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Service Industries Journal, 2023
Recent research has shown that the trade-off between customer satisfaction and productivity can be mitigated through three strategic pathways: the (1) operations management (OM) approach, (2) focused service factory, and (3) dual culture strategy, which ...
Jochen Wirtz +3 more
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Recent research has shown that the trade-off between customer satisfaction and productivity can be mitigated through three strategic pathways: the (1) operations management (OM) approach, (2) focused service factory, and (3) dual culture strategy, which ...
Jochen Wirtz +3 more
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2001
AbstractThis chapter starts with brief overviews of global trade flows in services, the barriers that restrict such trade, and the economics of service sector protection and liberalization. This is followed by a summary of the main elements of the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) and a discussion of the experience obtained in the first ...
Bernard M Hoekman, Michel M Kostecki
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AbstractThis chapter starts with brief overviews of global trade flows in services, the barriers that restrict such trade, and the economics of service sector protection and liberalization. This is followed by a summary of the main elements of the GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services) and a discussion of the experience obtained in the first ...
Bernard M Hoekman, Michel M Kostecki
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Coordinating ecosystem service trade-offs to achieve win-win outcomes: A review of the approaches.
Journal of Environmental Science, 2019Ecosystem service (ES) trade-offs have been broadly recognized and studied over the past decade. However, how to coordinate the relationships among ES trade-offs to achieve win-win outcomes remains a considerable challenge for decision makers.
Hua Zheng, Lijuan Wang, Tong Wu
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Land Use Policy, 2021
Understanding ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies is the foundation to achieve the efficient management of the ecosystem and improve human well-being.
Zhe Feng +3 more
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Understanding ecosystem service trade-offs and synergies is the foundation to achieve the efficient management of the ecosystem and improve human well-being.
Zhe Feng +3 more
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2023
Abstract With the advent of the telecommunication and transmission technology many services that had long been considered as purely domestic (or non-traded) activities, have become tradable, such as financial services (like banking and insurance) and business services (like software development, call centres, consultancy services ...
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Abstract With the advent of the telecommunication and transmission technology many services that had long been considered as purely domestic (or non-traded) activities, have become tradable, such as financial services (like banking and insurance) and business services (like software development, call centres, consultancy services ...
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Service, Trade in Services and Trade of Services Industries
Journal of World Trade, 2014The paper focuses on the issue of international cross-border trade in services. It argues that its current understanding may be quite misleading because the concept of service is not accurately delineated and because available data are not appropriately understood.
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Science of the Total Environment, 2018
Land use change can result in variations in ecosystem services (ESs) and their relationships. Studying the temporal dynamics of ESs and their relationships can support scenario analyses that provide the theoretical basis for policy decisions and regional
Siqi Yang +5 more
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Land use change can result in variations in ecosystem services (ESs) and their relationships. Studying the temporal dynamics of ESs and their relationships can support scenario analyses that provide the theoretical basis for policy decisions and regional
Siqi Yang +5 more
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2015
Abstract This chapter begins with an introduction to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It then discusses the relationship between GATT and GATS; the scope of GATS; WTO Members' general obligations under GATS; specific commitments and general exceptions; and the special regimes for telecom and financial services.
Mitsuo Matsushita +3 more
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Abstract This chapter begins with an introduction to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It then discusses the relationship between GATT and GATS; the scope of GATS; WTO Members' general obligations under GATS; specific commitments and general exceptions; and the special regimes for telecom and financial services.
Mitsuo Matsushita +3 more
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Ecosystem service trade-offs for adaptive forest management
Ecosystem Services, 2019Quantifying ecosystem services as dependent on forest management and analyzing tradeoffs between them can help to make decisions on management more effective, efficient, sustainable, and stable. We use a forest management model (SILVA) to predict changes
Fabian Schwaiger +3 more
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International trade: trade in services
2007This major work consists of carefully commissioned original and incisive contributions from leading scholars in the field of international economic law. Covering a full range of topics, the Handbook provides an accessible treatment of the law in each area, as well as a thoughtful synthesis and discussion of related public policy issues from a broadly ...
Bernard Hoekman, Aaditya Mattoo
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