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Bronkhorst, Evadne, Jasper Steyn, and Madeleine Stiglingh. "The Automotive Production And Development Programme: An Analysis Of The Opinions Of South African Stakeholders." Journal of Applied Business Research (JABR) 29, no. 5 (August 28, 2013): 1281. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/jabr.v29i5.8013.
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The development of a specific industry could enhance a countrys economic growth by facilitating its global positioning. Some industries may require government support to enable meaningful economic contribution. The South African government provided support to its automotive industry via the Motor Industry Development Programme (MIDP) since 1995. The MIDP ended in 2012, and is being replaced by the Automotive Production and Development Programme (APDP) from 2013. The APDP will extend support to the South African automotive industry until 2020. The motivation for the extension is to continue providing support to South Africas automotive industry in its attempt to become a sustainable global competitor with reduced reliance on government support. This article analyses the opinions of relevant stakeholders on the anticipated performance of the South African automotive industry under the APDP. It was motivated by the fact that there is currently no research available on the anticipated performance of the South African automotive industry under the APDP. It also highlights the link between stakeholders opinions and the documented performance of the MIDP as well as the design of the APDPs policy instruments. Data was gathered by using a survey that was distributed to relevant stakeholders in the South African automotive industry. The results show that where there is policy uncertainty, the perceived risk impacts the opinions of relevant stakeholders. Consequently, there is much uncertainty among participating stakeholders regarding the APDPs ability to satisfy policy objectives. The majority of stakeholders agreed that the APDP is a World Trade Organization compliant programme and that it will facilitate increased research and development spend. However, there are reservations about the possible negative impact of the APDPs policy instruments on the South African automotive industrys exports as well as the future of the local automotive components industry. It is therefore recommended that governments should ensure that policy design is transparent and is finalised and communicated early enough to afford relevant stakeholders sufficient time to respond appropriately.
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Yusuf, Nadia, and Vivian Nasrulddin. "Employment Sustainability and Prospects of the Automotive Industry in Saudi Arabia." European Journal of Sustainable Development 10, no. 3 (October 1, 2021): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2021.v10n3p63.
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The research revolves around the automotive industry of Saudi Arabia and how the industry can be used as an opportunity towards creating more employment opportunities for the youth. A detailed discussion has been done to identify the existing problems in the concerned sector along with a brief background study. The employment opportunities and related trade conditions are also discussed. The growth prospects of the automotive industry along with the investment opportunities have been provided. In the later part of the research, recommendations for overall industry growth are mentioned. The report also contains references from reputed authors and trusted sources, which makes the report more authentic and informative. Detailed evaluation of the obtained data shows that changes in import and export rates can influence the employment market in terms of generating trade volume. Moreover, attempt to attract foreign investment through encouraging trade transactions can result in strengthening industrial growth through creating better employment opportunities.
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Koste, Lori L., and Manoj K. Malhotra. "Trade-offs among the elements of flexibility: a comparison from the automotive industry." Omega 28, no. 6 (December 2000): 693–710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0305-0483(00)00027-x.
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Moodley, Sagren. "Steering in uncertain territory: E-Business, globalisation and the South African automotive components industry." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 5, no. 1 (March 31, 2002): 123–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v5i1.2668.
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Significant and sustainable growth of the South African automotive components industry is contingent upon its ability to compete in a global, e-business-enabled operating environment. The key challenge facing the South African automotive component industry today is one of connectedness to global trade networks, the generation of export volumes and industrial upgrading in global-scale value chains. The domestic components industry will need to leverage e-business for supply chain management and to take part in global trade networks, thus making it urgent for firms to develop IT capabilities. By not making the transition to e-business, component firms may be placing themselves at risk of becoming less competitive in the globally interconnected market, impacting on both their current market positions and long-term viability. If this were to happen, it would have adverse development implications for the country, such as job losses, a decline in revenue growth and an eroded export base.
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Belecheanu, Roxana, Johann Riedel, and Kulwant S. Pawar. "A conceptualisation of design context to explain design trade-offs in the automotive industry." R&D Management 36, no. 5 (November 2006): 517–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9310.2006.00451.x.
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Uruchurtu, Gustavo A. "The New Paradigms for the Rule of Origin in México." Global Trade and Customs Journal 15, Issue 3/4 (March 1, 2020): 172–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/gtcj2020023.
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One of the main tools for the operation of the Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) are the Rules of Origin that allow exporters to be able to take advantage to the preferential tariffs. In the case of a Mexico, such rules were inserted in our legislation firstly, as a result of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and from there after by other trade agreements, and secondly as a tool for exempting the application of dumping duties, principally those applied to China. Mexico has undergo through a process of signing new FTA s as the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty, as well as the modernization of NAFTA that resulted in the United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement (USMCA) and the FTA with the European Unión. The former has provided for a new rule of Origin in the automotive industry that were the core of the negotiations which turned free trade into a trade administration Trade Agreement. In this article I analyse briefly the rules of origin in such agreements. USMCA, NAFTA, Automotive, CPTPP, Chemicals; Focused Value Method, FTA EU
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Goyeneche, Fabienne`, and Eugenia Laurenza. "Regulatory Cooperation in Free Trade Agreements: Perspectives from the Automotive and Information and Communication Technology Sectors." Global Trade and Customs Journal 12, Issue 11/12 (December 1, 2017): 433–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/gtcj2017058.
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Whereas international trade agreements have traditionally focused on reducing and progressively removing tariffs that increase the costs of international trade transactions, as tariffs have come down after successive rounds of tariff negotiations as well as sectorial agreements to eliminate them all together, attention has progressively shifted towards regulatory obstacles in the form of non-tariff measures (NTMs). This contribution aims at showing why regulatory cooperation, the objective of which is to reduce obstacles to trade caused by regulatory divergence between different markets worldwide, is crucial for exporters and how it can be defined and applied in free trade agreements (FTAs). The different forms of regulatory cooperation within FTAs and their evolution in recent years with the emergence of ‘new generation’ FTAs is analysed from the perspective of two sectors: the automotive industry and information and communication technology goods.
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KRÄTZIG, OLIVER, VALERIA FRANZKOWIAK, and NATHALIE SICK. "MULTI-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE TO FACILITATE SUSTAINABLE TRANSITIONS — A PATHWAY FOR GERMAN OEMS TOWARDS ELECTRIC VEHICLES." International Journal of Innovation Management 23, no. 08 (December 2019): 1940006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1363919619400061.
