<p>The general objective of the proposed research is to do a needs analysis for the tourism and hospitality industries of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. This will be followed by an alignment of these industries with the provisions of the General Agreement of Trade in Services, commonly known as GATS, so that a Tourism and Hospitality Services Charter may be moulded that may be used uniformly throughout SACU. The specific objectives of the research are: To analyze impact assessment reports and studies conducted on the Tourism and Hospitality Industries for all five SACU member states with the aim of harmonizing standards, costs and border procedures. To ecognize SACU member states&rsquo / schedule of GATS Commitments, especially in the service sectors being investigated, by improving market access, and to recommend minimal infrastructural development levels to be attained for such sectors&rsquo / support. To make recommendations to harness the challenges faced by the said industries into a working document. To calibrate a uniformity of trade standards in these sectors that shall be used by the SACU membership. To ensure that the template is flexible enough for SACU to easily adopt and use in ongoing bilateral negotiations, for example.</p>

<p>The general objective of the proposed research is to do a needs analysis for the tourism and hospitality industries of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. This will be followed by an alignment of these industries with the provisions of the General Agreement of Trade in Services, commonly known as GATS, so that a Tourism and Hospitality Services Charter may be moulded that may be used uniformly throughout SACU. The specific objectives of the research are: To analyze impact assessment reports and studies conducted on the Tourism and Hospitality Industries for all five SACU member states with the aim of harmonizing standards, costs and border procedures. To ecognize SACU member states&rsquo / schedule of GATS Commitments, especially in the service sectors being investigated, by improving market access, and to recommend minimal infrastructural development levels to be attained for such sectors&rsquo / support. To make recommendations to harness the challenges faced by the said industries into a working document. To calibrate a uniformity of trade standards in these sectors that shall be used by the SACU membership. To ensure that the template is flexible enough for SACU to easily adopt and use in ongoing bilateral negotiations, for example.</p>

Ce mémoire traite de la diversité culturelle sous l’optique de la notion d’exception culturelle. Dans la Convention sur la protection et la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles, la diversité culturelle acquiert le statut de notion pivot entre les politiques culturelles promulguées à l’échelle nationale, européenne et internationale. L’objectif de ce mémoire a été de déterminer la conception de la diversité culturelle dans l’intention de montrer les tensions qui résultent de la formulation du rôle des États-nations et du pouvoir dévolu à la libre circulation des biens et produits culturels à l’échelle supranationale. D’où l’hypothèse que la notion de diversité culturelle est sujette à des glissements de sens afin de rallier les parties en présence. Selon ces constats et l’hypothèse de Bourdieu selon laquelle on assiste à l’homogénéisation des cultures, nous avons répondu aux questions suivantes : comment la Convention peut-elle concilier l’ouverture des marchés des biens et services culturels et la protection de la diversité culturelle ? Comment la diversité culturelle s’orchestre-t-elle sous l’égide de la Convention de l’UNESCO ? Sous la tutelle de l’État-nation chargé de défendre les couleurs de la culture nationale ? Ou par l’intermédiaire du marché capable de réguler l’offre et la demande en matière de culture ? La Convention a donc fait l’objet d’une analyse de discours dans l’intention d’exhiber les tensions sous-jacentes à la conception de la diversité culturelle. En effet, la diversité culturelle est sujette à des glissements de sens, car elle est orchestrée en partie par le droit souverain des États-nations qui sont en mesure de protéger et promouvoir la diversité des expressions culturelles sur leur territoire, mais aussi, elle est basée sur des principes de libre échange et de libre circulation des produits, activités, biens et services culturels découlant de la coopération régionale, bilatérale et internationale mise de l’avant par la Convention. La Convention permet jusqu’à un certain point une conciliation entre l’ouverture du marché des biens et services culturels et la protection de la diversité culturelle grâce à ces mécanismes et ces organes. / This research treats about cultural diversity under the perspective of the “exception culturelle”. In this Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, cultural diversity gains a central position in regard to the cultural policies applied at the national, European and international levels. The objective of this research was to outline the meaning of cultural diversity in order to reveal the different tensions between the role of the nation-state and the power devolved to the open market of goods and cultural products on a supranational level. Thus, we hypothesize that the concept of cultural diversity takes different meanings in order to rally the different parties in the best interest of the Convention. Based on these evidences and Bourdieu’s hypothesis underlining the present homogenization of cultures, we ask ourselves : how can the Convention reconcile the open market of cultural goods and services and the protection of cultural diversity ? Who orchestrates cultural diversity in the Convention ? Is cultural diversity organized by the nation-state in charge of defending its own cultural expressions ? Or is cultural diversity organized by the open market that controls the market of cultural expressions based on the principle of supply and demand ? To answer those questions, we did a discourse analysis of the Convention in order to expose the underlying tensions in the concept of cultural diversity. We noticed that the concept of cultural diversity usually refers to the diversity of cultural expressions. Therefore, the concept of cultural diversity implies different perspectives. Nation-states do have the right to take measures and adopt cultural policies in order to protect their own cultural products and cultural expressions, but at the same time, the Convention promotes regional, bilateral and international cooperation between Parties. Cooperation is based on free trade, free movement and unlimited access of cultural activities, goods and services. Therefore, cultural diversity is directed at the same time by nation-states and relies upon the laws of the open market. The different mechanisms of the Convention try to ensure a certain balance between these dual perspectives of the Convention.

