of Change in Contested Issue Organizational Fields: The Evolution of Sustainability in the Canadian Mining Industry, 1993-2013
… in Canadian Mining, I demonstrate how trade associationswhich occupy an intermediary position between incumbents and challengers in a fieldengage in the strategic framing of field-level change through interactions with both internal (incumbent) and external (challenger) audiences. Using …
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Eating Edo, sensing Japan: food branding and market culture in late Tokugawa Japan, 1780-1868
… eighteenth century, wholesalers in Edo formed trade associations to secure the shipments of various commodities from origins of production. They paid fees to the bakufu (military government) for the protection of their rights to handle commodities and trade channels; the bakufu required them to …
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Managing multi-tiered suppliers in the high-tech industry
… software companies, the computer industry, trade associations, and analyst firms among others. While our review found that many companies begin supplier relationship management after sourcing events, we show that managing suppliers should start as companies form their competitive strategy. …
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Corporate political responsibility and climate change : exploring barriers to strategy alignment among major U.S. food and beverage companies
… change policy, such as lobbying or belonging to trade associations that seek to prevent climate action. Amidst growing calls for corporations to take greater responsibility for their political contributions, this thesis examines the barriers climate-leading companies face in aligning their CSR …
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Trade association strategies for providing technology intelligence to small and medium sized enterprises - A study of UK technology foresight processes
… and hence retain or even increase business. A Trade Association exists to represent the interests of its members. One way that this can be realized is by provision of technical information to its members to support raising the technical content of their members’ products or services. The …
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Military applications of geological engineering
… training or "OJT" program with practice-based trade-associations that has narrow government-only utility. The premise is formed by decades-long observation of U. S. Army military engineer officers completing a Master of Science degree in geological engineering as a complement to their …
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Identifying Impact Factors on Successful Exporting of the United States Hardwood Industries to Mexico, Asia, and Europe
… the Mexico market. Efforts are needed from U.S. trade associations to better identify the Mexican market segments, sources of market demand, and credit opportunities for US sawmills.
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Issues affecting utilization of the European Union’s Generalised System of Preference (GSP)
… thus enabling their economies to grow through trade. Krugman (1987). This thesis considers historical data to establish the main issues that influence the utilization of GSP; including application of GSP, academic theory in relation to the use of GSP and other preferential trade agreements such …
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The adoption of Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) technology by the UK manufacturing base
… and supporting activity from supply-companies, trade associations, user-groups and professional and educational institutions. Only once adoption has reached a 'critical mass' can it be assumed that a self-sustaining market will result.
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Towards Positive Social Change: the evolution of transformation in the South African Financial Services sector
… from industry, government, black business, trade associations, labour and NGOs, the study reveals a number of issues: a deliberate attempt to leverage the capabilities and competitive forces in the industry to drive change; contestation within government over this approach; and a desire to …
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An Examination of Appalachian Forest Products Exports
… assistance from multiple government agencies, trade associations, and most importantly from their customers. While the largest export market continues to be Canada, little information is available on other businesses purchasing Appalachian hardwood lumber, indicating the need for more research …
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Reluctant realists: the Pacific Northwest lumber industry, federal labor standards and union legislation during the New Deal
… competitors through the promotion of voluntary trade associations failed because of the absence of enforcement mechanisms within the associational structure. The National Recovery Administration (NRA) similarly failed to provide a disciplined framework for competition in the region because the …
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The Legal Authority of Non-State Rules: Application in International Commercial Contracts
… rules are general principles of law, practices, trade usages, and custom. They have a customary origin. Codified non-state rules are model laws, restatements of law, standard terms and conditions, and guidelines. They are created by international organisations and trade associations. Non-state …
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The politics of health taxes: Understanding the power and influence of the food and alcohol industries in New Zealand
… Source materials were websites, industry trade journals, news articles, policy documents and information obtained through Official Information Act requests. I conducted 19 interviews with political elites directly involved in decision-making processes related to the two policy domains and …
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Complete "and" cooperate through industry cluster public policy : a Connecticut case
… of competition in the global economy, possible trade-offs among activated clusters, difference between cluster organizations and trade associations, possible mismatch between political and economic boundaries, mechanism to align related departments, and merit of choosing the industry cluster …
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Impact of quick response technology based attributes on consumer satisfaction/dissatisfaction among female apparel consumers
… and the results of the study could help industry trade associations adjust their strategy for potential QRT adopters and promote QR implementation efficiently, and help retailers do strategic planning when they implement QRT.
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Manpower and military conscription in Acton, 1916-1918
… departments, the military authorities, trade associations, employers, the local populace, family members and the appellants themselves were often difficult for the military service tribunals to resolve. This thesis shows that home front imperatives were a fundamental aspect of the …
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EXAMINING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ABUNDANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF SORGHUM (Sorghum Bicolor [L.] Moench): AN ANALYSIS OF THE WEST SAHEL OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
… sorghum markets and establishment of local trade associations. Future inquiries can be further focused on more localized investigations that further develop the description of the location–specific variables impacting sorghum production and the nature of their influence on sorghum yield in …
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Institutional and Social Factors Influencing Informal Sector Activity in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Nigerian Case Study
… in the IS; the finding about the role of trade associations; and the new understanding about the collaborative dimension of corruption in the context of IS practice, represent a significant contribution of this study. These contributions are valuable not just in terms of creating new …
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