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Sustainable transitions within industrial branches are a complex problem since they involve emerging technologies, as well as cultural, market and policy-related changes. Recent studies emphasise the need for analytical approaches that not only do justice to this complexity by reflecting relevant trends and determinants, but also reveal insights that are intuitive enough to be implemented without major effort. Aiming at addressing this trade-off, we pursue a strategic analytical procedure that links external factors from multi-level perspective and internal, company-specific dynamic capabilities. We draw on expert interviews and subsequent qualitative analytical evaluation to obtain insights regarding individual motives, visions and boundary conditions of actors from the German automotive industry. Our contribution is both conceptually and practically important, as it unveils manifestations of significant dynamic capabilities and provides recommendations for change managers and policy makers leading to successful, sustainable transition in the automotive industry.
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Bondan Prabowo, Satriya Candra, and Rini Safitri. "Analysis of Working Capital Management in Automotive Industry Sector Listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange." Management and Economic Journal (MEC-J) 5, no. 1 (April 26, 2021): 67–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.18860/mec-j.v5i1.8802.
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This study aims to determine the analysis of working capital management in automotive industry sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange. The object of the study consisted of 12 companies included in the automotive industry sector which were listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2014 to 2018. The results showed that the average collection period, inventory collection period, average payment period, and cash conversion cycle showed fluctuating results during the study period . The less time it takes for a company to collect receivables, the more liquid a company is. While the less time needed to convert raw materials into finished goods shows good results because the inventory will not be too long in the warehouse so that it will reduce costs. The average payment period is relative for each company. That's because every company has a debt agreement with a certain period. The less time needed by the company since the raw materials purchased are paid until the trade receivables from the sale are billed, the better for the company because the faster the time needed to turn money into goods and into cash back which will increase company profits.
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Drelich-Skulska, Bogusława, and Sebastian Bobowski. "Intra-industry trade and implications of the European Union-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement from the perspective of the automotive industry." Entrepreneurial Business and Economics Review 9, no. 2 (2021): 183–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.15678/eber.2021.090212.
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Las Heras, Jon. "International Political Economy of Labour and collective bargaining in the automotive industry." Competition & Change 22, no. 3 (March 23, 2018): 313–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1024529418764350.
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This article shows how International Political Economy of Labour (IPEL) approaches can be fruitful in the study of working class and institutional transformation in contemporary capitalism. It draws from an analysis of variegated union strategies in the Mercedes-Benz-Vitoria Global Value Chain (MBV-GVC), located in the autonomous community of the Basque Country (north Spain). More concretely, it explains how the recurring adoption of micro-corporatist strategies at the car assembly plant undermined and fragmented working conditions whilst, in sharp contrast, the adoption of confrontational strategies in supplier companies led to the empowerment of the workforce, increasing salaries of new entrants well above new assembly workers’. This occurred parallel to Basque unions’ challenge of prevailing institutionalised forms of collective bargaining, especially by questioning the power that Provincial Metal Sector Agreements have in the regulation of salaries and working conditions of medium and small (non-unionised) companies. Thus, in exploring how Spanish and Basque trade unions’ strategies produced different institutional settings, this article argues that IPEL approaches are helpful in providing complex and nuanced accounts of the uneven development of capitalism as a result of labour’s agency.
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Errico, Marco, Ivan De Noni, and Claudio Teodori. "SMEs’ financial risks in supply chain trade with large companies: The case of Italian automotive component industry." Journal of General Management 47, no. 2 (December 27, 2021): 126–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03063070211027139.
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Becoming a supplier of large companies is traditionally considered to be positive for small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) competitiveness. Small businesses can take several advantages by joining supply chain trade with large companies such as scale efficiency and productivity as well as technological and managerial abilities, product and process innovation, market positioning, and reputation. However, not everything is convenient per se. The subcontracting by large companies might provide some financial criticalities that need to be faced and properly managed by SMEs to exploit supply chain benefits without affecting financial stability and losing competitiveness. In this direction, the literature on supply chain finance has recently focused on financial issues related to working capital optimization in terms of accounts payable, receivable, and inventories. Adopting this perspective, the study contributes to a better understanding of SMEs’ financial constraints in supply chains driven by large companies by investigating a sample of small Italian firms, which operate in the metal casting industry and by comparing firms joining and not joining the automotive supply chain.
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Kasztalska, Anastazja Magdalena. "INNOVATIVE METHODS OF MARKETING MANAGEMENT OF LUXURY BRANDS FOR EXAMPLE GUCCI'S COLLABORATION WITH THE FIAT COMPANY." CBU International Conference Proceedings 4 (September 20, 2016): 006–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.12955/cbup.v4.736.
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Branding is a basic and necessary tool in marketing. Recognizable brands develop international trade, cooperation, and exchange of goods. Of late, luxury brands have entered a new level of marketing and customer interaction, whereas, previously, brands specializing in one sector of the economy, generally ignored others. Gucci is a luxury brand that has recently teamed up with FIAT, a company with a completely different profile to that of manufacturing in the apparel industry. The aim of this study was to establish whether customers buying products from Gucci were interested in its collaboration with the automotive industry and whether the Gucci brand had become more recognizable because of this cooperation. The conclusions were somewhat remarkable, with the Fiat 500, a product combining reliability and beautiful design, continuing to be immensely popular. In addition, the cooperation of both brands has brought large profits and a significant increase in awareness of both companies. Undoubtedly, the innovative marketing method of designing a new car model, in collaboration with a luxury brand, brings awareness to both brands. Further studies are likely regarding this unprecedented case of cooperation between a brand of luxury clothing and one of an automotive company.
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Qamar, Amir, Mark A. Hall, Daniel Chicksand, and Simon Collinson. "Quality and flexibility performance trade-offs between lean and agile manufacturing firms in the automotive industry." Production Planning & Control 31, no. 9 (October 25, 2019): 723–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2019.1681534.
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Isasi-Sanchez, Luis, Jesus Morcillo-Bellido, Jose Ignacio Ortiz-Gonzalez, and Alfonso Duran-Heras. "Synergic Sustainability Implications of Additive Manufacturing in Automotive Spare Parts: A Case Analysis." Sustainability 12, no. 20 (October 14, 2020): 8461. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12208461.
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Triple bottom line (3BL) approaches to sustainable supply chain management (SSCM) often involve trade-offs between their three dimensions (economic, environmental, and social), thus curtailing its application and leading to goal unalignment among stakeholders. Under some circumstances, however, synergic approaches (typically involving disruptive innovations) might allow simultaneous improvement in one or more dimensions without compromising the others. This paper analyzes one such case: the potential of properly designed additive manufacturing approaches in the automotive spare parts industry to simultaneously boost profits and reduce environmental impact. It is based on the systematic analysis of the real spare parts business of a mid-size automotive brand in Spain. Its results suggest that such synergic, self-reinforcing opportunities do indeed exist, and might even be further developed by strategically integrating sustainability constituents such as circularity.