近年來房價持續攀升，政府決定實施特種貨物及勞務稅條例以降低投機買賣之行為，達到防止房價泡沫化，平抑房價之目的。為探討資本市場對該條例之預期，本論文首先以事件研究探討特種貨物及勞務稅條例消息公布之際，上市櫃建設公司是否產生負的累積異常報酬率，並採用迴歸模型探討公司特性與該公司受特種貨物及勞務稅條例影響幅度的關聯性。本論文進而透過對上市櫃建設公司營業收入及營業毛利率在特種貨物及勞務稅條例消息公布後是否產生不利影響之探討，了解特種貨物及勞務稅條例消息公布對建設公司銷售面之實質影響，最後採用迴歸模型探討公司特性與建設公司銷售面受影響幅度之關聯性。 本研究研究結果發現： 1、在特種貨物及勞務稅條例消息公布之相關事件日，上市櫃建設公司普遍均產生顯著的負向股票異常報酬率。 2、股票累積異常報酬率與公司特性關聯性之迴歸結果顯示，研議及開徵特種貨物及勞務稅消息公布之事件日，存貨比率較高、公司規模較大、公司成長性較高之上市櫃建設公司，其累積異常報酬率較低。 3、在特種貨物及勞務稅條例消息公布後，上市櫃建設公司之營業收入產生不利影響，但對營業毛利率並無顯著之不利影響。 / In order to curb the housing price hike and prevent housing bubble, Taiwan government implemented the Specifically Selected Goods and Services Tax Act. The Act is expected to have negative impacts on stock market returns of construction companies and real estate market. Using event study method, this study examines the stock market reactions to the announcements of the legislature policy. This study explores the relation between the stock cumulative abnormal returns (CAR) of the Act and firm characteristics. This study finds that the stock market reacts negatively when the news of the Act are released. The regression results indicate when the news of the Act are released, for construction companies, CARs are negatively related with inventory-to-total assets ratio, corporate size and growth. This study also finds the construction companies’ revenue reflected the negative impacts on real estate market.

