It is important that Queensland horticultural producers develop export capacity. Production is increasing and Australia has a relatively small domestic market. Export also provides a means to diversify as a risk management strategy and to arrest the income decline from existing markets. This research provides Queensland horticultural producers with a practical example of how the principles of supply chain management and relationship marketing may be applied to successfully access a new export market – the Japanese consumer co-operatives. The thesis examines the theories of relationship marketing and supply chain management and proposes that these constructs provide a suitable format for the development of trading relationships between Queensland producers and Japanese consumer co-operatives. Based on surveys of the co-operatives, the thesis outlines the specific philosophical and operational issues for the co-operatives which impact on their use of imported fruit and vegetables, and identifies direct supply from producers to consumers (sanchoku) as a potential strategy for gaining market entry. Key success factors are developed from the survey data and applied to a case study of a Queensland asparagus company and a mid-sized Japanese co-operative. The development of the business relationship and supply chain is chronicled for the case study firms. The dissertation concludes with observations from the case study and the co-operative survey, providing valuable insights into the strategies required by Queensland firms to build lasting relationships and profitable supply chains into Japanese consumer co-operatives.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--McMaster University, 2006. / Supervisor: William D. Coleman. Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-349).

Univ., Diss. u.d.T.: Kraus, Christiane: Import tariffs to support environmental policy instruments--Hannover, 1999. / Literaturverz. S. 229 - 241.

Thesis (LL. M.)--Queen's University at Kingston, Canada, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 192-200).

Thesis (M.S.)--The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2008. / Directed by Nancy Hodges; submitted to the Dept. of Consumer Apparel and Retail Studies. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Apr. 13, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 131-139).

Diss. Univ. Duisburg. / with 37 figures and 8 tables.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Genf, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (p. xv-xxiv).

Souvent perçue comme un droit d’exclure, la propriété intellectuelle est aussi un objet de commerce. Son importance croissante dans les échanges internationaux semble sous estimée. Des blocages conceptuels (matérialisme économique, idéalisme personnaliste) semblen s’opposer à son organisation. Néanmoins de plus en plus de standards et disciplines relatives aux licences et transferts de droits de propriété intellectuelles sont inclus dans les accords de commerce (ADPIC, ADPIC plus), les unions économiques régionales (UE, ALENA), accords d’investissement et fiscaux. Les pays dévelopés en particulier les États-Unis d’Amérique sont les acteurs clés de ce phénomène normatif. Il montre que la propriété intellectuelle n’est pas une simple marchandise mais un bien en capital d’abord échangeable à l’intérieur de groupes, partenariats et coopérations alternatives. Même si le droit international évoluait vers un régime plus codifié de leur commerce, les propriétés intellectuelles ne seront pas tranformées en simple droit à rémunération. / Sometimes reduced to a right to exclude, intellectual property is also a tradeable item whose increasing importance in international trade seems to be underestimed. Dogmatic conceptions (economic materialism, personnalist idealism) still blocking a proper organisation of this trade. But more and more international standards and disciplines for licences and transfer of intellectual property are included in international trade agreements (TRIPS, TRIPS plus), economic régional unions (UE, NAFTA), tax and investment treaties. Developped countries specially the United States of America are key actors of this normative phenomenon. It shows that intellectual property is not just a stock commodity for the market but a strategic capital tradeable first in transnational groups, partnerships and alternative cooperations. Even if international law evolves towards a more codified regime of their trade, intellectual properties will be not transformed in simple rights for compensation.

Cette thèse doctorale étudie l’impact des effets de réseau sur le commerce et la finance internationale. Le premier chapitre évalue le rôle que joue la centralité des partenaires commerciaux dans la diffusion des connaissances et conclut que l’importation de biens provenant de partenaires situés au cœur du réseau est génératrice de croissance économique. Le deuxième chapitre étudie le rôle des communautés de commerce dans la vitesse d’adoption de nouvelles technologies et établit que la diffusion des idées est encouragée au sein des pays appartenant à la même communauté. Le troisième chapitre souligne le rôle que jouent les partenaires financiers dans le choix d’investir dans une nouvelle destination et montre que les pays sont plus susceptibles d’investir dans un nouveau pays si un de leurs partenaires actuels y a déjà investi. Le quatrième chapitre évalue l’impact de l’importation des produits à risque et estime qu’une augmentation d’un pourcent des importations de produits fragiles provenant d’un pays touché par une catastrophe naturelle est associée à une réduction de 0,7 pourcent des exportations nationales. / This doctoral dissertation investigates the impact of networks effects on international trade and finance. The first chapter estimates the role a trade partners’ centrality plays in the diffusion of knowledge and finds that importing from countries at the core of the network leads to a significant increase in economic growth. The second chapter investigates the role of clusters in the speed of technology adoption and concludes that the diffusion of ideas is fostered among countries belonging to the same cluster. The third chapter emphasizes the role of current partners in choosing a destination for new investments and finds that countries are more likely to invest in a new destination if one of their existing partners have already made some investments in the location. The fourth chapter evaluates the impact of importing risky products on the economy and finds that the elasticity of a country’s exports with respect to its import share of fragile products from a partner impacted by a natural disaster is -0.7 percent.

This thesis is focused on forestry economics and timber industry and present state of the Czech foreign commerce with raw food. Finally, there are determined critical factors, proposals and recommendations.