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Wilhelm, Miriam, and Wilfred Dolfsma. "Managing knowledge boundaries for open innovation – lessons from the automotive industry." International Journal of Operations & Production Management 38, no. 1 (January 2, 2018): 230–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijopm-06-2015-0337.
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Purpose The rising need to innovate and obtain knowledge from more distant knowledge sources calls for new innovation strategies and a better integration of other external actors who lie outside the traditional automotive supply chain. Such an open innovation strategy challenges organizational boundaries both on the firm and supply chain level, yet our understanding of the functioning of such boundaries and how they can be managed to allow for purposive knowledge flows is limited. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach In a longitudinal case study, the authors trace the development of the first open innovation network in the German automotive industry over a period of five years based on archival data, semi-structured interviews, and field observations. Findings While the automotive industry is advanced in collaborating with suppliers for innovation, routines for assessing and integrating ideas from sources outside the supply chain are still underdeveloped. The authors show which current knowledge boundaries pose obstacles for open innovation initiatives in this industry, and how they could be mediated through the involvement of gatekeepers. Originality/value The authors challenge and clarify the notion of the “permeability of organizational boundaries” in the open innovation literature and investigate the role of gatekeepers for open innovation.
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Holmes, John. "New Trade Rules, Technological Disruption and COVID-19: Prospects for Ontario in the Cross-Border Great Lakes Automotive Industry." International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 22, no. 1 (2022): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2022.10042830.
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Holmes, John. "New trade rules, technological disruption and COVID-19: prospects for Ontario in the cross-border Great Lakes automotive industry." International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management 22, no. 1 (2022): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/ijatm.2022.122108.
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Kielesińska, Agata. "Safety of Imported Machines - Selected Issues in the Context of Polish (UE) Regulation." System Safety: Human - Technical Facility - Environment 2, no. 1 (March 1, 2020): 174–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/czoto-2020-0021.
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AbstractThe purpose of the paper is to present the issues of ensuring the safety of machinery and equipment in accordance with the requirements of the Machinery Directive 2006/42/EC of May 17, 2006 on the essential requirements for machines, with regard to the sphere of their import and distribution. This issue is related to the dynamically developing trade in cheaper new machines, mainly from countries outside the EEA (including China) and is a priority for ensuring safety and protecting the health and life of users of this type of equipment in accordance with EU regulations. The use of a variety of machines in industry, in addition to general safety requirements, which may also include quality criteria, care for the environment and industry-specific safety management requirements (e.g. food, automotive, medical devices).
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Illés, Csaba Bálint, Beatrix Turzai-Horányi, and Anna Dunay. "Post-Cricis Management in the Hungarian Automobile Dealership Sector." Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR) 8, no. 3 (September 15, 2021): 362–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v8i3.524.
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Although it is one of the world’s most successful industries, the automotive industry was one of the biggest losers of the economic crisis of 2008. The crisis caused negative effects throughout the automobile supply chain, but research about this period has been focused on car dealerships. The objective of this paper is to provide insight gained from comprehensive research conducted in the Hungarian car trade market through in-depth interviews with car dealership owners and a wide questionnaire survey with the managers of car dealerships. The paper focuses on crisis management measures of the post-crisis period. Statistical methods were applied in the analysis of the questionnaire, such as cross-tabulation analysis, chi-squared tests, cluster analysis, variance analysis, and Tukey-type HSD. The study explores the factors and tools for surviving the crisis. Research results confirm that focusing on sales, customer service, and quality are the key factors for keeping and increasing competitiveness and market position
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Stewart, Paul, and Victoria Wass. "From ‘embrace and change’ to ‘engage and change’: trade union renewal and new management strategies in the UK automotive industry?" New Technology, Work and Employment 13, no. 2 (September 1998): 77–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1468-005x.00042.
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YILDIZBAŞI, Abdullah, Ahmet ÇALIK, Turan PAKSOY, Reza ZANJİRANİ FARAHANİ, and Gerhard-Wilhelm WEBER. "MULTI-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION OF AN AUTOMOTIVE CLOSED-LOOP SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK WITH INTERACTIVE FUZZY PROGRAMMING APPROACHES." Technological and Economic Development of Economy 24, no. 3 (May 18, 2018): 1004–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/20294913.2016.1253044.
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Closed-Loop Supply Chain (CLSC) management has attained appreciable attention over the last few years. CLSC management allows companies to manage their recovery and recycling activities of end products. Due to the latest developments in the world, producers are responsible for the collection, refurbishing, repairing and disassembly of end products at the end of their lives. This paper develops a mixed-integer CLSC model that is inspired by the automotive industry. In this model, we consider three Decision Makers (DM): Plant, Dismantler Center and Customer. Each DM has individual objectives and is responsible for only its own objective function under same constraints. In order to tackle the trade-offs among the objectives, we used four different Interac-tive Fuzzy Programming (IFP) approaches. The applications of the model and solution techniques are investigated in conjectural data. The paper ends with a conclusion and a call for future studies.
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Lozano, Carmen, and Cesaire Chiatchoua. "Conditions Influencing Salary of the Automotive Industry in Mexico City—A Linguistic Fuzzy-Set Approach." Sustainability 14, no. 11 (May 31, 2022): 6735. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su14116735.
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Decision making in wages is generally a hard task. The aim of this work is to identify government conditions, personal conditions of the businessperson, and organizational circumstances that affect wage levels in the automotive industry in Mexico City using a linguistic fuzzy-set approach. We conducted a questionnaire, consisting of 23 observation variables with a five-point Likert scale. Independent variables were measured from 1 (“not important”) to 5 (“very important”). Based on the literature review and results of interviews, a total of 169 questionnaires were sent to participants using Google Forms. The results of the linguistic fuzzy-set approach identify three main conditions influencing the salary levels in the automotive industry in Mexico City, including unskilled manpower, the neoliberal economic model, and political and trade reforms. On the other hand, organizational conditions are not considered relevant in determining wage levels. Based on the findings, some recommendations have been proposed to help government, firm leaders, and businesspeople design appropriate personnel policies to achieve better salary satisfaction for employees in the future. This work shows a model based on the fuzzy-set approach that is a potential tool to overcome the difficulties posed by a complex environment.
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Petrů, Naděžda, Andrea Tomášková, and Monika Krošláková. "Diversification of export territories of family businesses as a tool of their further development." Problems and Perspectives in Management 17, no. 3 (September 2, 2019): 306–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ppm.17(3).2019.25.