By the process of democratization, wich occurred in the 80's at Brazil, brought by the constitutional order of 1988, significant changes have taken place in Brazil, among them the largest political and administrative decentralization of the state, the increasing of autonomy and the reduction of federal implement of policies to the regional development promoted by the Federal Union. Emerged from these concepts the dissemination of an anti-cooperative behavior among the sub nationals governments, especially the exercising of taxing authority by the members of the State and the Federal District unilaterally, through the granting of tax exemption without the actuation of CONFAZ, with a view to attract private initiative to promote regional development and job's creation, implying, in the other hand, negative effects at the Federation as a whole. In this way, and on a federal state whose parameters are unmodifiable, asks whether such approaches adopted by Member States and the Federal District are in strict observation with constitutional's principles, as well proposes ways of reducing the tax competition between the Brazilian political entities, guided by the lights of the federal rule. / Com o processo de redemocratização ocorrido no país na década de 80, trazido na ordem constitucional de 1988, significativas modificações tiveram lugar no Brasil, dentre elas a maior descentralização político-administrativa do Estado, aumento da extensão do âmbito de autonomia dos entes federativos e a diminuição do implemento de políticas de desenvolvimento regional promovidas pela União. Emergiu de tais conceitos a disseminação de condutas anti-cooperativas entre os entes federativos, principalmente no que condiz ao exercício da competência tributária relativa ao ICMS, passando os Estados-membros e Distrito Federal a exercerem sua autonomia de maneira unilateral, por meio da concessão de isenções tributárias do referido imposto sem a chancela do CONFAZ, com vistas a atrair a iniciativa privada para promoção do desenvolvimento regional e geração de empregos, implicando efeitos negativos na Federação como um todo. Dessa forma e diante de um Estado cujos parâmetros federativos foram erigidos como cláusula pétrea, indaga-se se tais condutas adotadas pelos Estados-membros e Distrito Federal estariam de acordo com os ditames constitucionais, bem assim propõe-se meios de diminuição da competição tributária entre os entes políticos brasileiros aos quais se atribui a competência relativa ao ICMS, sob as luzes do preceito federativo.

The environmental goods and services cannot be valued through markets economically defined. Therefore, it has been necessary to implement methodologies such as contingent valuation for this purpose. This method was proposed 66 years ago and it has been widely used in different fields such as conservation of protected areas. The aim of this article is to provide a theoretical review of the contingent valuation method and to show experiences of its application in the assessment of Protected Areas in Latin America. In the sixties and seventies contingent valuation began to acquire greater importance for estimates of non-use values. Then, there was a cross-disciplinary integration of elements to strengthen the development of surveys and in the nineties appeared a criticism of its validity .Moreover, contingent valuation studies in Latin American countries have had positive results in determining the willingness to pay for recreational value, environmental services value, social benefits and public management of protected areas. / Los bienes y servicios ambientales no pueden ser valorados económicamente a través de mercados definidos, por lo que ha sido necesario la implementación de metodologías como la valoración contingente para dicho fin. Este método fue planteado hace 66 años y desde entonces ha sido ampliamente empleado en diversos campos como la conservación de áreas protegidas. El presente artículo hace una revisión teórica del método de valoración contingente y de las experiencias de su aplicación en la valoración de áreas protegidas en América Latina.En los años sesenta y setenta la valoración contingente comenzó a adquirir más importancia para la estimaciones de valores de no uso; posteriormente hubo una integración de elementos transdisciplinares para fortalecer la elaboración de encuestas y en los años noventa surgieron críticas sobre su validez. Asimismo, los estudios de valoración contingente en países latinoamericanos han tenido resultados positivos en la determinación de la disposición a pagar por aspectos como valor recreativo, valor de servicios ambientales, beneficios sociales y gestión pública de espacios protegidos.

