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November 2016
Home address:
835 N. Salisbury St.
West Lafayette, Indiana 47906
Phone (001) 765 497 0297
Cell (001) 765 404 7393
Business address:
Department of Economics
Krannert School of Management
403 West State Street
Purdue University
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2056
Phone (001) 765 494 4402
Fax (001) 765 496 3655
Date of Birth: November 21, 1948
Citizenship: U.S.A.
B.A., Mathematics, Michigan State University, 1970
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1977
Military service: U.S. Army, 1970-73; honorably discharged
Languages: Italian; French (rusty); German (reading); Dutch
Current position:
Professor of Economics, Krannert School of Management,
Purdue University
Previous Positions:
Professor of Industrial Organization, Faculty of Economics
and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam
Director, Centre for Industrial Economics, University of Copenhagen, September
1995-December 1999
Professor, Department of Economics, European University Institute, September
1988-November 1995
Professor (1987-August 1990); Associate Professor (1983-87); Assistant Professor
(1977-83), Department of Economics, Michigan State University
Research Economist, Line of Business Program, Federal Trade Commission, September
1980-August 1981
Teaching Assistant, M.I.T., 1976-1977
Research Assistant, M. A. Adelman, 1974
Visiting appointments/short courses taught at:
Renmin University of China, International Summer School, Antitrust and Industrial Economics: Theory and Practice, 2-18 July 2014.
University of Otago, William Evans Visiting Fellow, 16
May-17 June 2011.
Competition and Innovation Summer School, 16 May – 22 May
2010, Turunc, Turkey.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Managerial Economics, Strategy and Innovation,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, January-June 2009
Università degli Studi di Padova & Università Università Ca'Foscari di Venezia, July 2005
BiGSEM, University of Bielefeld, Summer 2004
Università degli Studi di Padova, May 2001
Institute of International Economics and Management, Copenhagen Business School
(Fall 1996, Fall 1997, Fall 1998)
Faculty of Economics, Fukuoka University, Fukuoka, Japan (Summer 1994, Summer
Faculty of Economics, Kyushu University, Kyushu, Japan (Summer 1995)
Bank of Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal (September 1994)
Istituto di Economia Politica, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi
Milano, Italia (Winter 1994)
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Piacenza, Italia (Fall 1993)
Central European University, Prague (Winter 1992)
Department of Economics, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium (Winter 1990)
Visiting Scholar, Centre de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Droit et Economie
Industrielle, Université Catholique de Louvain, August-December 1986
National Science Foundation Fellow, M.I.T., 1973-76
Phi Beta Kappa, Michigan State University, 1970
National Merit Scholar, 1966
Grants: Phare ACE (Action for Cooperation in the field of Economics) Programme
Contract P96-6092-R On technological spillovers between Eastern and Western
Europe (joint with Andrej Baniak, Jacek Cukrowski , Jeroen Hinloopen, Martin
Kalovec, and Kresimir Zigic).
GTE Sylvania and Interbrand Competition
as the Primary Concern of Antitrust Law (joint with John T. Scott)
Abstract: Footnote
19 of the landmark U.S. antitrust decision in Continental T.V. v. GTE Sylvania, Inc. 433 U.S. 36 (1977)
declares that Interbrand competition
is the primary concern of antitrust
law. We trace the antecedents and
influence of this declaration, argue that it is inappropriate, and suggest that
it should be abandoned.
Dispersion of
Power as an Economic Goal of Antitrust Policy
Abstract: I survey
the range of objectives ascribed to U.S. antitrust policy during its first 60
years. I then discuss and reject Robert
Bork's analysis of the legislative intent behind the Sherman Act, and consider
the Kaldor-Hicks potential Pareto improvement principle, a central element of
Bork's argument that the only admissible goal for antitrust policy is the
maximization of net social welfare. An elementary model shows that social
preferences about aspects of market performance not captured by consumer
surplus or net social welfare can be included in standard economic models. I further argue that the role of economics as
a science in analyzing market performance is limited to characterizing the
costs and benefits of pursuing alternative policy objectives, and that
economics as a science is agnostic concerning what policy goals should be.
Kaldor-Hicks and All That: A
Modelling Approach
A model
illuminates the importance of the assumption that the marginal utility of all
other goods is constant for the Kaldor-Hicks potential compensation approach to
the partial-equilibrium assessment of welfare changes and market performance.