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Family business is the largest global source of jobs in the private sector, whose multigenerational nature strengthens the stability of individual economies. A competitive small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector into which family businesses are classified is an essential prerequisite for the full-fledged integration of any economy into the global economic space. For the Czech economy, the importance of foreign trade is increasing, and is dependent on the capabilities of companies to expand to foreign markets. The goal of this article is to identify involvement of the generation of successors to export activities of family business, focusing on diversifying export territories in relation to structure of the industry A secondary goal is to discuss the demand mechanisms for SMEs/family business oriented toward export. The scientific hypotheses defined are focused on demonstrating a dependency between the diversification of export territories, the involvement of the generation of successors in the management of the company and structure of industry. Authors have demonstrated that family businesses managed by the first generation of founders export primarily to the territories of Slovakia, Germany, and the EU. Companies where the next generation contributes to management diversify territorial risk and also export outside the EU countries. A significant correlation was demonstrated between automotive industry and Germany, Slovakia and country outside the EU and mechanical engineering and country outside the EU. The uniqueness of this article lies in the topicality of the real transition of Czech family businesses to the next generation, which carries out foreign trade to promote the further development and sustainability of the family business for future generations.
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Rutherford, Tod D., and Lorenzo Frangi. "Is Industry 4.0 a Good Fit for High Performance Work Systems? Trade Unions and Workplace Change in the Southern Ontario Automotive Assembly Sector." Relations industrielles 75, no. 4 (2020): 751. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1074563ar.
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Kiselbach, Daniel. "The Canada EU Free Trade Agreement Demystified: New Opportunities for Trade, Investment and Government Procurement." Global Trade and Customs Journal 9, Issue 2 (February 1, 2014): 52–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/gtcj2014007.
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The Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) 'agreement in principle' was signed on 18 October 2013 by Prime Minister Harper and European President Jose Manuel Barroso. On 29 October 2013, the Prime Minister tabled a report on CETA and hailed it as: 'the biggest deal ever concluded by Canada'. If it is not the biggest deal, it is certainly a big deal. CETA provides a variety of trade, investment and government procurement opportunities to Canadian and EU businesses which are expected to pay dividends for years to come. CETA will provide Canada with access to the twenty-eight member EU, which has over 500 million consumers, and CDN 17 trillion in annual economic activity. It will remove 98% of EU import tariffs on goods originating from Canada (e.g., aerospace parts, agricultural products, automobiles, beef and bison, chemicals, dairy products, forest products, fruits and vegetables, grains and oils, industrial machinery, iron and steel, IT equipment, medical equipment, metals, minerals, plastic products, and seafood products). CETA could boost Canada's annual income by CDN 12 billion, create 80,000 jobs, and result in a 20% annual increase in bilateral trade. Once CETA is ratified, Canada will have preferential trade agreements with countries having 53% of global GDP (approximately CDN 36.4 trillion), and a trade advantage over the USA. The EU expects CETA to result in duty savings of approximately CDN 700 million. CETA will remove Canadian import tariffs on goods including automobiles, some cheeses, industrial machinery, seafood products, and wine and spirits. European exporters will save three times as much in annual duty payments as Canadian exporters. Canadian businesses and consumers stand to benefit if retailers and exporters pass on duty savings to them. At present Canada is the EU's fourth largest source of investment, and the EU's twelfth largest export market. CETA is not just a free trade agreement. It addresses issues such as services and investment; government procurement; intellectual property; dispute settlement; sustainable development, the environment; immigration and labour. This ambitious agreement will create business opportunities for a large number of sectors including: advanced manufacturing; the automotive industry; chemicals and plastics; agriculture and agri-food; food processing; metals and mineral products; fish and seafood products; information and communications technology; services; investment and government procurement. Within an improved regulatory environment under CETA, Canadian and EU businesses will be able to forge new alliances, and access new markets.
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Pishdar, Mahsa, Fatemeh Ghasemzadeh, and Jurgita Antuchevičienė. "BEST–WORST METHOD TO PRIORITIZE INDICATORS EFFECTIVE IN MAKING LOGISTICS SYSTEMS MORE SUSTAINABLE IN FAST-MOVING CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES." Transport 37, no. 3 (August 22, 2022): 190–200. http://dx.doi.org/10.3846/transport.2022.17449.
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Logistics systems constitute the backbone of international trade. For developing countries, establishment of sustainable logistics systems reduces costs, and makes supply chains strong to become able to compete. Without setting indicators for sustainable logistics, it is not possible to understand what policies are necessary for success. Logistics systems situations become worse in especial industries such as Fast-Moving Consuming Goods (FMCG) industry that are facing observable challenges such as old-fashioned goods or product corruption. The objective of this paper is to determine a set of indicators, which can be helpful in enhancement of sustainable logistics systems in developing countries. An initial set of indicators is determined through literature review and justified by asking experts’ opinions who have experience of management in logistics systems in developing countries such as Iran and Afghanistan, especially in logistics management in FMCG industry. The indicators are prioritized using Best–Worst Method (BWM), which is a newly introduced decision-making model. Results of prioritization of finalized dimensions and indicators by use of BWM show that “Governance” has the highest importance among dimensions and “management commitment to sustainability” is the most important indicator among all indicators. The results are applicably acceptable as we can see in business circumstances that only when managers believe in perusing sustainability principles as an important factor under each type of economic circumstance, an efficient vision will be set. Risk management has gained the least weight in this study. Based on experts’ opinions, if policies and procedures are set and performed correctly, risks will be less probable by themselves. The results help mangers in assignment of limited budgets to improvement projects related to each indicator.
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Gardan, Nicolas. "Knowledge Management for Topological Optimization Integration in Additive Manufacturing." International Journal of Manufacturing Engineering 2014 (February 17, 2014): 1–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/356256.
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Engineering design optimization of mechanical structures is nowadays essential in the mechanical industry (automotive, aeronautics, etc.). To remain competitive in the globalized world, it is necessary to create and design structures that, in addition to complying specific mechanical performance, should be less expensive. Engineers must then design parts or assemblies that are a better compromise between mechanical and functional performance, weight, manufacturing costs, and so forth. In this context Additive Manufacturing (AM) process offers the possibility to avoid tools and manufacture directly the part. There are numerous technologies which are using different kind of material. For each of these, there are at least two materials: the production material and the support one. Support material is, in most cases, cleaned and becomes a manufacturing residue. Improving the material volume and the global mass of the product is an essential aim surrounding the integration of simulation in additive manufacturing process. Moreover, the layer-by-layer technology of additive manufacturing allows the design of innovative objects, and the use of topological optimization in this context can create a very interesting combination. The purpose of our paper is to present the knowledge management of an AM trade oriented tool which integrated the topological optimization of parts and internal patterns.
