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This paper outlines a new approach for analysing the role of trade in promoting industrial development. It offers an explanation as to why firms are reluctant to move to economies with lower labour costs, and shows how trade liberalisation can change the incentives for firms to locate in developing countries. Unilaterally liberalising imports of manufactures can promote industrialisation, but m...

o The overall aim oithis project is to address the current unsustainable situation §f the manufacturing industry in Penang, and thdjnadequacies in the regulation of this industry, in order to point towards ways that a regulation of the industry can support a less unsustainable industrial development. Penang, a small state in Malaysia, has the past 20 years underwent a tremendous economic growth...

in aplhabetical order QSAR MODELING AND LIBRARY DESIGN STRATEGIES Dr. Wolfram Altenhofen Chemical Computing Group AG, Lörrach, Germany [email protected] The session will be devided into an introduction to basic concepts of QSAR Modeling and Library Design and a hands-on tutorial which will allow participants to experience the basic steps from deriving a QSAR model to designing a focused libra...

‘‘Industrial strength’’ software development environments (SDEs) must provide facilities to address three essential properties of multi-developer software systems: evolution, complexity and scale. It is my contention that in order to be an industrial strength SDE, an environment must support at least a city model environment. Moreover, SDEs must include such high level policies as supporting co...