State Aid in Indiana
I analyze an
own-constructed database that documents financial aid granted by the State of
Indiana to business. The project
documents the types of firms that received aid and analyzes the impact of aid
on competition and market performance.
cartels: incidence and recidivism
Connor (2016)
documents the most complete dataset concerning international cartels that have
been subject to antitrust prosecution for the period 1990-2013. I analyze the incidence of such cartels by industry
and firm, and relate the recidivism to industry characteristics.
Antitrust Policy: A survey chapter to appear in Tremblay & Tremblay,
editors, Behavioral Industrial
Organization, Edward Elgar.
Failure, an edited volume of previously published work, to be published by
Edward Elgar.
Organization in Context. Oxford
University Press, second edition in preparation.
Journal Articles
and Monograph Series
Location in Hotelling Duopoly, (joint with Jeroen Hinloopen), Research in Economics, 2017,
and Exclusion on Platform Markets, (joint with Subhasish M. Choudhury), Journal of Economics, 2017, forthcoming.
and the Exercise of Market Power in the Renaissance Europe Alum Market: (joint
with Andrea Günster), Review of Industrial Organization 2015, 47:1-23.
Pharmaceutical regulation and innovative performance: a
decision-theoretic model, (joint with Tannista Banerjee), Managerial and Decision Economics, 36(3), April 2015, pp. 177-190.
Refusal to Deal and Investment in Product Quality, Research in Law and Economics 27, 2015,
pp. 43-66.
and the Treatment of Exclusionary Pricing under U.S. Antitrust and EU
Competition Policy, Review of Industrial
Organization 46(2), May 2015, pp. 229-252.
Market Performance Implications of the Transfer Price Rule, (joint with Jan Vandekerckhove) Southern
Economic Journal. 80(2), October 2013, pp. 466-487.
structure and performance, Review of
Industrial Organization, 40, 2012, pp. 87-108.
state aid in integrating markets, (joint with Paola Valbonesi) B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis &
Policy 8(1), Article 33, 2008.
Competition policy, collusion, and tacit collusion, International Journal of Industrial
Organization 24(6), November 2006, pp. 1299-1332.
industrial organization: methodologies and research agenda, Economia e
Politica Industriale 123, September 2004, pp. 61-80.
The evaluation of strategic research partnerships, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management 15(2), June 2003, pp. 159-176.
cost and entry, Review of Industrial Organization 20(4), June 2002, pp.
appropriability, and R&D,
Journal of Economics 75(1), 2002, pp. 1-32.
Vertical foreclosure in experimental markets (joint
with Hans-Theo Normann and Christopher Snyder)
Journal of Economics
32(3). Autumn 2001, pp. 466-96.
policy for high technology industries, Journal of
Industry, Competition and Trade, 1(4), 2001, pp. 441-65.
The nature of innovation market failure and the
design of public support for private innovation (joint with John T. Scott), Research Policy 29(4-5), April 2000, pp.
437-47; reprinted in Albert N. Link, editor, The Economics of Innovation Policy, Edward Elgar, 2007.
Trade and competition, The World Economy 22(6), August 1999, pp. 895-907.
Strategic and welfare implications of bundling, Economics Letters 62(3), March 1999, pp.
Vertical market participation, (joint with Alexander
Schrader), Review of Industrial
Organization 13(3), June 1998, pp. 321-31.
Market structure determinants of national
brand-private label price differences of manufactured food products: comment,
(joint with Jeroen Hinloopen), Journal of
Industrial Economics 45(2), June 1997, pp. 219-23.
Protection, promotion and cooperation in the European
semiconductor industry, Review of
Industrial Organization 11(5), October 1996, pp. 721-735.
R&D joint ventures and tacit product market
collusion, European Journal of Political
Economy 11(4), April 1996, pp. 733-741.
food processing industries, European
Review 3(2), April 1995, pp. 147-157.
Oligopoly limit pricing: strategic substitutes,
strategic complements, International
Journal of Industrial Organization 13(1), March 1995, pp. 41-65.
Private and social incentives to form R & D joint
ventures, Review of Industrial
Organization 9(2), April 1994, pp. 157171.
Endogenous firm efficiency in a Cournot
principal-agent model, Journal of
Economic Theory 59(2), April 1993, pp. 44550.
