Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 169-173). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (doctoral)--Department of Political Science, University of Stockholm, 1987. / Summary in English. Material type: Dissertations. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-253).

Thesis (M.Sc.)(Agricultural Economics)--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Title from opening screen (viewed March 27, 2006. Includes summary. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on June 22, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MPhil) -- AUT University, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references. Also held in print (180 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.) in the Archive at the City Campus (T 381.10993488 STO)

Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 212-223). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of North Carolina Wilmington, 2009. / Title from PDF title page (February 23, 2010) Includes bibliographical references (p. 80-82)

This diploma project focuses on evaluation and recommendation of the most efficient form of financing in the case of an acquisition of a long-term corporeal property if the company does not have enough financial means as well as on the Czech leasing trade trends ascertainment, description of development in the period 2003 to 2007 and proposition of the future progress prediction. The project firstly deals with the principles and meanings of the leasing, its division and processes from the leasing company selection to final contract signature. A space is also devoted to the Czech law adaptation, leasing insurance and bank loans division and processes. In the practical part a comparison of the acquisition of a long-term corporeal property by a leasing and a bank loan is shown while the analysis is made with the help of the current money value. The project contains detailed information of the events of the Czech leasing market, its concentration, operational and financial leasing development, movable and fixed property leasing development and its trends.

An agreement on the inclusion of a social clause in the World Trade Organization‟s (WTO) multilateral trade agreements largely depends on reassuring objecting member states that such inclusion will contribute to an improved recognition of core labour standards in trade, without altering the competitive advantage of one trading partner over another. Reassurance must be given to the effect that incorporating a social clause in the WTO legal framework would not be used as a trade restricting mechanism which might have direct, negative effects on the development of countries worldwide. Such an argument may not be won easily from a legal and economic perspective. There is an omnipresent conflict at the international level between the basic values underlying multilateral trade agreements and principles governing the protection of core labour standards. On the one hand, supporting the stance of free trade is the fundamental force of profit maximization while on the other hand, and in direct opposition to this market driven value system, are human rights-based calls for recognising core labour standards in employment matters related to trade. Increased international trade is a powerful tool for tackling poverty and social misery worldwide. It could thus be important to adopt a legal framework in the multilateral trade system to harness potential opportunities a trade-labour linkage could provide. In that case, the legal questions of whether or not there should be a tradeoff between the right to trade and compliance with core labour standards and whether a social clause in the WTO would achieve this purpose had to be addressed. However, without a compatible underpinning legal framework of universally accepted trade-labour standards, incorporating a social clause in the WTO would be a misplaced legal objective which is unachievable as it could lead to a conflict between the WTO and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and at most could create a legal fiction whose results may not be positively measurable. Setting two international legal norms at conflict with each other is systematically studied as a conflict in which the values of the global market economy are in a supposed confrontation with those protecting core labour standards as human rights. Therefore, this study undertook a contemporary legal analysis of the possibilities and challenges of incorporating a social clause in the WTO for purposes of entrenching the protection of core labour standards. It put forward arguments and tentative proposals for a trade-labour linkage legal framework which could dispel calls for excluding a social clause in the WTO.

This thesis analyze the economic development and FDI prospects in the context of the Free Trade Agreements that Mexico has signed in the context of NAFTA with the United States and Canada, as well as EU-MEXICO FTA with the European Union. The analysis will be focused around the regional allocation of FDI, the analysis of the main industrial sectors where FDI lands and on the most active foreign investors in the country. However, a new series of reforms and measures to advance liberalization have triggered the interest of other countries to invest in Mexico; Most notably, from Europe. These new FDI inflows are being allocated in different regions and shifting away from manufacturing industries into the service sectors and on to new investment opportunities in strategic industries.