Thesis (Ph. D.)--Stanford University, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 226-242).

This paper is an attempt to look at the possibilities behind the federal government of Canada's proposal to create a new agency in the area of industrial export trade. According to the premises set down by the Government in its April 1980, Throne Speech, the initiative is primarily aimed at supporting small and medium-sized businesses in their efforts to penetrate foreign markets. It is natural for a government concerned with increasing competition abroad and rising unemployment in the industrial sector at home to start worrying about where industrial employment and overseas industrial markets are going to come from in the future. The wording of the Throne Speech and the policy studies undertaken prior to April 1980, regarding a potential national trading company seem to indicate that the Government had had the Japanese example of the trading house structure very much in mind, when closer study of such an enterprise was proposed, given Japan's thriving industrial sector and its successful export achievements. In the aftermath of the Throne Speech a Special Committee of the House of Commons was created in June of 1980 to further study the question of a future "National Trading Corporation." The Committee came down with its fourth and final report, Canada's Trading Challenge, in June of 1981, in which its basic recommendation after a year of deliberations was that "the federal government sponsor the development of a major Canadian trading corporation." This final conclusion by the Committee stands in direct contrast to evidence presented by witnesses before the Committee, and it seems to be an opinion reached by the Committee majority based on material and opinions obtained in addition to the briefs and the evidence gathered during the Committee's public hearings. / Arts, Faculty of / Political Science, Department of / Graduate

Chow Chung Yiu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 140-143.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1993. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 300-315).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Santa Barbara, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-156).

Thesis (M.Bus)--Unitec New Zealand, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-101)

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Riverside, 2009. / Includes abstract. Title from first page of PDF file (viewed February 9, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-88). Issued in print and online. Available via ProQuest Digital Dissertations.

Brazil instituted a crawling peg (mini-devaluation) exchange rate system in 1968 as a long-term device to put into operation an "export oriented growth-cum-debt" model of economic development. The crawling peg was expected to serve diverse objectives by decreasing the variability in the exchange rate. In this study we have analyzed the degree to which this strategy succeeded in realizing the desired goals during the period from 1968 to 1980. / Our findings verified that the implementation of the crawl was an important tool that protected and enhanced Brazil's competitive position in world markets. The demand for Brazilian products became more responsive both to changes in relative prices and to changes in world income. We further established the significance of the crawl in stabilizing import prices and flows in addition to its impact on foreign financing decisions.

The wave of democratisation and economic liberalisation, which has shaped Africa over the past decade and a half has changed the continent and its business environment significantly. The costs of doing business are declining and returns increasing- in any language this is an environment worth investigating. Luis , et al 2006 This research investigates the formulation of a strategy, of a Japanese e-commerce company, trading in used vehicles, exported around the world from Japan. The research revolves around the strategy that Trust Company Ltd will embark on, in which they enter into the Sub Saharan Africa market, in terms of investment of people, infrastructure, and capital within the proposed markets, as opposed to their usual way of doing business, and that is the selling of vehicles on the internet, as had been done in the past. The proposed strategy is to install internet dealerships and make stock available in the decided markets in sub-Saharan Africa, where customers can purchase from these outlets instead of ordering from the internet, as had been done before in the past. The aim is to identify the strategy, and analyse its effectiveness, as well as the impact on the customer, and to research if this strategy is effective in creating brand awareness, as well as increase in sales turnover, and competitive advantage. This will determine if the change in strategy is viable. As there is no available academic literature on this topic, sampling is in the form of secondary data from questionnaires, as well as questionnaires to stakeholders, and the analysis of the data produced from these sources, through applied research. Due to the nature of this business and the proposed strategy it would not be feasible to draw parallels to other industries, as the dynamics are not similar. This data is also analysed in terms of academic modem business analysis methods. The intent here is to establish the direction of strategy and is effectiveness thereof. / Thesis (MBA)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Westville, 2006.

Universiẗat, Diss., 2005--Göttingen.