Direct foreign investment in the
United States
, Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization 6, 1991, pp. 28393.
Socially acceptable
distortion of competition: EC policy on
state aid, (joint with Andrew Evans), European
Law Review 1(2), April 1991, pp.
79111; reprinted in A. Gessner, A. Höland, and C. Varga, editors, European Legal Cultures, 1994.
Modeling oligopolistic interaction, Review of Industrial Organization 5(3),
Fall 1990, pp. 7189.
Sunk costs, financial markets, and contestability, European Economic Review 33(6), July
1989, pp. 1089113.
The measurement of profitability and the diagnosis of
market power, International Journal of
Industrial Organization 6(3), September 1988, pp. 30121.
Market power and/or efficiency? Review of Economics and Statistics, 70(2), May 1988, pp. 33135.
Market structure and the pass-through of
exchange-rate fluctuations, (joint with Max Kreinin and Ed Sheehy), Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 123(3),
1987, pp. 44962.
The validity of studies with Line of Business data:
comment, (joint with F.M. Scherer, William F. Long, Dennis C. Mueller, George
Pascoe, David J. Ravenscraft, and Leonard W. Weiss), American Economic Review 77(1), March 1987, pp. 20517.
Causes and effects of vertical integration, Applied Economics 18(7), July 1986, pp.
Market, firm, and research and development, (joint
with John Lunn) Quarterly Review of
Economics and Business 26(1), Spring 1986, pp. 3144.
Policy change and structural change in the health
care industry, (joint with John Goddeeris) Antitrust
Bulletin Volume 30, Number 4, Winter 1985, pp. 94974.
Market structure and
trade flows, (joint with
Anthony Y.C. Koo)
Journal of Industrial Organization
2(3), September 1984,
pp. 17397.
Structure and performance of
wholesale trade, Managerial and Decision Economics 5(3),
September 1984, pp. 16067.
Testing the interaction between concentration and
barriers to entry, Review of Industrial
Organization 1(2), Summer 1984, pp. 11426.
Vertical spillovers, market concentration, union
coverage, and wages, (joint with Cynthia Rence), Journal of Labor Research V(2), Spring 1984, pp. 17789.
The misuse of accounting rates of return: comment, American Economic Review 74(3), June
1984, pp. 5016.
A Bainsian interpretation of Von Weizsäckers model
of scale economies, Southern Economic
Journal 50, April 1984, pp. 119295.
Comment on the specification of structure-performance
relationships, European Economic Review
24(2), March 1984, pp. 197201.
Market, Firm, and Economic
for the Study of Financial Institutions Monograph Series, 19831.
The size of selling costs, (joint with Leonard W.
Weiss and George Pascoe) Review of
Economics and Statistics 65(4), November 1983, pp. 66872.
Aggregation and studies of industrial profitability
(joint with David J. Ravenscraft), Economics
Letters 10, 1982, pp. 16165.
Vertical relationships and industrial performance, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business
23(1), Spring 1983, pp. 618.
Depletion and natural resources, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business
22(2), Summer 1982, pp. 4153.
Industry demand characteristics and the
structure-performance relationship, Journal
of Economics and Business 34(1), January 1982, pp. 5965.
The Inflation-Adjusting Auctioneer: Comment on Obst,
Quarterly Journal of Economics 94(2),
March 1980, pp. 41721.
Entry barriers, concentration, and profits, Southern Economic Journal 46(2), October
1979, pp. 47188.
Advertising, concentration, and profitability: the
simultaneity problem, Bell Journal of
Economics 10(2), Autumn 1979, pp. 63947.
Book Chapters
The Goals of
Antitrust and Competition Policy, pp. 19-84 in Wayne Dale Collins, editor, Issues in Competition Law and Economics,
American Bar Association, 2008.
Mergers: An Overview, pp. 165-186 in The Economics of Corporate Governance and
Mergers, Klaus Gugler and B. Burcin Yurtoglu, editors, 2008.
Remembrance of
Things Past: Antitrust, Ideology, and the Development of Industrial Economics
pp. 25-57 in Ghosal and Stennek, editors, The
Political Economy of Antitrust, Elsevier, 2007.
