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Linking international trade and labour standards: the effectiveness of sanctions under the European Union's GSP
(Kluwer Law International, 2011)
Linking international trade and labour standards is one of the ways to make countries comply with their international obligations to respect core labour standards. Under the European Union's Generalized System of Preferences ...
Are blue chip stock market indices good proxies for all-shares market indices? The case of the Brussels Stock Exchange 1833-2005
(Cambridge University Press, 2011)
In this article, we calculate a market-weighted return index for the 20 largest stocks listed on the Brussels Stock Exchange over the period 1833–2005, based on a new, unique and high-quality database. We find that this ...
Dividend policies of privately held companies: stand-alone and group companies in Belgiumm
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2012)
This study examines the dividend policies of privately held Belgian companies, differentiating between stand-alone companies and those affiliated with a business group. We find that privately held companies typically do ...
Export promotion: a decision support model approach
(Sun Media, 2012)
The utilization of export opportunities in the world market: a comparison of Belgium, South Africa and Thailand
(International Academy of Business and Economics, 2011)
A decision support model (DSM) was developed in 1995 by one of the authors with the main aim to identify realistic export opportunities (REOs) for a particular exporting country. The DSM results can assist export promotion ...
Identifying export opportunities for South Africa in the southern engines: A DSM approach
(Elsevier, 2010)
Brazil, China and India have been described as 'southern engines of growth' in the world economy. By 2050, these three countries could count under the top 5 largest economies in the world. This implies many opportunities ...
De politieke economie van het exportpromotiebeleid
(Stichting Maandschrift Economie, 2010)
An Asean-Eu FTA, regional production sharing, and regional cohesion: focus on Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2011)
This article focuses on the potential effects of an Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN)–European Union (EU) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) for Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar (C-L-M), the least developed economies of ...
World inequality, globalisation, technology and labour market institutions
(Emerald Group Publishing, 2011)
Purpose – The paper aims to assess to what extent the general trends with regard to world inequality can be explained by rising international economic integration, technological change and (labour market) institutions. ...
Competitive intelligence: construct exploration, validation and equivalence
(Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, 2008)
Purpose: – Little empirical research has been conducted on competitive intelligence (CI). This paper aims to contribute to the quantitative strand of the CI literature by exploring and validating the theoretical constructs ...