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Trade Negotiations Coming Again Soon

T his December nations are to begin another round of trade negotiations under the World Trade Organization (WTO). Agricultural issues will again play a prominent role. While it is too early to identify specific issues facing negotiators, at a broad level much of the agenda is known. Mainly these issues reflect perceived deficiencies in the Uruguay Round Agreement. This article identifies those ...

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As eLife starts to publish the accepted versions of certain Research Articles, we explain what happens once a manuscript has been accepted for publication.

The molecular revolution--coming your way soon.

Coming soon: nowhere to hide for hospital managers.

Hospital and health care managers and administrators will in future be measured against mandatory core standards and judged on outcomes, with little place to hide and less room to shift responsibility, the country's new standards certification chief warned last month. Dr Carol Marshal, Director of the Office of Healthcare Standards Compliance (OHSC), in the national Department of Health has the...

Procurement Mechanisms for Differentiated Products∗ PRELIMINARY; NEW VERSION COMING SOON

We consider the problem faced by a procurement agency that runs an auction-type mecha-nism to construct a menu (assortment of products with posted prices), from a set of differentiatedproducts offered by strategic suppliers. Heterogeneous consumers then buy their most preferredalternative from the menu as needed. Framework agreements (FAs), widely used in the publicsector, take ...