The Electronics Industry: Inward Investment versus Indigenous Development—The Policy Debate

1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-450 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Brunskill

In this paper the public policy implications of an active government strategy aimed at enhancing the competitiveness of the electronics industry in Britain are examined. The author argues that as a general principle industrial policy should be both designed and applied at as low a level as possible. To achieve this a comprehensive but decentralised institutional economic development network will need to be created.

1985 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Peter Kong-ming New ◽  
J. Neil Henderson ◽  
Deborah K. Padgett

1989 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 124-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caryn L. Beck-Dudley ◽  
Terrell G. Williams

This article investigates the regulatory environment for comparative advertising in terms of industry regulation, government regulatory agencies, and private court actions under state law and the federal Lanham Act. Major legal issues are trade disparagement and defamation, trademark infringement and dilution, and deception. The Lanham Act offers protection and redress for parties injured by false, misleading or unfair comparative advertising. Legal theory for application of Lanham to comparative advertising is detailed and implications of the U-Haul vs. Jartran case, where Lanham was applied with U-Haul's being awarded more than forty million dollars in damages and legal fees, are discussed. Several public policy issues are raised including whether the FTC's private action policy serves the public interest given legal risks and costs of defending law suits.


1992 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajiv P. Dant ◽  
Patrick J. Kaufmann ◽  
Audhesh K. Paswan

Since the typical franchise arrangements permit the more powerful franchisors to simultaneously act as suppliers as well as competitors to their franchisees, apprehensions about potential opportunistic behaviors and allegations of antitrust violations are not uncommon. In turn, this unique structuring of franchises with dual distribution has drawn considerable scrutiny from the public policy platform. In particular, the ownership redirection hypothesis—that the powerful franchisors will reacquire the best franchised outlets relegating only the marginal units to franchisees—has received special attention because it verbalizes the worst fears associated with franchising. This paper provides an evaluation of this hypothesis. To do so, we examine (1) the key premises of the hypothesis from the perspectives of a number of related literatures and (2) the available empirical evidence on the hypothesis. Both aspects of the appraisal point to a number of unresolved issues with important public policy implications.


Addiction ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 107 (7) ◽  
pp. 1199-1200 ◽  
Author(s):  
CORAL E. GARTNER ◽  
ADRIAN CARTER ◽  
BRAD PARTRIDGE

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