Wave of the future
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Ship owners all over the world are opting to recruit crew from countries like China, Latvia, and Vietnam to decrease their labor costs. Formerly, the Filipinos used to be selected as crews but their unions have bargained for pay raises, which the ship owners are finding cumbersome.
Publisher: Review Publishing Company Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2004
Water Transportation, Personnel administration, Latvia, Vietnam, Water Transportation Services, Support Activities for Water Transportation, Labor relations, Shipping industry, Labor costs, Labour costs
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2004
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Roaring ahead. Evidence suggests that SARS did not seriously dent investors' long-term confidence in the economy
Article Abstract:
Investment banks and analysts have revised China's GDP to pre-SARS epidemic levels. Some experts have even upgraded their expectations. All this suggests that the country's economy could be overheating. However, this seems unlikely.
Publisher: Review Publishing Company Ltd. (Hong Kong)
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2003
Economics, Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Evaluation, Gross domestic product
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2003
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Subjects list: China, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis
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