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Cost uncertainty and trade liberalization in international oligopoly
1998
Abstract Trade liberalization has been shown to be unfavourable for firms of at least one country for the homogeneous goods case in an environment of certainty. We show that, in the presence of private cost information and for ex ante identical firms, oligopolistic firms will prefer to operate under free trade rather than under autarky in homogeneous goods industries provided there exists a certain degree of firms' heterogeneity and a sufficiently large amount of uncertainty. For the particular case of symmetry both in demand and industry sizes, the firms of at least one country prefer to operate under autarky rather than under free trade.
Labour Mobility in Construction: European Implications of the Laval un Partneri Dispute with Swedish Labour
2006
The accession to the European Union of new member states from central and eastern Europe, with weak trade union movements, poorly developed social dialogue and inferior working conditions, has been viewed as a threat to regulated labour standards in the EU-15. This article examines a high-profile labour dispute arising from the conditions of Latvian construction contract labour in Sweden. The dispute exposes weaknesses in the protective floor of minimum standards offered by the posted workers Directive. It also goes to the core of the debate about the preservation of a ‘European social model’ and the proposed Services Directive.
Team autonomy, organizational commitment and company performance - a study in the retail trade
2014
The study focuses on the relationship between perceived team autonomy and company performance through highlighting organizational commitment as a mediating factor in this relationship. Data collected in 2007 came from 25 small-sized companies in the retail trade, covering both the employer and employee levels (n = 369). This study aims to shed light on the following questions: first, is team autonomy associated with organizational commitment and company performance? Second, does commitment mediate the relationship between team autonomy and company performance? Results indicated that team autonomy was both directly and indirectly positively associated with company performance. Furthermore, o…
The Case for Regulating Huawei
2021
Huawei’s growth overseas has paralleled that of China Inc ( Li and Farrell, 2020 ). Through favorable policies such as the Belt and Road Initiative, China has paved the way for Chinese multinationals to capture global markets, acquire and exploit new technologies, and have privileged access to local resources. In turn, Huawei has played an important role in the development of China Inc., its technological capabilities and global diplomatic relations. But Huawei plays by a different set of rules: it has been accused of unfair and illegal practices, and for breaking international norms. This perspective explores the need for regulatory oversight of Huawei.
Приморскіе торговые порты Европейской Россіи: Бѣлое, Балтійское, Черное и Азовское моря [Приморские торговые порты Европейской России...]
1908
Содержание: 1) Введение. I. Очеркъ развитія приморскихъ торговыхъ портовъ Европейской Россіи ; II. Строительные и эксплоатаціонные расходы въ портахъ ; III. Мѣстныя Управленія приморскими торговыми портами ; 2) БѢЛОЕ МОРЕ. I. Описаніе моря, побережья и второстепенныхъ портовъ ; II. Архангельский портъ ; 3) БАЛТІЙСКОЕ МОРЕ. I. Описаніе моря, побережья и второстепенныхъ портовъ ; II. С.-Петербургскій портъ ; III. Ревельскій портъ ; IV. Рижскій портъ ; V. Виндавскій портъ ; VI. Либавскій портъ ; 4) ЧЕРНОЕ МОРЕ. I. Описаніе моря, побережья и второстепенныхъ портовъ ; II. Одесскій портъ ; III. Днѣпровско-Бугскій лиманъ, Николаевскій и Херсонскій порты ; IV. Ялтинскій портъ ; V. Ѳеодосійскій порт…
Le parti des travailleurs brésilien : de son émergence à la conquête du Planalto (1979 - 2002)
2016
The Brazilian Workers’ Party (PT) is an outstanding experience of a left-wing mass party. When it was born in 1980, many people wondered about its nature. In 2002, when Lula became the President of Brazil, this question did not deserve the same answer. The PT became bureaucratic, institutional and professional, experiencing a sort of accelerated Social-Democratization. As its starting point, this study takes the specificities of labour movement, trade unionism and the dictatorship (1964-1985) in Brazil. The PT originated in 1979-80 from mass social struggles around “authentic” trade unionists (such as Lula), left-wing Catholics, far-left activists, the left-wing intelligentsia and some “pro…
La fatigue mentale : marqueurs électrophysiologiques et stratégies de compensation
2021
Mental fatigue is a common phenomenon in modern society, causing an alteration in both cognitive and physical performances. It can lead to an increased risk of accidents, a drop in productivity, and certain disorders such as depression. The objective of this thesis work was to study this phenomenon of mental fatigue by investigating more specifically its electrophysiological markers, and to find compensatory strategies to limit and/or avoid its deleterious effects.The first study identified brain activity modulations during a prolonged modified Stroop task. An increase in theta and alpha waves, as well as a decrease in N100 and P300 amplitude reflecting a decrease in attention were observed…
La vida cotidiana de los vecinos de Manila a través de sus testamentos e inventarios de bienes
2019
With the general objective indicated in its title, this work tries to highlight relevant aspects in the continuity of the Spanish domain in the Philippines, dependent on the maintenance of the Spanish capital. The inevitable selection of topics has lead the preferences of this work towards the residents collaboration to defend the city, the conversion of many of them into traders of exotic products and singular slaves owners, and their collaboration to an incredible miscegenation due to the ethnic variety. On the other hand, to follow the footsteps of the first generation of residents in Manila, at the end of the 16th century and during the 17th century, this work gives us some information …
Estudio sobre la presencia y el uso de las urnas Cruz del Negro en las necrópolis fenicias de Andalucía
2006
En este trabajo presentamos un análisis de las urnas Cruz del legro descubiertas en las necrópolis fenicias de Andalucía. Allí son escasas, lo que contrasta con el uso que se hace de esta forma en las necrópolis tartesias. Creemos que el continuo flujo comercial entre las dos poblaciones motivó un tráfico de mercancías que favoreció la adopción de elementos funerarios en las mismas.
Correspondence between modified gravity and general relativity with scalar fields
2018
We describe a novel procedure to map the field equations of nonlinear Ricci-based metric-affine theories of gravity, coupled to scalar matter described by a given Lagrangian, into the field equations of General Relativity coupled to a different scalar field Lagrangian. Our analysis considers examples with a single and $N$ real scalar fields, described either by canonical Lagrangians or by generalized functions of the kinetic and potential terms. In particular, we consider several explicit examples involving $f(R)$ theories and the Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravity model, coupled to different scalar field Lagrangians. We show how the nonlinearities of the gravitational sector of these t…