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Books reviewed in this article: Elbrecht, Richard A. (editor). Consumer Viewpoints: Critique of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code. Goodwin, Dave. Stop Wasting Your Insurance Dollars Lavidge, Robert J. and Holloway, Robert J. (editors). Marketing and Society: The Challenge Markin, Rom J. The Psychology of Consumer Behavior Winter, Ruth. Poisons in Your Food     

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THE COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY: PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE, by Joan Pearce EMERGING FINANCIAL CENTERS: LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK, edited by Robert C. Effros INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, edited by Ali M. El-Agraa JAPAN AND WESTERN EUROPE: CONFLICT AND COOPERATION, edited by Loukas Tsoukalis and Maureen White RICH COUNTRY INTERESTS AND THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT, edited by Robert Cassen, Richard Jolly, John Sewell and Robert Wood THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF NEW AND OLD INDUSTRIAL COUNTRIES, edited by Christopher Saunders     

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SOCIAL CLAUSES AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, by Göte Hansson RESURRECTION OF THE PAUPER-LABOUR ARGUMENT REASSESSING THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN THE MIXED ECONOMY INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY: FROM TARIFFS TO THE NEW PROTECTIONISM WORLD STEEL IN THE 1980s: A CASE OF SURVIVAL THE INVISIBLE BANKERS THE NEW MULTILATERALISM: CAN THE WORLD TRADING SYSTEM BE SAVED? STRUGGLE FOR CHANGE: INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND NEWZEALAND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY: BIBLIOGRAPHICAL EXCURSIONS INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT AND TRADE THE FOOD AND FARM POLICIES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SOGO SHOSHA: THE VANGUARD OF THE JAPANESE ECONOMY MANAGING INTERNATIONAL RISK NATIONAL LAWS AND INTERNATIONAL. COMMERCE: THE PROBLEM OF EXTRATERRITORIALITY     

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Book reviewed in this articles: Adler, Richard P., Gerald S. Lesser, Laurence K. Meringoff, Thomas S. Robertson, John R. Rossiter, and Scott Ward, The Effects of Television Advertising on Children: Review and Recommendations. Boyte, Harry C., The Backyard Revolution: Understanding the New Citizen Movement. Groves, Robert M. and Robert L. Kahn, Surveys by Telephone: A National Comparison with Personal Interviews. Mandell, Lewis, Consumer Economics. Oshiro, Carl and Harry Snyder, Getting Action: How to Petition State Government. Staddon, J. E. R. (Ed.) Limits to Action: The Allocation of Individual Behavior.     

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Vinod K. Aggarwal International Debt Threat: Bargaining Among Creditors and Debtors in the 1980s I.M. Destler, American Trade Politics: System under Stress John Eatwell, Murray Milgate and Peter Newman (eds), The New Palgrave: a Dictionary of Economics     

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Brendan Brown, Monetary Chaos in Europe (London: Croom Helm, 1988) 320 pp., £35.00. I.M. Destler and John S. Odell (eds), Anti-protection: Changing Forces in United States Trade Politics Theodore R. Malloch, Issues in International Trade and Development Policy     

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Books reviewed in this article: Bergman, Abraham B. (editor), Political Approaches to Injury Control at the State Level Bourdet, Yves (editor), Internationalization, Market Power and Consumer Welfare Ellickson, Robert C., Order Without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes Haus, Leah A., Globalizing the GATT, The Soviet Union's Successor States, Eastern Europe, and the International Trading System Levy, David M., The Economic Ideas of Ordinary People: From Preferences to Trade Shelton, Beth Anne, Women, Men and Time: Gender Differences in Paid Work, Housework and Leisure Thornton, Mark, The Economics of Prohibition     

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Books reviewed in this article: Abel, Emily, Who Cares for the Elderly? Public Policy and the Experiences of Adult Daughters Ambry, Margaret K. and Cheryl Russell, The Official Guide to the American Marketplace Halperin, Rhoda H., The Livelihood of Kin Kleining, John, Valuing Life Olney, Martha L., Buy Now Pay Later: Advertising, Credit, and Consumer Durables in the 1920s Provenzo, Eugene, Jr., Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo Senauer, Ben, Elaine Asp, and Jean Kinsey, editors, Food Trends and the Changing Consumer     

