This paper aims to examine the functions and roles of branch offices of wholescale trades and producer services. The author analyzed the case in Hiroshima which is a typical provincial city. - (KA)
The greening of free trade? The debate about the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the environment
Ecological movement ; Environment ; Free trade ; International trade ; Man-environment relations ; North America ; Sovereignty ; Sustainable development ; Trade agreement
Free trade agreements and interregional labor migration: the case of the U.S. and Canada
Canada ; Economic impact ; Free trade ; Inter-regional trade flow ; International trade ; Labour migration ; Liberalisation ; Model ; Trade agreement ; United States of America ; Utility fonction
Geographies of trade unionism: translating traditions across space and time
Association ; Organization ; Social network ; Society ; Space time ; Trade union ; Trade unionism ; Tradition ; United Kingdom ; Working class ; Working population
Geo-economic competition and trade bloc formation: United States, German, and Japanese exports, 1968-1992
Competition ; Economic system ; Export ; Geopolitics ; Germany ; International economy ; International trade ; Japan ; Spatial analysis ; United States of America
An examination of export shares for the three great powers with 114 partners in the past quarter century, indicates there is not much evidence for the hypothesis of a world devolving into trade blocs. While regional links have intensified somewhat
P. Krugman's work has been very influential in promoting the new trade theory and the new economics of competitive advantage. According to him, international trade is driven by increasing returns and external economies and by comparative advantage
Capital ; German Democratic Republic ; Germany ; Investment ; Living standard ; Retail trade ; Shopping centre ; Small and medium sized enterprises ; Supplying
The structures of the retail trade in Eastern Germany have changed profoundly since the turnabout. As a result of the massive commitment of West German enterprises, large-area and discounting forms of supply have been established everywhere
in the new federal states. At the same time, the setting-up of a retail-trade system based on small and medium-sized business has made good progress. Problematical areas include the frequently insufficient equity capital, the boom in shopping centres
Comparative study ; Competition ; Consumption ; Economic strategy ; Food industry chain ; Food product ; Food trade ; Innovation ; Regulation ; Retail trade ; Supply ; United Kingdom ; United States of America
are more allowed to execute own-label strategic action. In contrast, the US retailers have been restricted to lower levels of own-label trading. Different national contexts produce different power relations.