My thesis gives an overview of the development of maritime transport, shows the coherence of international trade in maritime transport and how these trends affect the two sectors of the economy in terms of growth and the territorial and commodity structure. Another issue is technological change in the context of maritime transport and analysis of the practical aspects of one of the biggest trends that emerged during the last hundred years, container transport. The goal of the last part of my thesis is to highlight the new trends in the development of regulatory and institutional framework for maritime transport and to monitor solutions in addressing global problems of ecology and safety in this field.

The paper explores the impact of the September 11 events on the U.S. politics of homeland security, examines the consequences of the after-9-11 measures taken up by the U.S. Government for international trade, and evaluates the role of these measures in contemporary world.

Master thesis is focused on the economy of Australia. It consists of characteristic of state form and political situation, membership in international organizations and demography. The thesis comprises also characteristic of sectors of economy and entrepreneurship environment including infrastructure and legislative. Apart from this, also historical development (1990 to 2007), economy in present crisis (2008 and 2009) and future forecast are evaluated. International trade is also analyzed in the thesis, mainly its commodity and territorial structure, foreign investment and trade partners' relations. The conclusion of master thesis comprises SWOT analysis, which results in stating of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats concerning Australian economy.

This diploma thesis intends to describe the multilateral trading system, specifically the relation between World Trade Organization (WTO) and developing countries. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first one introduces the participation of developing countries in international trade. The second part deals with the special treatment and the role of developing countries in multilateral trade system. I mention also concrete clauses. The third chapter describes problems caused by the membership of developing countries in WTO and the last one is dedicated to the dispute settlement.

The work describes the notion of international trade with focus on the theory interlinked with pracice. The extended focus is on business environment of Slovenia and the Czech Republic. The thesis presents the risks, purposes and advantages of doing business internationally. Furthermore, there are examples of specific companies in related industries and the products that are offered on different markets. The idea of the work is to give an insight to those who are interested in international business (exporting and importing) with various application of strategies.

This paper deals with economic relations between the Czech republic and Italy. It focuses on problems of Italian economy and its macroeconomic development, analyses the trade exchange between these two countries from the foundation of the Czech republic to the present.It deals with the conditions that must be fulfilled when entering italian market, compares the business style of managers from both countries and introduces the basic activities that has to be made for succesful cooperation between Italy and the Czech republic.

This diploma thesis considers the possibility for Ukrainian manufacturing company entry into the Czech market. The diploma thesis aim is to analyze the possibility for the Ukrainian company entry to the Czech Republic and to choose an optimal form of an entrance. And on the basis of these results to offer the standardized method for the entry of the Ukrainian company into the European market. For achievement of the diploma thesis aim the most used methods are analysis, synthesis and comparison. Main analytical tools are Porter's five forces analysis and PEST analysis. Approach to the choice of the best form for an expansion to foreign markets can be used by the companies in case of making decision on geographical diversification of its zone of sale.

This thesis focuses on international supply chain of flowers. The primary goal of this thesis is to analyse supply chain in context of international trade with this commodity and subsequent identification of problematic parts to which I find possible solutions. The secondary goal is to offer reader comprehensive image of how trade with flowers works, what kind of operations take place, what kind of logistics and processes are used and finally, how does it look in practice.

This thesis is composed of three essays. In the first essay I identify the effects of imposing a broad range of environmental regulations under different market conditions.. I compare four types of regulatory controls under Perfect Competition, Monopoly, and Cournot Competition: Emission Standards, Design Standards, Concentration Standards, and Output Standards. I rank each of the standards in terms of firm profitability, industry output, abatement costs, and social welfare. I derive sufficient conditions for Design, or Concentration Standards, to dominate Emission Standards. I show how the different forms of regulation can raise industry profits by reducing the degree of inter-firm competition. Further, I show how environmental regulations can enhance competition and yield a "double dividend": higher Social Surplus and less pollution. In the second essay I extend the comparison of standards to an open country. I show how a country's choice of regulatory regime influences the level of environmental protection when governments care about the competitiveness of their industries. I show that the mode of regulation can create a "race to the bottom" if regulators behave strategically. I show that Emission Standards permit the race, as do Emission Charges. Design Standards, on the other hand, avoid the race altogether by breaking the link between environmental stringency and industrial competitiveness. Countries using Design Standards will always regulate emissions. This holds regardless of the environmental stance taken by competitor nations. If countries do not behave strategically, then Emission Standards and Emission Charges always dominate Design Standards. In the third essay I use the concept of home biases in traded goods, or "Border Effects", to rank industries and countries in terms of their openness to trade. I first confirm the presence border effects for individual sectors and individual industries among OECD countries for 1970 to 1985. I also examine whether country-specific border effects are determined by the sectoral composition of a country's production. I find limited evidence to support this. Rather, per capita incomes appear to be the most important factor. The conclusion I draw is that the level of development appears to be the prime factor in explaining the differences in country-specific border effects. What countries produce is of some importance. Therefore, we should see continued, though possibly slow, reductions in home biases as all countries continue to develop. This will partially determine the kind of environmental regulation used as well as their level. / Arts, Faculty of / Vancouver School of Economics / Graduate

This thesis deals with new trends in the field of logistics and its importance for the development of international trade. The main goal is to analyze logistics as a whole in today's holistic approach to understand the Supply Chain Management, the current state and development of the last years of the most important transport modes and analyze the main determinants with the biggeste influence in shaping current and future developments in the field of logistics.