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Book reviews in this article Baxter, J. L., Behavioral Foundations of Economics Bearden, William O., Richard G. Netemeyer, and Mary F. Mobley, editors, Handbook of Marketing Scales: Multi-Item Measures for Marketing and Consumer Behavior Research Bruner, Gordon C. II, and Paul J. Hensel, Marketing Scales Handbook: A Compilation of Multi-Item Measures Bird, Edward J., The Welfare Cost of Income Uncertainty: A Nonparametric Analysis of Households in the United States and Western Germany Holbrook, Morris B., Daytime Television Game Shows and the Celebration of Merchandise: The Price is Right Huffman, Wallace E. and Robert E. Evenson, Science for Agriculture: A Long-Term Perspective Klapp, Merrie G., Bargaining With Uncertainty: Decision-Making in Public Health, Technological Safety, and Environmental Quality Lebergott, Stanley, Pursuing Happiness: American Consumers in the Twentieth Century Levenstein, Harvey, Paradox of Plenty: A Social History of Eating in Modern America Liebhardt, William C., editor, The Dairy Debate: Consequences of Bovine Growth Hormone and Rotational Grazing Technologies Reifner, Udo and Janet Ford, editors, Banking for People: Social Banking and New Poverty, Consumer Debts and Unemployment in Europe—National Reports Stroble, Frederick R., Upward Dreams, Downward Mobility: The Economic Decline of the American Middle Class     

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Book reviews in this article Antonides, Gerrit, Wil Arts, and W. Fred van Raaij, editors, The Consumption of Time and the Timing of Consumption Boddewyn, Jean J., Global Perspectives on Advertising Self-Regulation: Principles and Practices in Thirty-eight Countries Daly, Jeanne, Ian McDonald, and Evan Willis, editors, Researching Health Care: Designs, Dilemmas, Disciplines Davidson, Martin P., The Consumerist Manifesto: Advertising in Postmodern Times Deaton, Angus, Understanding Consumption Gilgun, Jane F., Kerry Daly, and Gerald Handel, editors, Qualitative Methods in Family Research Liston, Margaret I., History of Family Economics Research: 1862-1962—A Bibliographical, Historical, and Analytical Reference Book Lunt, Peter K. and Sonia M. Livingstone, Mass Consumption and Personal Identity: Everyday Economic Experience Mamiya, Christin J., Pop Art and Consumer Culture: American Super Market Marcus, Alfred A. Controversial Issues in Energy Policy Morse, Richard L. D., Truth in Savings with Centsible Interest™ and Morse Rate Tables Nava, Mica, Changing Cultures: Feminism, Youth, and Consumerism     

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Book reviewed in this article: Foxall, Gordon R., Consumer Psychology in Behavioral Perspective Holland, Max, When the Machine Stopped: A Cautionary Tale from Industrial America Keller, Morton, Regulating a New Economy: Public Policy and Economic Change in America, 1900–1933 Klebaner, Benjamin J., American Commercial Banking: A History Mandell, Lewis, The Credit Card Industry: A History Mashaw, Jerry L. and David L. Harfst, The Struggle for Auto Safety Palm, Risa I., Michael E. Hodgson, R. Denise Blanchard, and Donal I. Lysons, Earthquake Insurance in California: Environmental Policy and Individual Decision Making Richards, Jef I., Deceptive Advertising: Behavioral Study of a Legal Concept Spulber, Daniel F., Regulation and Markets     

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Dynamics and Conflict in Regional Structura1 Change—Essay in Honor of Walter Isard Volume 2 Practical Methods of Regional Science and Empirical Applications—Selected Papers of Walter Isard, Volume 2 Department of Economics Loughborough University Export Promotion Strategies—Theory and Evidence from Developing Countries Commonwealth Secretariat Export Market Development Division Human Development Report 1990 for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (New York and Oxford: University of Nottingham The World Bank and the Environment—First Annual Report Fiscal 1990, The World Bank (New York: The World Bank, 1990 London Environmental Economics Centre University College London The European Communities' Single Market: The Challenge of 1992 for Sub-Saharan Africa Loughborough University     

