Adoption of ISO9001 through supply chain in Vietnam : impacts of FDI and product-related environmental regulation

The objective of the present study is to examine the determinants of ISO 9001 certification, focusing on the effect of Product-related Environmental Regulations on Chemicals (PRERCs) and FDI using the answers to several questions in our Vietnam survey conducted from December 2011 to January 2012. Our findings suggest that PRERCs may help with the improvement in quality control of Vietnamese firms. If Vietnamese manufacturing firms with ISO 9001 certification are more likely to adopt ISO 14001, as well as firms in developed countries, our results indicate that the European chemical regulations may assist in the reduction of various environmental impacts in Vietnam. In addition, we found that FDI promotes the adoption of ISO 9001. If FDI firms in Vietnam certify ISO 14001 after the adoption of ISO 9001, as in the case of Malaysia and the developed economies, FDI firms may also be able to improve environmental performance as a result of ISO 14001.

Theory and empirics of Markusen type multinationals

Research on multinational firms’ activity has been conducted widely since late 1980s. The literature is differentiated into three types: horizontal FDI, vertical FDI, and three-country FDI, represented by export platform FDI. There are other methods of differentiation of the literature by approach, for example, the pure theory approach represented by Krugman and Melitz and the numerical simulation approach represented by Markusen. This paper surveys Markusen type literature by firm type. There is little literature focused on intermediate goods trade, although intermediate goods trade is considered to be strongly related to the production patterns of MNEs. In this paper, we introduce a model to explicitly treat intermediate goods trade and present simulation analysis for empirical estimation.

Allocation efficiency in China : an extension of the dynamic Olley-Pakes productivity decomposition

This paper develops a quantitative measure of allocation efficiency, which is an extension of the dynamic Olley-Pakes productivity decomposition proposed by Melitz and Polanec (2015). The extended measure enables the simultaneous capture of the degree of misallocation within a group and between groups and parallel to capturing the contribution of entering and exiting firms to aggregate productivity growth. This measure empirically assesses the degree of misallocation in China using manufacturing firm-level data from 2004 to 2007. Misallocation among industrial sectors has been found to increase over time, and allocation efficiency within an industry has been found to worsen in industries that use more capital and have firms with relatively higher state-owned market shares. Allocation efficiency among three ownership sectors (state-owned, domestic private, and foreign sectors) tends to improve in industries wherein the market share moves from a less-productive state-owned sector to a more productive private sector.

Heterogeneous firms and cost sharing in China's marketplaces

This study extends Melitz's model with heterogeneous firms by introducing shared fixed costs in a marketplace. It aims to explain heterogeneous firms' choice between traditional marketplaces and modern distribution channels on the basis of their productivities. The results reveal that the co-existence of a traditional marketplace and modern distribution channels improves social welfare. In addition, a deregulation policy for firm entry outside a marketplace and accumulation of human capital are factors that contribute to improve the social welfare.

A semantic scheduler architecture for federated hybrid clouds

Cloud computing is one the most relevant computing paradigms available nowadays. Its adoption has increased during last years due to the large investment and research from business enterprises and academia institutions. Among all the services cloud providers usually offer, Infrastructure as a Service has reached its momentum for solving HPC problems in a more dynamic way without the need of expensive investments. The integration of a large number of providers is a major goal as it enables the improvement of the quality of the selected resources in terms of pricing, speed, redundancy, etc. In this paper, we propose a system architecture, based on semantic solutions, to build an interoperable scheduler for federated clouds that works with several IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service) providers in a uniform way. Based on this architecture we implement a proof-of-concept prototype and test it with two different cloud solutions to provide some experimental results about the viability of our approach.