La politica Europea degli aiuti di stato: unanalisi degli effetti sulla
politica industriale italiana, (European State Aid Policy: an Analysis of
Effects on Italian Industrial Policy), (joint with Paola Valbonesi), in Maria Cecilia Guerra, editor, La Finanza
Pubblica Italiana 2007. (Italian Public Finance 2007). Bologna:
Il Mulino.
Customs Union
and Transnational Commerce: Economic Integration in the 1960s, in Desmond
Dinan, editor Origins and Evolution of
the European Union.
Press, 2006, pp. 126-140.
State aid to business, (joint with Paola Valbonesi),
pp. 134-152 in Patrizio Bianchi and Sandrine Labory, editors, International Handbook of Industrial Policy.
: 2006.
Globalization and the limits of competition, pp.
16-64 in Manfred Neumann and Jürgen Weigand, editors, Handbook of Competition, Edward Elgar, 2004; revised, 2013.
State aid in context, (joint with Paola Valbonesi),
in Giampaolo Galli and Jacques Pelkmans, editors Regulatory Reform and Competitiveness in Europe Cheltenham, UK:
Edward Elgar, 2000, Volume 1, pp. 176-201.
Resource allocation by a competition authority, pp.
165-199 in Einar Hope, editor, Competition
Policy Analysis. Routledge, 2000.
Product market competition policy and technological
performance, in George Norman and Jacques Thisse, editors, Market Structure and Competition Policy.
Press, 2000, pp. 161-90.
Depression cartels, market structure, and
performance, pp. 85-99 in Alfred Haid, Jürgen Weigand, and Dennis Mueller,
editors, Competition, Efficiency, and
Welfare, Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1999.
tests of consciously parallel behavior in oligopoly, (joint with Ronald
Harstad and Hans-Theo Normann), pp. 123-151 in Louis Phlips, editor, Applied Industrial Economics.
Press, 1998.
Competition policy: publicity vs. prohibition &
punishment, in Stephen Martin, editor, European
Competition Policies, Elsevier-North Holland Publishers, 1998.
Public policies toward cooperation in research and
development: the European Union,
United States
in Leonard Waverman, William Comanor, and Akira Goto, editors, Competition Policy in the Global Economy.
: Routledge, 1997, pp. 245-288.
New product innovation races, in Moriki Hosoe and
Eric Rasmusen, editors, Public Policy and
Economic Analysis.
Press, 1997, pp. 91-118.
Product differentiation and the passthrough of
exchange rates to domestic prices, (joint with Louis Phlips), in Market Evolution: Competition and Cooperation, A. van
Witteloostuijn, editor, Dordrecht:
Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1995, pp. 147-161.
Reform of the Structural Funds, (joint with Andrew
Evans) in Stephen Martin, editor, The
Construction of
, Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 1994, pp. 4170.
Economic efficiency and concentration: are mergers a
fitting response?, in I valori della
concorrenza, Osservatorio Giordano DellAmore sui rapporti tra diritto ed
economia, Milano: Cariplo, 1992, pp. 186217.
Public support of innovative activity: lessons from
U. S. industrial policy, (joint with Walter Adams), in H. W. de Jong and W. G.
Shepherd, editors, Mainstreams in
Industrial Organization
Martinus Nijhoff, Publishers, 1986, pp. 41339.
Textbooks, Textbook Chapters
Organization in Context. Oxford University
Press, May 2010.
Organization: A European Perspective. Oxford University Press, 2001.
Energy policy, (joint with Ali M. El-Agraa) in Ali
M. El-Agraa, editor, The European Union:
Economics and Policies, 2004, 2007, 2011.
Competition policy, in Mike Artis and Frederick
Nixson, editors, The Economics of the
European Union.
Press, 2001, 2007.
Industrial Economics. Basil Blackwell, 1993; second edition, 2001;
Chinese edition,
of Finance & Economics Press, February, 2003.
Policies in Europe (editor).
Publishers, 1998.
The Construction of Europe (editor). Kluwer Academic
Publishers, 1994.
Economics: Economic Analysis and Public Policy. Macmillan,
first edition 1988; Prentice Hall, second edition 1993; Italian translation, Il
Mulino, Fall 1997.
The Petroleum Industry, in Walter Adams, editor, The Structure of American Industry, 7th
edition (joint with Walter S. Measday): New York: Macmillan (1986); 8th edition
(sole author), New York: Macmillan, 1990, pp. 4171; 9th edition, Walter Adams
and James Brock, editors, 1995, pp. 35-64; 10th edition, 2000, pp. 28-56; 11th
edition, 2004; 12th edition, 2009; 13th edition, James
Brock, editor, 2016, pp. 34-59.
