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St. Gallen: SIAW-HSG / Zürich: Lateinamerikanische Handelskammer in der Schweiz; Selling High-Quality Consumer Goods to Mexico (Download); Tools (Download); Machine Tools (Download) Pharmaceutical Products (Download); Medical and Surgical Equipment (Download); Measuring Technology and Quality Control (Download)

For discussion during the International Workshop on "Competition, Cultural Variety and Global Governance; The Case of the Global Audio-Visual System", ####

Am 1. Juli 2001 trat ein weitreichendes Freihandelsabkommen zwischen den EFTA-Staaten und Mexiko in Kraft. Das englischsprachige Buch "Doing Business in Mexico" gibt Schweizer Klein- und Mittelunternehmen, welche das Potential Mexikos als Exportmarkt und Investitionsstandort nutzen möchten, gezielte Unterstützung. Der umfassende Leitfaden enthält Informationen und…

It is widely accepted that any well designed organizational process includes a control mechanism through which management decides which aspects of the process performance are to be measured and how these measurements are to be used to change the level of resources utilized in the process. Little is known, however, about the best ways to design such a control mechanism for typical…

After discussing various approaches about heroic behaviour in the literature, we first give a definition and classification of moral behaviour, in distinction to intrinsically motivated and ‘prudent' behaviour. Then, we present some arguments on the function of moral behaviour according to ‘minimal' standards of the average individual in a modern democratic society, before…

Using quarterly data for the Federal Republic of Germany, we generate four-quarter-ahead forecasts for real GDP growth. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, other monetary indicators like real M1 or short-run interest rates clearly outperform forecasts which are based on interest rate spreads. This holds for within as well as for ex-post predictions. The same holds for the development…