A estrutura tributária brasileira proporciona uma dificuldade a mais no planejamento de redes logísticas, principalmente no caso do Imposto sobre Circulação de Mercadorias e Serviços (ICMS). A omissão do fator tributário na modelagem de redes logísticas no cenário brasileiro atual poderá resultar em cenários não ótimos, devido à marcante influência da mesma na localização das instalações e na definição dos fluxos de origem e destino. Devido aos impactos da legislação brasileira na perda de competitividade das empresas brasileiras atualmente, a Reforma Tributária se faz necessária por estas e outras razões não logísticas, alterando a forma como este imposto é cobrado. Alguns estudos foram realizados para avaliar o impacto da reforma tributária no planejamento de redes logísticas, porém o presente estudo atualizou a demanda e os custos logísticos para os valores atuais de mercado, buscando aprofundar a compreensão sobre as principais modificações da rede. Além disso, procurou-se avaliar o impacto da modificação da alíquota interna e externa na configuração de redes logísticas. Para estudar o impacto do ICMS na rede logística de uma empresa, recorreu-se ao modelo de Programação Linear Inteira Mista (PLIM). Os resultados do estudo evidenciam que a reforma tributária irá trazer melhorias significativas no aspecto de fluxo origem e destino e na localização das instalações. Porém, a estruturação da rede logística ainda irá sofrer interferência do ICMS, contribuindo assim para o aumento do Custo Brasil pela permanência do turismo fiscal. / The Brazilian tax structure provides a further difficulty in the planning of logistics networks, especially in the case of the Tax on Circulation of Goods and Services. The omission of the tax factor in modeling logistics networks in the current Brazilian scenario could result in non-optimal, due to the strong influence in the same location of facilities and on defining the flows of origin and destination. Due to the impacts of the Brazilian legislation in the loss of competitiveness of Brazilian companies currently the Tax Reform is needed for these and other logistical reasons not changing the way this tax is levied. Some studies were conducted to evaluate the impact of tax reform in the planning of logistics networks, but the present study updated the demand and logistics costs for the current market values, seeking to deepen the understanding of the main changes to the network. In addition, we sought to evaluate the impact of changes of the internal rate in the configuration of logistics networks. To study the impact of the ICMS in the logistics network of a company, we used the model of Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP). The study results show that tax reform will bring significant improvements in the appearance of flow origin and destination and the location of facilities. However, the structuring of the logistics network will still suffer interference from the ICMS, thus contributing to the increase in Brazil cost the tax residence of tourism.

Magister Legum - LLM / The general objective of the proposed research is to do a needs analysis for the tourism and hospitality industries of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland. This will be followed by an alignment of these industries with the provisions of the General Agreement of Trade in Services, commonly known as GATS, so that a Tourism and Hospitality Services Charter may be moulded that may be used uniformly throughout SACU. The specific objectives of the research are: To analyze impact assessment reports and studies conducted on the Tourism and Hospitality Industries for all five SACU member states with the aim of harmonizing standards, costs and border procedures. To ecognize SACU member states' schedule of GATS Commitments, especially in the service sectors being investigated, by improving market access, and to recommend minimal infrastructural development levels to be attained for such sectors' support. To make recommendations to harness the challenges faced by the said industries into a working document. To calibrate a uniformity of trade standards in these sectors that shall be used by the SACU membership. To ensure that the template is flexible enough for SACU to easily adopt and use in ongoing bilateral negotiations, for example. / South Africa

The main topic of this diploma thesis is the historical-sociological analysis of spa forests in the surroundings of Carlsbad. More and more people exploit the nature, especially near human settlements. Therefore, there is a question if suburban, or in our case spa forests, wouldn't have according to the law other rights and obligations than other types of forests. The subject of the research is the analysis of the development of Carlsbad spa forests (Lázeňské lesy Karlovy Vary) during their historical development and related social development, which was reflected on the form of the spa forests. The main research initiative is human access to forests in terms of sustainable forestry and ecological balance depending on the natural and social contexts of the area around the city of Carlsbad. The diploma thesis is divided into two main parts - theoretical and empirical. In the theoretical part, through a careful analysis of the literature and research of sources, there is a historical development of forests with respect to the spa area of the city of Carlsbad. Furthermore, the geomorphological and social description of the researched area with legal, ecological and forestry theory is described as well. The empirical part of the work is focuses on quality research, which was conducted on the basis of...

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