Avaliação de sistemas ERPs como ferramenta de mudança organizacional nas pequenas e médias empresas: um roteiro auxiliar

Este trabalho tem como objetivo desenvolver um roteiro que auxilie as pequenas e médias empresas (PMEs) a adotarem os sistemas ERPs (ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING) como ferramenta de mudança organizacional. As PMEs, antes de decidirem sobre a aquisição de um ERP, necessitam fazer uma análise da solução que se considere a mais adequada para seus problemas, procurando garantir que os investimentos, escassos neste setor, tragam os benefícios esperados. Elas devem avaliar os impactos que o sistema acarretará e as mudanças incorridas por sua introdução e seu uso. Para atingir o objetivo mencionado, realizou-se, primeiramente, um estudo bibliográfico, focalizando-se os seguintes temas: mudança organizacional, sistemas ERPs e pequenas e médias empresas. Após este estudo, conduziu-se um trabalho de campo, em duas etapas. A fase I consistiu em uma pesquisa de campo exploratória, que possibilitou identificar os sistemas ERPs existentes no mercado bem como as PMEs, situadas na região da grande São Paulo, que os utilizam. A fase II compreendeu um estudo de casos, implicando observação direta intensiva combinada com a aplicação de um roteiro que envolveu duas empresas, selecionadas dentre as estudadas na fase I, para análise mais detalhada. Como resultado final, apresenta-se um roteiro desenvolvido para guiar as decisões das PMEs referentes à adoção de sistemas ERPs, no contexto da mudança organizacional. Como contribuição da pesquisa fornecem-se subsídios que os empresários das PMEs podem utilizar em suas decisões sobre a aquisição de ERPs, evitando iludirem-se pelo \"modismo\" administrativo e empresarial do momento, e informações que os fabricantes deste tipo de solução podem usar na identificação de possíveis carências das PMEs, não contempladas pelos sistemas disponíveis atualmente.

Letter from Henry Boit to William Tudor,

One letter regarding Boit’s business enterprises.

Antecedentes relativos a la reglamentación del artículo 100 de la Constitución de la República que consagra la autonomía de los servicios que constituyen el dominio industrial del Estado /

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Guanchias Limitada : a case study of an agrarian reform cooperative and its long-term relationship with a multinational firm in Honduras /

"PN-AAL-046"--Cover.

Main Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Photo includes CA Lewis Boots & Shoes, Argus Printing Office, GH Millen Drugs and Medicines, John W. Hunt Hardware Store, German Lutheran School, Tanning Factory, Dietz building. Source: Harry Cole

Top left: F. Sorg, house sign and ornamental painter, dealer in oils, varnishes, glass, 26 & 28 East Washington St., Ann Arbor, Mich. Left: Res. of Mrs. Chas. Behr, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Botttom: Res. of Andrew Ten Brook, Ann Arbor, Mich. (na11,064)

Ann Arbor, Mich. residences and business. Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Everts & Stewart, 1874.

Ann Arbor (Mich.) residence and businesses, 1874

Left to right: Res. of Wm. P. Brown, Sec. 6, Ann Arbor, Mich.; J.G. Miller, Manufacturer of sash, doors, blinds, mouldings, scroll work &c. ... Ann Arbor, Mich.; Ann Arbor Steam Planing Mill , Bracket, Scroll & Fancy Sawing, cor. of North & Fifth Sts., Ann Arbor, Mich. (na8635); Marble Works & Res. of Anton Eisele, the largest marble works in Washtenaw Co. Mich.; City Market, G.F. Gwinner, cor. of Fourth & Washington Sts., Ann Arbor, Mich.; L.C. Risdon, 31 South Main St., Ann Arbor, Mich. (na8635; na6707). Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Everts & Stewart, 1874.

Left: Livery & Sale Stables, J.A. Polhemus & Son, Proprs., Ann Arbor, Mich. Left: Buchoz's Block, Ann Arbor, Mich. Bottom: Orchestrian Hall, Fred Rettich, Proprietor, Ann Arbor, Mich.

Ann Arbor, Mich. businesses. Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Everts & Stewart, 1874.

Top left: Paint Creek Cheese Factory, H.W. Smith, proprietor, Sec. 3, Augusta Tp. Mich. Top right: Res. of Hiram P. Thompson, Sec. 19, Augusta Tp. Mich.; Res. of Webster Childs, Sec. 15, Augusta Tp. Mich.

Augusta Township (Mich.) residences and businesses. Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : Everts & Stewart, 1874.

Mexican manufactured exports and U.S. transnational corporations /

"March 1990."