Rise in international trade and capital flows has caused an increasing economic integration. Due to these types of developments there’s been a worldwide homogenising effect upon many customs, practices and institutions. In business life it led amongst other things to a wish
This dissertation involves two set of papers. The first chapter contains a brief introduction of the issues covered in this thesis. In the first set of papers (chapters 2 and 3) I investigate the use of product standards in international trade… Contents
The industrial economy of any country depends upon the role and performance of corporate leaders, be it sustained growth of national income, balancing of international trade or payments, meeting the foreign exchange requirements or mitigating national resource disadvantage, the country banks upon