40 years of Areeda-Turner, (joint with Jeroen Hinloopen), Review of Industrial Organization 46(2), May 2015, pp. 205-207.
(Paul Geroski), International Journal of
Industrial Organization 23, 2005, p. iii.
Introduction, (joint with Simon P. Anderson),
Special Issue on Experimental Economics and Industrial Organization, International Journal of Industrial
Organization 18(1), 2000, pp. 1-5.
Book reviews
In Search of a
Chicago School: Review of Building Chicago Economics, Research in the History of Economic
Thought and Methodology 31, Part 1, (2013), pp. 225-237.
Experiments Investigating
Market Power, Charles A. Holt
and R. Mark Isaac, editors, Journal of
Economic Literature, 2004.
Recent Developments in the
Theory of Industrial Organization, Alfredo Del Monte, editor, Review
of Industrial Organization 10(4), June 1995, pp. 393-5.
Purposive Diversification and
Economic Performance, John T.
Scott, Journal of Economics, 1994,
pp. 342-345.
Private Antitrust Litigation, Lawrence J. White, editor, Review of Industrial Organization 3(4), Fall 1988, pp. 157-62.
Mergers, Sell-Offs, &
Economic Efficiency,
Ravenscraft & Scherer, International
Journal of Industrial Organization 6(3), September 1988, pp. 4015.
The Dominant Firm: A Study of
Market Power, White, Southern Economic Journal 51(2),
September 1984, p. 628
Productivity Analysis at the
Organizational Level, Adams
& Dogramaci, Southern Economic
Journal 49(2), October 1982, pp. 5867
Public Libraries: An Economic
View, Getz, Southern Economic Journal 48(2), October
1981, p. 539
The State as Firm, Auster & Silver, Southern Economic Journal 47(3), January 1981, pp. 8767
Entries on William J. Baumol and Dennis Mueller, in
Henk de Jong and William G. Shepherd, editors, Pioneers of Industrial Organization, Edward Elgar, 2007.
Limit Pricing, The New Palgrave, second
edition, 2007.
Kreps & Scheinkman with product differentiation:
as expository note. April 2000, revised December 2001. http://www.krannert.purdue.edu/faculty/smartin/aie2/kspd1201.pdf
Financing and Leveraging Public/Private Partnerships
(joint with John T. Scott), report prepared for the OECD, January 1998.
Asynchronous cycles in US antitrust law and
economics, 1997
Competition Policy Institutions, International Business Lawyer, November
Research in Industrial Economics in Europe, DG XII,
December 1995
Cartel, in Douglas Greenwald, editor, Encyclopedia of Economics, McGraw-Hill,
1982, pp. 12931; second edition, 1993, pp. 136138.
On the divergence between the legal and economic
meanings of collusion, Cartels Conference, European University
November 18-19,
Competition in the Manufacture and Distribution of
Automotive Brake Friction Materials, submitted to the Federal Trade
Commission, November 1982 (In the Matter of Illinois Central Industries, Inc.
et al., Docket No. C-2370).
Distribution of Medical-Surgical Supplies: Analysis
for the White & White Case,
Plaintiffs Exhibit 244, White & White et al vs. American Hospital
Supply Corporation, November 1980.
The Impact of Defense Spending on Industrial
Structure and Performance, prepared for the Department of Defense, May 1979.
Specifics of 91 seminar
presentations made in the previous century are available on request.
Kaldor-Hicks and All That: A Modelling Approach, Purdue
University, 12 July 2016.
Dispersion of
Power as an Economic Goal of Antitrust Policy: University of Bologna, 13 April 2016; LAssociazione Italiana
per la Storia del Pensiero Economico (AISPE), (Italian Association for the
History of Economic Thought), Lecce, invited presentation, 28 April 2016;
Centre for Competition Policy, University of East Anglia, 13 May 2016;
Asia-Pacific Industrial Organization Conference, Melbourne, December 12, 2016.
Antitrust Institutions, Centre for Competition Policy 9th Annual
Conference, University of East Anglia, 7 June 2013.