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Flores, Ivylou M. "Organizational Resilience and Change Management: Inputs to Management Effectiveness." International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation 09, no. 09 (2022): 73–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.51244/ijrsi.2022.9910.
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Management effectiveness influences the overall performance of an organization. This may be shown by achieving organizational goals and employee satisfaction even when change occurs. Organizational changes may involve changes in an organization’s structure and strategy that may be planned in advance or may be implemented because of a sudden shift in the environment. Alongside dealing with these distractions, change management helps an organization to implement strategies for inducing change, controlling change, and helping employees to adapt to change. The organization understudy is the Department of Trade and Industry Laguna Provincial Office (DTI Laguna). This study describes organizational resilience and change management as inputs to management effectiveness. More specifically, it determines the assessment in organizational resilience in terms of capital resilience, strategic resilience, cultural resilience, relationship resilience, and learning resilience and the assessment in change management in terms of project management and corporate culture. Likewise, it determines if there is a significant relationship between assessment in organizational resilience and change management. Moreover, it proposes an action plan based on significant findings as inputs to management effectiveness. The study uses a quantitative method of research to gather information on organizational resilience and change management. The entire population of the organization understudy is small; thus, the participants of the study are all 62 employees of DTI Laguna, including the management and support staff. The data gathering instrument is divided into three major parts (profile of the respondents, a questionnaire on organizational resilience using a 4-point Likert scale, and a questionnaire on change management using a 4-point Likert scale) and is tested for reliability using Cronbach’s alpha. An online survey tool (Google Forms) is used to gather the information. The results are analyzed by a trained statistician using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences tool for frequency distribution and percentages, weighted mean, and ANOVA. Based from the results, the employees agree on the assessment in organizational resilience in terms of capital resilience, strategic resilience, cultural resilience, and learning resilience. Employees strongly agree on the assessment in organizational resilience in terms of relationship resilience. There is a significant difference between assessment in organizational resilience in terms of strategic resilience, cultural resilience, relationship resilience, and learning resilience when grouped to length of service. There is a significant difference between assessment in organizational resilience in terms of capital resilience, strategic resilience, cultural resilience, and learning resilience when grouped to monthly income. Moreover, based from the results, employees agree on the assessment in change management in terms of project management and corporate culture. Corporate culture was ranked first. There is a significant difference between assessment in change management in terms of project management and corporate culture when grouped to length of service and monthly income. There is a significant relationship between assessment in organizational resilience in terms of capital resilience, strategic resilience, cultural resilience, relationship resilience, and learning resilience and assessment in change management in terms of project management and corporate culture. The researcher recommends that the Office of the Provincial Director may want to increase connections with employees by devising online bulletin boards wherein employees’ thoughts (pulse survey perhaps) may be posted. Also, they may want to organize an in-house “mentor me” program wherein an open communication may be facilitated between the management and the employees. The quality management team may want to revisit the implementation of monthly staff meeting and quarterly management reviews to maintain management effectiveness. The Administrative and Finance Management Unit may want to further improve the level of trust of employees to the management by devising an online shared portal of status of funds that is to be updated from time to time. Future researchers may do a similar study or may use other variables not included in this study. More so, they may want to compare two or more government agencies to know if they will come up with the same results.
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Sangwan, Kuldip Singh, and Kailash Choudhary. "Benchmarking manufacturing industries based on green practices." Benchmarking: An International Journal 25, no. 6 (August 6, 2018): 1746–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/bij-12-2016-0192.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to develop a statistically reliable and valid model of performance measures (PMs) to observe the environmental behavior of different enterprises; second, at benchmarking the enterprises based on their green practices. Design/methodology/approach A PM model has been proposed using an empirical analysis of manufacturing industry. The developed model has been tested using structural equation modeling technique. The level of green manufacturing (GM) performance in different sectors and sizes of Indian manufacturing industry has been studied and benchmarked using hierarchical cluster analysis with one-way ANOVA. Findings The results indicate that top management commitment and product design are the root PMs for the success of GM practices. It has been found that chemical, automotive, food and pharmaceutical industries are the high performing sectors. It has also been found that large scale enterprises are performing better than medium-sized enterprises which are doing better than small and micro enterprises in GM practices. Research limitations/implications The indicators/variables in questionnaire are subjective in nature and collected data are from Indian manufacturing organizations only. Practical implications The governments, trade bodies and NGOs can use the proposed model for measurement of green performance of any manufacturing industry. The benchmarking can be used by the different policy influencing and making agencies to develop future policies for the improvement. The industry can also use the benchmarking for its peer performance improvement. Originality/value The major novelty of the paper is benchmarking the green performance of manufacturing industries based on the different sectors and sizes using empirical investigation. The level of GM performance in different sectors and sizes of industries has been studied and benchmarked using hierarchical cluster analysis with one-way ANOVA.
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Kuik, Swee Siong, Sev Nagalingam, Premaratne Samaranayake, and Michael William McLean. "Evaluation of recovery configuration options by product utilisation value." Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management 28, no. 5 (June 5, 2017): 686–710. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jmtm-11-2016-0162.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an approach to evaluate product performance of returned products, using four key performance attributes as the basis for improving sustainability through product recovery. Design/methodology/approach A fuzzy logic approach is developed to account a trade-off scenario for a manufactured product with recovery options. This approach is demonstrated using a numerical example and is validated using a case study in the automotive parts and components industry. Findings Product utilisation value (PUV) is found to be a useful index that manufacturers can use to assess product recovery options, as it brings together a number of conflicting parameters into a rationalised value for decision making. In addition, PUV provides a rationalised approach for comparing and selecting the most appropriate recovery configuration option. Research limitations/implications The authors only utilise four key performance measures to derive PUV. Further research is needed to modify and incorporate other measures that are important to decision makers to improve sustainability in manufacturing supply chains. Practical implications The proposed approach may motivate decision makers to consider sustainable recovery options by comparing PUVs of products for primary and secondary markets. The case study demonstrated the conflict and complexity organisations face in a global supply chain of a competitive industry. Originality/value The authors propose an approach to optimise trade-off considerations of selected performance attributes through PUV. This PUV as a benchmark can help improve recovery of the returned products and reduce landfill.
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Zhou, Chencheng, Liudong Xing, and Qisi Liu. "Dependability Analysis of Bitcoin subject to Eclipse Attacks." International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences 6, no. 2 (April 1, 2021): 469–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.33889/ijmems.2021.6.2.028.
