The maquiladora - Japan's new competitive weapon

Article Abstract:

Japanese corporations affected by constraints in US-Japanese trade have started to take part in Mexico's maquiladora program to take advantage of reduced direct labor costs. Maquiladoras are production facilities which operate in Mexico and assemble, produce, or manufacture raw materials imported in-bond and duty free for products which are then exported without value-added-taxes. Japanese firms like this arrangement because items produced in the maquiladora program can be imported to the US with regulations that are not as stringent as for items imported directly from Japan. Statistics indicate that as of 1987, Japan had 15 malquiladora plants, and the number is expected to grow. Some US firms do not like Japan's presence in the program, but research indicates that the US also benefits from Japan's participation because US towns on the Mexican border receive economic benefits.

Foreign operations, Japan, Economic policy, Mexico, Corporations, Offshore assembly industry, Corporations, Japanese

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Gaining a competitive edge through conjoint analysis

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Statistical conjoint analysis can improve marketing research efforts by determining which product attributes customers use when making purchasing decisions. Specifically, conjoint analysis provides information about the effects of product changes on sales, and about the trade-offs customers are willing to make among product characteristics. Conjoint analysis can also provide valuable information for analyzing the costs and benefits of repositioning of certain products, and for forecasting the market share effects of product changes.

Research, Analysis, Consumer behavior, Statistical decision, Statistical decision theory, Cost (Economics), Costs (Economics)

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Valuation ratios and price deviations from fundamentals

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Application of threshold autoregression techniques to understand investor sentiment as part of study of fundamentals of behavior finance, is described.

United Kingdom, Market Research, Market Research & Product Development, Usage, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Investors, Statistical methods

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