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AFTER INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY: THE EMERGING SELF-SERVICE ECONOMY, by Jonathan Gershuny CAPITAL SHORTAGE AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE WORLD ECONOMY, edited by Herbert Giersch CHINA'S FINANCE AND TRADE: A POLICY READER, edited by Gordon Bennett ECONOMETRIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO PUBLIC POLICY, edited by Richard Stone and William Peterson A RETURN TO FREE MARKET ECONOMICS by John Jewkes NEW DIRECTIONS IN ECONOMIC POLICY, by M.L. Burstein STABILISING WORLD COMMODITY MARKETS, edited by F. Gerard Adams and Sonia A. Klein POST-INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, edited by Bo Gustafsson GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN THE DEVELOPED ECONOMY, edited by Peter Maunder WESTERN ENERGY POLICY: THE CASE FOR COMPETITION, by Douglas Evans THE INTERACTION OF ECONOMICS AND THE LAW, edited by Bernard H. Siegan     

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Purpose: Companies engage in business relationships for a variety of reasons, including specialization, product development, and building competitive networks. Research has demonstrated that mergers and acquisitions (M&As) may challenge ongoing business relationships. The purpose of this article is to investigate whether and how competition authorities consider business relationships when evaluating M&As.

Methodology: The article uses the documentation from 450 M&As reported to the Swedish competition authority to capture the way in which an authority evaluates M&As. The Swedish competition authority evaluation corresponds to other national and international evaluation procedures.

Findings: The findings indicate that the competition authorities neglect an important aspect of business life, namely companies forming business relationships. The competition authorities evaluate M&As on the basis of risk for price increases, and consequently disregard such issues as heterogeneity in demand and offerings, and values built into existing business relationships.

Originality/Value/Contribution: The article contributes to research on business relationships through exploring how a public authority deals with such relationships. It also contributes to research on mergers and acquisitions through examining how these activities are evaluated by competition authorities. Furthermore, the article contributes to competition research by reflecting on competition law concerning M&A regulations in relation to business relationships.     

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David, Nina, Reference Guide for Consumers. Gartner, Alan and Frank Reissman, The Service Society and the Consumer Vanguard. Hemenway, David, Industrywide Voluntary Product Standards. Mandell, Lewis, Economics From the Consumer's Perspective. Miller, Roger Leroy, Economic Issues for Consumers. Preston, Ivan L., The Great American Blow-up: Puffery in Advertising and Selling. United States Department of Agriculture, Shopper's Guide, The 1974 Yearbook of Agriculture.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Jolson, Marvin A. Consumer Attitudes Toward Direct-To-Home Marketing Systems. Kintner, Earl W. A Primer on the Law of Deceptive Practices. Lewis, Howard and Martha. The Medical Offenders. Ruskay, Joseph A. and Richard A. Osserman, Halfway to Tax Reform. Scaduto, Anthony. Handling Your Money. Smith, Wallace F., Housing: The Social & Economic Elements Troelstrup, Arch W., The Consumer in American Society: Personal and Family Finance.     

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ABSTRACT

The paper examines Africa's progress towards AACSB accreditation, especially to satisfy the 5 strategic management standards. Sadly, although there are 515 accredited business schools (as of January 2006) in 28 countries, Africa-with 54 nations-does not have a single AACSB accredited school. Many African business schools (ABSs) have the capacity to meet Standard 1 (mission statement), Standard 3 (student mission), and Standard 4 (continuous improvement objectives). But they have limited capacity to meet Standard 2 (mission appropriateness) and Standard 5 (financial strategies). Therefore, if AACSB-International wishes to truly become the accrediting agency for business schools worldwide, the agency and its members will need to play a more proactive, facilitative and enabling role in assisting business schools in Africa tackle these significant obstacles to accreditation.