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The immense potential of the blockchain technology in diverse and critical applications (e.g., financial services, cryptocurrencies, supply chains, smart contracts, and automotive industry) has led to a new challenge: the dependability modeling and analysis of the blockchain-based systems. In this paper, we model the Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer cryptocurrency system built on the blockchain technology that allows individuals to trade freely without involving banks or other intermediate agents. We analyze the dependability of the Bitcoin system subject to the Eclipse attack. A continuous-time Markov chain-based method is suggested to model the system behavior under the Eclipse attack and further quantify the dependability of the Bitcoin system. The effects of several model parameters (related to the miner’s habits in system protection, restart, and mining frequency) on the system dependability are demonstrated through numerical examples. Findings from this work may provide effective guidelines in designing a resilient and robust Bitcoin system.
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Diana-Elena, Velica Cârciumărescu, Belascu Lucian, and Horobet Alexandra. "Considerations Upon the Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on the Romanian Economic Environment." Studies in Business and Economics 17, no. 1 (April 1, 2022): 272–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/sbe-2022-0018.
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Abstract The modern economy has faced, over time, several economic crises. They have determined changes in the behaviour of economic agents and a natural evolution towards the current entrepreneurial environment, taking into account the structural, quantitative, and qualitative dynamics of economic activity, general economic development goals, and technological progress. Starting with the first half of year 2020, most of the world was marked by a completely different situation - the health crisis generated by the SARS Cov-2 virus, with powerful and immediate negative effects at the level of both developing economies and stronger countries. The measures imposed by the Romanian government for crisis management during the state of emergency and alert generated the restriction or even suspension of the activity of diverse economic sectors. Limiting the freedom of movement of the population has led to habits change and reorientation of the consumers towards online markets. The markets had a chain reaction that generated a decrease in production capacity within the manufacturing industry, automotive industry and related, interconnected activities. The main objective of the paper is to analyse how the pandemics affected different Romanian sectors and to identify appropriate tools for market correction and orientation, based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis with the use of preliminary data available on the National Institute of Statistics and Trade Register database. The analysis reveals the pandemic’s effect on national accounts, GDP components, and the short-term impact on companies.
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Schorman, Rob. "“This Astounding Car for $1,500”: The Year Automobile Advertising Came of Age." Enterprise & Society 11, no. 3 (September 2010): 468–523. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1467222700009277.
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In 1906, a writer declared that it remained an “unsolved problem whether the automobile is to prove a fad like the bicycle, or a lasting factor in the industry of the country.” A few years later, concerned with the possibility of overproduction and market saturation, auto executives and other commentators were writing articles for the advertising trade press with titles like “Why Auto Production Must Be Curtailed” and “The Fading of the Automobile Rainbow.” Considering that by the early twenty-first century, the United States had a population of nearly 300 million people and an average of 2.1 registered motor vehicles per household, it is difficult to appreciate how uncertain the industry’s status seemed in its early years. Yet although contemporary observers may not have known it, in many ways by the end of 1908 the foundation stoneswere already in place for a hundred years of automotive economic and cultural preeminence in the United States. Two events from that year are well known as harbingers of the industry’s future. In September, General Motors was established, and in October, Ford introduced its Model T to the nation's auto dealers. In time, these developments had a profound impact on American automobile manufacture and management.
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Daneshfard, Karamolla, and Samira Soheili Rad. "Philosophical analysis of theory x and y." Journal of Management and Accounting Studies 8, no. 2 (September 29, 2020): 44–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.24200/jmas.vol8iss2pp44-48.
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Objective: The historical context management can be examined, such as the Pyramids of Egypt management, control and communication practices in the ancient Roman Empire and the legal framework of trade in the fourteenth century Venice followed. Methodology: Nevertheless, Iranians, Chinese, German and some other relatives insights and attitudes of the past have chosen in this area, but major changes in management during the Industrial Revolution came expecting. The world in the seventeenth century, the era of social upheaval when the thirteen American colonies broke away from Britain and the United States formed the crucial transformations spent. In this period of rapid population growth created fairs and supply of consumer goods. Results: The It was during this period that extends mass production methods Adam Smith (based on the division of labor and specialization in the pin factory) industry took a big turn in such a way that its effects are still seen in how often business organizations be. For example, Henry Ford in the early twentieth century by mass production in automotive manufacturing were achieved legendary success. Conclusion: Although this effect is limited to the amount of released McGregor at the time of his life, but he still is important. His classic study on the topic and motivated work, reflecting his main concern in the mid and late 1960s, when the one-dimensional organizations were at the peak. Public criticism of the theory of X and Y is that they are very exclusive.
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Huang, Yuan, Weixi Han, and Douglas K. Macbeth. "The complexity of collaboration in supply chain networks." Supply Chain Management: An International Journal 25, no. 3 (January 8, 2020): 393–410. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/scm-11-2018-0382.
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Purpose This paper aims to investigate the complexity of collaborations in supply chain networks, particularly the influence of horizontal collaborations (e.g. international joint ventures) on vertical collaborations (e.g. supplier–manufacturer partnering relationships). Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study including four horizontal collaborations and five vertical collaborations within a supply chain network is presented in the context of the Chinese automotive industry. Data interpretation from interviews is structured by key collaborative activities and collaborative behaviors. Findings The analysis highlights a variety of collaborative behaviors under different types of collaboration and their interaction. The complexity of collaboration is revealed in a range of dimensions including culture diversity, drivers/facilitators, competitive/collaborative advantages and the engagement of all. Collaboration evolves as the structure of the supply chain changes; the key is to appreciate the existence of cooperation, competition and culture conflicts and to manage the trade-offs. Research limitations/implications A window of opportunity is presented for future research to investigate the complexity of supply chain collaboration in a wider industrial or geographical context, including statistical validation and comparative analysis. Practical implications A contingent view on supply chain collaboration is promoted to practitioners (e.g. international supply chain managers), where collaborative activities should be aligned with the motive and type of business relationships which may change as collaboration develops. Originality/value A rare empirical study captures the complexity of supply chain collaboration including the interaction between different forms. A dynamic collaboration approach recognizes the changing process, varying cooperation behaviors as well as characteristics of partners which have not been sufficiently reflected in the literature.
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Ceschia, Adriano, Toufik Azib, Olivier Bethoux, and Francisco Alves. "Multi-Criteria Optimal Design for FUEL Cell Hybrid Power Sources." Energies 15, no. 9 (May 5, 2022): 3364. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en15093364.