Costly Location
in Hotelling Duopoly, 11th Annual International Industrial
Organization Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 18 May 2013; ASSA Meetings,
Philadelphia, 4 January 2014.
to deal and product quality, Midwest Economic Theory Meetings, 27 April 2013.
Cartels as
children of hard times, antitrust recidivism, and the managerial firm, 10th
annual International Industrial Organization conference, Arlington, Virginia,
March 2012; 39th annual EARIE conference, Rome, September 2012;
University of East Anglia, 31 May 2013.
Product quality and business contracts: intermediate crude oil pricing
in the US domestic market, (joint with Subhasish M.
Chowdhury and Oindrila De), 9th Annual International Industrial
Organization Conference, Boston, April 9, 2011.
Innovation races with the possibility of failure, (joint with Subhasish M.
Chowdhury), 9th Annual International Industrial Organization
Conference, Boston, April 9, 2011; 38th annual meetings of the
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Stockholm, Sweden, 2
September 2011.
horizontal integration, bundling, and market performance in price-setting
markets: integer effects matter, (joint with Jan Vandekedrckhove), 9th
Annual International Industrial Organization Conference, Boston, April 10,
2011; 26th Jornadas de Economía, València, 16 September 2011; Southern Economic
Association annual meeting, Washington, DC, 21 November 2011.
Market performance implications of the transfer price rule (joint with
Jan Vandekerckhove): 2 July 2010, Western Economic Association International
meetings, Portland, Oregon; 3 September 2010, 37th annual meetings
of the European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Istanbul,
behaviour on platform markets (joint with Subhasish M.
1 June 2010, ZEW Workshop on Platform Markets
Regulation and Competition Policy, Mannheim; 22 October 2010, IUPUI,
Arguments in U.S. Antitrust and EU Competition Policy: Two Roads Diverged, 3
January 2010, Industrial Organization Society session on Economic Issues in EU
Competition Policy, ASSA Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia
Antitrust, competition policy, and economics: the interactions, 18
June 2009, American Antitrust Institute workshop Antitrust in a World Without
a Center
an overview, Corporate Governance Workshop, 20 June 2008, University of
End of August, 2006: presentation at editors workshop, European
Association for Research in Industrial Economics meetings, Amsterdam.
The goals of antitrust and competition policy: 1 June 2006 at Workshop
on Competition Policy, University of Antwerp; 5 May 2007 at First Conference of
the Research Network on Innovation and Competition Policy (RNIC): Modern
Approaches in Competition Policy, at the Centre for European Economic Research
(ZEW), Mannheim, Germany
U.S. antitrust and EU competition policy: where has the former been,
where is the latter going? Portuguese Competition Authority,
, 12 November 2004
Practical applications as part of Interdisciplinary
Entrepreneurship Training: the IRL-EPICS Practicum, joint with E.J. Coyle and R.J. Steuterman, paper presented at the 8th
Annual Meetings of the National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance,
San Jose, California, 20 March 2004.
Sunk cost, capacity, and the measurement of market power: a framework
for analysis, paper presented at ENCORE Workshop on Measuring Competition,
15 April 2004
Historical development of industrial organization as a field,
Università degli Studi di Lecce,
29 June 2004
Competition policy, collusion, and tacit collusion, Brigham Young
University, 5 March 2004; BiGSEM, University of Bielefeld, 15 June 2004;
Università degli Studi di Lecce, 25 June 2004; Universidade de Aveiro, 11
November 2004; Washington University, St. Louis, 28 January 2005; ENCORE
(University of Amsterdam), 1 April 2005.
Applied Industrial Organization: Methodologies and Research
Agenda, paper presented at the annual
meeting of the Società Italiana di Economia e Politica Industriale, Pisa, 30
January 2004.
Coal and steel: first steps in European market integration, Conference
on Origins and Evolution of the European Union,
26 September 2003
The EPICS entrepreneurship initiative: combining
engineering and management to improve entrepreneurship education and practice,
joint with E.J. Coyle, L.H. Jamieson, W.C. Oakes, R.J.
Steuterman, S.R. Mehta, D.A. Blewett, and M.C. Thursby; paper presented at the
2003 Annual Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education,
Nashville, Tennessee, 22-25 June 2003.
