We analyze a two-country model of trade in both legitimate and counterfeit products. Domestic firms own trademarks and establish reputations for delivering high-quality products in a steady-state equilibrium. Foreign suppliers export legitimate low-quality merchandise and counterfeits of domestic brand-name goods. Heterogeneous home consumers either purchase low-quality imports or buy brand-name products‚ rationally expecting some degree of counterfeiting of the latter. We characterize a counterfeiting
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global trends. On the other hand‚ there is a trend that is assuming an alarming dimension borne out of greed and desire for quick money. Manufacturing and distribution of counterfeit‚ substandard or “fake” medicine is a monster which must be tamed. According to (Black Law Dictionary‚ cited in Akunyili‚ 2010‚ p.15) the term counterfeit drug may be used to describe a drug produced by an entity other than the genuine manufacturer‚ by copying or imitating an original product without authority or right‚
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ROLE OF NAFDAC IN AIRFREIGHTING IN NIGERIA PRESENTED BY PROFESSOR DORA N. AKUNYILI (OFR) DIRECTOR-GENERAL (NAFDAC) AT A ONE-DAY SEMINAR ON OPTIMISING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AIRFREIGHT IN NIGERIA ORGANISED BY NIGERIAN SHIPPERS’ COUNCIL 24TH AUGUST 2006 INTRODUCTION: It gives me great pleasure to be invited to present a paper at this one day sensitization seminar with Theme Optimizing opportunities in the Airfreight industry‚ organized by the Nigerian Shippers Council for importers/exporters‚ operators
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McGill University 10 BATTLE OF THE BRANDS Patek Philippe vs. Rolex Gizem Ozdemir‚ Cynthia Younes‚ Martin Lemay‚ Alex Beauchesne Table of Contents Introduction to the Watch Industry 3 Customer and Competitor Analysis 4 PATEK PHILIPPE 5 History of Patek Philippe 5 Patek Philippe’s Strategy 6 SWOT Analysis 8 Marketing Mix 9 ROLEX 11 History of the Brand 11 Scope of the Brand 12 SWOT Analysis 12 Marketing Mix 14 Results – Patek Philippe 15 Recommendations
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THE ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN PROCUREMENT ACTIVITIES A CASE STUDY OF VODACOM TANZANIA LIMITED DAR – ES – SALAAM By Rachel Magoire A Research report Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Arts in Procurement and Supply Management of Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) Moshi September‚ 2009 CERTIFICATION The undersigned certify that they have read and hereby recommend for acceptance
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Counterfeit Drugs Problems and Solutions for the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry Introduction Counterfeit drugs have been around for much of the recent history of industrial-scale drug production in India and abroad. Although detailed data on counterfeit medicines are difficult to obtain by virtue of its very nature‚ a recent WHO report estimates the prevalence to be around 1% of sales in developed countries to over 10% in some developing countries1. The more important aspect of this global
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Executive summary of “Devil continues to wear ‘counterfeit’ Prada: a tale of two cities” Article Options and Tools View: Abstract Add to Marked ListDownload CitationTrack Citations Author(s): Citation: ‚ (2015) "Executive summary of “Devil continues to wear ‘counterfeit’ Prada: a tale of two cities”"‚ Journal of Consumer Marketing‚ Vol. 32 Iss: 3 DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JCM-05-2015-031 Downloads: The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 49 times since 2015 Publisher: Emerald
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FDA CONTINUES WARNING ON COUNTERFEIT TOUCH BLOOD GLUCOSE TEST STRIPS Back in 2005‚ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted the public to counterfeit blood glucose test strips being sold in the United States claiming different models and under different brands. Upon tracing the origin of these counterfeited medicines‚ the authorities had found same copies distributed in developing countries including Jakarta‚ Indonesia‚ Bangkok‚ Thailand and some part of Northern Australia. Ten years later
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The Influence of Logo Exposure in Purchasing Counterfeit Luxury Goods Focusing on Consumer Values Jung-Min Han‚ Hyeon-Jeong Suk‚ Kyung-Won Chung Department of Industrial Design‚ Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Abstract: This study attempted to identify differences in consumer’s pursued values when purchasing counterfeit luxury products using questionnaire and interview data. As brand names and brand logos of luxury goods significantly influence to customer buying behavior‚ this
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Abstract Counterfeit is a widespread issue throughout the world. The conventional research has mainly focused on the negative effect of counterfeit. In this paper‚ however‚ I will show the positive influence of counterfeits luxury in both China and UK. By means of four studies‚ study 1‚ the positive effect of counterfeits luxury to consumer in both China and UK. Study 2‚ the positive effect of counterfeits luxury to luxury brand in both China and UK. Study 3‚ the positive effect of counterfeits luxury
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