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This paper presents the development of a global and integrated sizing approach under different performance indexes applied to fuel cell/battery hybrid power systems. The strong coupling between the hardware sizing process and the system supervision (energy management strategy EMS) makes it hard for the design to consider all the possibilities, and today’s methodologies are mostly experience-based approaches that are impervious to technological disruption. With a smart design approach, new technologies are easier to consider, and this approach facilitates the use of new technologies for transport applications with a decision help tool. An automotive application with a hybrid fuel cell (PEMFC)/battery (Li-Ion) is considered to develop this approach. The proposed approach is based on imbricated optimization loops and considers multiple criteria such as the fuel consumption, reliability, and volume of the architecture, in keeping with industry expectations to allow a good trade-off between different performance indexes and explore their design options. This constitutes a low computational time and a very effective support tool that allows limited overconsumption and lifetime reduction for designed architecture in extreme and non-optimal use. We obtain, thanks to this work, a pre-design tool that helps to realize the first conception choice.
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Hanafi, Burhanudin Yusuf, and Wiwin Priana. "Analisis Sub Sektor Unggul Pertanian di Kabupaten Lamongan dan Kabupaten Tuban." Al-Kharaj : Jurnal Ekonomi, Keuangan & Bisnis Syariah 4, no. 4 (January 16, 2022): 1069–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.47467/alkharaj.v4i4.836.
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The most successful agricultural sub-sectors in Lamongan and Tuban districts are the subjects of this study. In Lamongan and Tuban districts, agriculture is the most significant industry. Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries, as well as energy and gas procurement, clean water, waste management, construction, and wholesale and retail trade, have the potential to become basic industries in Lamongan Regency. Automotive repair, information technology (ICT), military cooperation and manufacturing are some of the other sectors in the area. Lamongan Regency has a population of 200,000 people. Agriculture, forestry and fisheries account for an average of 2.9 percent of basic sector production. Agriculture is one of the fastest growing businesses in the United States, according to shift share data. are in the second or third best quadrant. There are several industries in Tuban Regency that can become the backbone of the economy. These industries include food production and forestry as well as fisheries and mining. Tuban Regency can also be at the forefront in the fields of technology, defense, government administration, and social security. Agriculture, forestry, and fisheries make up the majority of the output of the fundamental sector. By shifting share, agriculture is one of America's fastest growing businesses. They are in the upper quartile, which indicates that they are very good.
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Lee, Hyangsook, Hoang T. Pham, Maowei Chen, and Sangho Choo. "Bottom-Up Approach Ship Emission Inventory in Port of Incheon Based on VTS Data." Journal of Advanced Transportation 2021 (April 9, 2021): 1–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5568777.
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As a result of the rapid growth of international trade, atmospheric pollution from transportation has been more topical than ever, especially in dense hub port-cities. The shipping industry should pay more attention corresponding to its contribution to local atmospheric pollution. This paper supports the application of data collected from the vessel tracking service system with a bottom-up approach to generate a comprehensive 2019 local ship emission inventory at Port of Incheon. The calculated emission inventory presented the dominance of CO2 emission and the considerable contribution of NOx and SOx emissions, the significant contribution of auxiliary engines during the hotelling at berth during the year of 2019. Then, based on calculated emission inventory, this study suggested and simulated applicable green policies in the practice: (1) local emission control area realization, (2) vessel speed reduction program, (3) application of cold ironing, and (4) establishment of a national integrated emission platform. The combination of the three first policies could help reduce the significant volume of emitted CO (29%), NOx (30%), SOx (93%), PM10 and PM2.5 (64%), VOC (28%), NH3 (30%), and CO2 (30%).
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Caviggioli, Federico, Antonio De Marco, Giuseppe Scellato, and Elisa Ughetto. "Corporate strategies for technology acquisition: evidence from patent transactions." Management Decision 55, no. 6 (July 10, 2017): 1163–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/md-04-2016-0220.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine, for a sample of ten corporations in three industries (i.e. automotive suppliers, semiconductors, and computer networks), the different strategies that firms undertake when acquiring patent-protected technologies. In particular, the authors analyze and compare two alternative channels for patent acquisition: markets for technology (MFT) and merger and acquisition (M&A) processes. Design/methodology/approach The authors implement two types of analyses, at both patent and firm level. First, the authors perform an econometric analysis to evaluate whether acquired patented technologies differ in their patent bibliographic characteristics with respect to patent-protected technologies that have been developed internally by the examined firms. The authors then investigate the presence of differences in the characteristics of transacted patents acquired in the MFT or by means of M&A activities. Second, the authors take a firm-level perspective and examine the technology acquisition strategies adopted by selected companies to identify the presence of common patterns, industry-driven specificities and firm peculiarities. Findings The authors find that acquired patented technologies are, on average, more complex, of higher technical merit and the corresponding patents show a higher legal robustness. Econometric results reveal the presence of differences between M&A and MFT patents: the latter seem to protect less complex, and thus easier to trade, inventions. The analysis of the patterns of patent acquisitions at the firm level shows the presence of different strategies for the external sourcing of patented technologies, based on whether acquired patents protect core or non-core technology areas of the analyzed firms. Such patterns are discussed in the light of the different streams of the literature on intellectual property (IP) management. Originality/value This paper makes use of a new and comprehensive data set of the US patent transactions that took place between 2002 and 2010. The authors added detailed data on the evolution of the corporate trees of analyzed firms. The paper contributes to the literature on technology acquisitions and MFT by examining the different channels for patented technology acquisitions. The issue represents an emerging area of interest in the field of IP management.
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Pinedo, Christian, Marina Aguado, Igor Lopez, and Jasone Astorga. "Modelling and Simulation of ERTMS for Current and Future Mobile Technologies." International Journal of Vehicular Technology 2015 (December 17, 2015): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/912417.
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Nowadays, train control in-lab simulation tools play a crucial role in reducing extensive and expensive on-site railway testing activities. In this paper, we present our contribution in this arena by detailing the internals of our European Railway Train Management System in-lab demonstrator. This demonstrator is built over a general-purpose simulation framework, Riverbed Modeler, previously Opnet Modeler. Our framework models both ERTMS subsystems, the Automatic Train Protection application layer based on movement authority message exchange and the telecommunication subsystem based on GSM-R communication technology. We provide detailed information on our modelling strategy. We also validate our simulation framework with real trace data. To conclude, under current industry migration scenario from GSM-R legacy obsolescence to IP-based heterogeneous technologies, our simulation framework represents a singular tool to railway operators. As an example, we present the assessment of related performance indicators for a specific railway network using a candidate replacement technology, LTE, versus current legacy technology. To the best of our knowledge, there is no similar initiative able to measure the impact of the telecommunication subsystem in the railway network availability.
