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Well-known trade mark protection: confusion in EU and Japan
No full textIn this thesis concerning the protection of well-known trade marks against confusion in the European Community Trade Mark (CTM) and Japanese trademark systems, the author critically considers the difficulties in comprehensively defining ‘well-known trade mark’ in the relevant international trade mark instruments. After critical analysis of various definitions of both ‘trade mark’ and ‘well-known trade mark’, she undertakes a comparison of the definitions of the parallel concepts of ‘trade mark of repute’ and ‘syuchi-syohyo’, and also undertakes an assessment as to the extent to which these trade marks are protected against confusion and kondo in the CTM and Japanese systems, respectively. It is concluded that the protection of well- known trade marks against confusion in the CTM and Japan cannot be said to be completely clear, and the author identifies some areas for legal refor
Mark-up Pricing in South African Industry
No full textThis paper investigates the extent of the mark-up of the South African manufacturing sector, taking into account a number of characteristics of its component industries. We find significant mark-ups to be present in the South African manufacturing industry. In comparative terms, the mark-up is approximately twice that found for the US manufacturing sector. We find that industry concentration exerts a positive influence on the mark-up over marginal cost whilst an indicator of competitiveness suggests that an increase in an industry's competitiveness relative to other industries allows it to raise its mark-up. However, within-industry increases in competitiveness reduces the mark-up. We also analyze the impact of import and export penetration. Both import and export penetration serve to lower the mark-up. The impact of the business cycle on mark-up indicates that the mark-up is countercyclical. Finally, accounting for intermediate inputs significantly lowers the absolute size of the mark-up, controlling for the industry's concentration ratio. However, relative to findings on the US manufacturing sectors, SA manufacturing mark-ups remain approximately twice as large.
Assessing the Organizational Commitment Construct in an Industrial Purchasing Setting
No full textMark C. Hall is an Associate Professor of Marketing at Mankato State University. Kevin M. Elliott is a Professor of Marketing at Mankato State University
Towards Multimedia Thesaurus Support for media-based Navigation
No full textThis paper describes an open hypermedia system which allows content based navigation and retrieval from both text and non-text media. The system provides a variety of link types including the generic link which, once authored from a particular selection, may be followed from any instance matching that selection. The paper also describes the concept of a multimedia thesaurus and illustrates how it may be used to enhance the navigational capabilities of the system, allowing links to be authored on one representation of an object and followed from a different representation
David H. Caldwell / Mark A. Hall (eds.): The Lewis Chessmen
No full text[Compte-rendu d'ouvrage] du livre The Lewis Chessmen: New Perspectives de David H. Caldwell et Mark A. Hall (2014) Edinburgh : National museums Scotland. EAN 9781905267859, publié dans la revue Sehepunkte, vol. 15, n°9, disponible sur http://www.sehepunkte.de/2015/09/27216.htmlInternational audienc
Portrait / Zumas, Maria C. / Maginnes Hall Mark Twain Room / First Coeds / 1975; English
No full textFemale student pictured in Maginnes Hall Mark Twain Room, holding a book
“For thy kingdom is past not away, / Nor thy power from the place thereof hurled”: Martianus Capella and a Prophylactic Oracle of Apollo
No full textThe chapter provides a reconsideration of a section in Martianus Capella’s Book 1, dedicated to the ‘failure of the oracles’ and culminating in a quotation of a prophylactic Apollinean oracle, attributed to Alexander of Abonouteichos. The author tries to reconstruct some possible lines of transmission of this oracle, at the same time highlighting how its allegorical framework helps to shed light on some aspects of the ongoing controversy between pagans and Christians, which took into account the thaumaturgical and therapeutic capabilities of the gods
Organizational Purchasing Theory: A Review and Assessment
No full textMark C. Hall is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing at Mankato State University. C.P. Rao is University Professor in the Department of Marketing at the University of Arkansas. Kevin M. Elliott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Marketing at Mankato State University
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