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E. Motorina, Lubov, and Veronica M. Sytnik. "Existential, Instrumental and Cyber Spaces as Ontological Modi of Human Being." Nova prisutnost XVIII, no. 3 (November 21, 2020): 485–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.31192/np.18.3.4.
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Context and relevance of the research: the task of developing a general theoretical basis and methodology of ontological problems of interaction and interrelation of the Internet space and the physical world comes forward with the formation of the virtual computer environment determined both by the presence of a human being in computer network and presence of computer network in the life world of the human being. Virtual reality, even in its current state, is already widely recognized and described in academic sources. There are prospects of its application in medicine, education, professional training, space, military, art, automotive industry, shipbuilding, trade, leisure, consulting assistance to population, administration, and other spheres of management. According to academic forecasts, intensive, large-scale, multidirectional development of virtual computer environment will continue in the 21st century. The purpose of the study is to carry out a systematic analysis of the concepts: existential space, instrumental space and cyberspace in their interrelationship and interaction; to propose the author’s definition of existential space as a methodological construction for the study of its ontological modi: instrumental space and cyberspace; to define the ontological characteristics of instrumental space and cyberspace, their common features (connection) and distinction; to reveal features of existential immersion of a person into virtual computer reality – the process of emotional perception of existence in the information field – an artificially created world of ‘people and things,’ as well as subjective-personal effects accompanying this process. The methodology used: M. Heidegger’s Dasein analytics, D. Ihde’s instrumental realism, systems-based approach, comparative analysis. Key findings: the creation of cyberspace and computer virtual reality has unveiled a new stage in the formation of existential experience and project as a system of information technology and socio-psychological competencies. There is a necessity in the system-based elaboration of conceptual and categorical apparatus. The researcher will use it to describe the ontological modi of both existing and a new (computer virtual) reality and their interconnection.
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Kim, Seung-Nyeon, and Sangjik Lee. "FDI and Intra-industry Trade in Korean Automotive Industry." Journal of international area studies 24, no. 3 (July 31, 2020): 191–215. http://dx.doi.org/10.18327/jias.2020.7.24.3.191.
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DORU, Ömer, and Örsan ÖZER. "An Econometric Analysis on Factors Affecting Intra-Industry Trade in Turkish Automotive Industry." Akademik Araştırmalar ve Çalışmalar Dergisi (AKAD) 14, no. 27 (November 29, 2022): 453–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.20990/kilisiibfakademik.1160045.
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Purpose: It is to empirically examine the factors affecting intra-industry trade in the automotive sector between Turkey and 24 OECD member trade partners. Design/Methodology: The determinants of intra-industry trade were tested with panel data analysis in the automotive sector. As a result of the test carried out to determine the model, regression analysis was performed with the Driscoll-Kraay standard error estimation method. Findings: The variables market size, development level, and trade openness have a positive impact on intra-industrial trade, while the variables market size difference, income inequality, and geographical distance have a reverse impact on intra-industry trade. Limitations: Export and import data for 2003–2019 are used in international trade figures in the 3-digit Standard International Trade Classification, SITC Revision-3. Originality/Value: Empirical application on the factors affecting intra-industry trade in the Turkish automotive sector is considered to be important and different in terms of subject.
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Ambroziak, Łukasz. "FDI and Intra-industry Trade in the Automotive Industry in the New EU Member States." International Journal of Management and Economics 52, no. 1 (December 1, 2016): 23–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ijme-2016-0025.
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Abstract This paper investigates the extent to which foreign direct investment (FDI) influenced intra-industry trade (IIT) in automotive products in six New EU Member States (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia) in the 1995–2014 period. Changes in IIT intensity are analysed using the Grubel-Lloyd indices. To examine the IIT pattern, IIT indices are divided into two types of trade: IIT in vertically differentiated products (low and high quality VIIT) and IIT in horizontally differentiated products (HIIT). The research indicates that IIT in automotive products allowed manufacturers and consumers from the new EU Member States to benefit more from international trade. FDI inflow to the automotive sector of the NMS has been a key factor shaping IIT in automotive products.
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Moczulski, Michał. "Intra industry trade between Poland and Germany in the automotive industry." Studia i Prace WNEiZ 53 (2018): 251–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.18276/sip.2018.53/2-19.
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Soejachmoen, Moekti P. "Globalization of the Automotive Industry: Is Indonesia Missing Out?" Asian Economic Papers 15, no. 1 (January 2016): 1–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00394.
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International trade in automotive and auto parts has grown rapidly during the last two decades but Southeast Asia's largest economy, Indonesia, is lagging behind in its export performance. This paper uses a comparative perspective in examining Indonesia's role in automotive production networks in the context of the contemporary debate on opportunities for reaping gains from economic globalization through engagement in global production sharing. This research aims to answer two questions; the first addresses the determinants of a country's participation in the global production network, the second asks why Indonesia is being left behind in global production networks. Our analysis is based on the Jones and Kierzkowski fragmentation theory. The unbalanced panel trade data for 98 countries for the period 1988–2007 are estimated using the least square dummy variable method. The results show that in Asian countries, foreign direct investment openness is the most important determinant followed by trade cost, trade openness, competitiveness, and labor quality. Indonesia is being left behind for a number of reasons, such as restrictive foreign investment policies, higher trade costs and remaining high protection in the automotive sector in terms of tariff and non-tariff measure, and a low education level that hampers the absorption capacity in technology.
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Battini, Daria, and Nils Boysen. "Management control in the automotive industry." Journal of Management Control 24, no. 2 (July 2013): 93–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00187-013-0179-x.
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Lamprecht, Norman, and Aletta Sophia Tolmay. "Performance Of South African Automotive Exports Under The African Growth And Opportunity Act From 2001 To 2015." International Business & Economics Research Journal (IBER) 16, no. 2 (March 31, 2017): 131–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.19030/iber.v16i2.9927.
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The South African automotive industry is faced with the challenge of how to expand through exports in a saturated global automotive market, characterized by overcapacity. The vision of the South African automotive industry is to double its vehicle production to one million units per annum by 2020. However, domestic market limitations impede the ability to achieve sufficient economies of scale. Trade arrangements contribute towards increasing market access. The impact of the AGOA on automotive trade between the United States of America and South Africa was analyzed. It was found that the AGOA resulted in a substantial increase in two-way trade. Further research is encouraged with regard to the potential of regional integration in Africa for automotive exports from South African and the USA.
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Intarakumnerd, Patarapong, and Kriengkrai Techakanont. "Intra-industry trade, product fragmentation and technological capability development in Thai automotive industry." Asia Pacific Business Review 22, no. 1 (December 16, 2014): 65–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13602381.2014.990214.
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