International competition policy, International
Industrial Organization Society, Boston, Massachusetts (panel discussion),
4 April 2003
The state aid game, (joint with Paola Valbonesi),
EARIE meetings, Dublin, 1 September 2001; Bern, 13 June 2005; Padova, 30 June
2005; Jornadas de Economía Industrial, Bilbao, 9 September, 2005; Michigan
State University, 28 October 2005
In search of foundations for the Bowley model of product
differentiation, Western Economic Association International meetings, 6 July
2001; Microfoundations for the Linear Aggregate Demand
Product Differentiation Model 12 February 2009, Catholic University of Leuven;
27 March 2009, European University Institute; 29 June 2009, 9th SEAT
conference, Ischia
Vertical foreclosure in experimental markets,
Southern Economic Association meetings, Washington, DC,
11 November 2000
Strategic research partnerships: evidence and
analysis, NSF Workshop on Strategic Research Partnerships,
13 October 2000
Competition and innovation, (joint with Jules
Theeuwes), Visie op marktwerking, Scheveningen,
20 October 2000
EU merger policy: economic perspectives, Fourth METU
Conference in Economics, Ankara,
15 September 2000
Competition policy toward high technology
industries, EARIE meetings, Lausanne, 9 September 2000; ASSA meetings,
Industrial Organization Society session, Boston,
January 9, 2000
Spillovers, appropriability
and R&D, ASSA meetings, AEA session, Boston,
January 8, 2000
Microsoft Roundtable, ASSA meetings,
New Orleans
7 January 2000
Session Organizer and presenter, Theoretical
topics in industrial economics Monday, 29 June 2009, Society for the
Advancement of Economic Theory
Chair and discussant, Industrial Organization
Society Session on Empirical Industrial
Organization, Sheraton Hotel, Berkeley A&B Rooms, 7 January 2006, 10:15
EARIE 1998, 25th Annual Meeting of the
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics, Copenhagen, 28-30
August, 1998 (organizer)
Empirical advances in industrial organization, WZB,
, 11-13 September
1997 (session chair)
Recent developments in the design and implementation
of competition policy, Session Chair,
, 29-30
November 1996
Global Issues on Competition Policy, Roundtable
June 20-22, 1996
Industrial Organization and the Food-Processing
Industry, Roundtable member,
28, 1996.
SPES Evaluation Conference, Florence, November 1992
Entry and Market Contestability: An International
Comparison, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, November 3 & 4, 1989.
Regulatory Reform and the Completion of the Internal
Market, European University Institute,
November 21-22, 1988
; Chair, Session on
Deregulation in Specific Industries.
Antitrust & Regulation
Industrial Economics
Economics of the European Union
Industrial Economics (Master's, Ph.D.)
Other Teaching
Competition and Innovation Summer School,
Turkey, May 17-May 21, 2010.
Masterclass on Competition & Cooperation, University of East Anglia, 31 May 2013.
Schneider, Freidrich Regulating the banking sector , December
Bongardt, Annette Coordination between customers and suppliers in intermediate
goods markets , December 1990.
Hoschka, Tobias Cross-border entry in European Retail Financial Services ,
November 1992.
Esperança, José Paulo Foreign investment decisions by service
multinationals: the case of Portugal and Italy as host countries ,
March 1993.
Stehmann, Oliver Network Competition for European Telecommunications ,
June 1993.
Iñigo Exchange
Rate Passthrough in Oligopoly , September 1994.
Garcia Gallego, Aurora Insights from Experimentation in Oligopoly and Evidence
from the Real World , October 1994.
Paola Four essays on Privatisation in Central Eastern
Europe ,
May 1995.
Normann, Hans-Theo Four
essays on Stackelberg oligopoly , June 1996.
Ursulescu, Mirela Comparative advantage in international trade:
theory and evidence, 17 February 1997.
Labory, Sandrine Market structure and firm structure in imperfectly competitive
markets , 21 February 1997.
Waldeck, Roger Prices with imperfectly informed consumers ,
24 June 1997.
Hinloopen, Jeroen Research
and development, product differentiation and robust estimation ,
25 June, 1997.
Dixon, Stuart Limit pricing and multi-market entry: the strategic behaviour
of multinationals under symmetric information , 19 September
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2 TVO Europe Property Services, an affiliate of the US-headquartered international holding company, TVO Groupe LLC, is a real estate operating company focused across Central and Eastern Europe ( CEE ) with a platform that provides a multitude of professional services in the areas of capital management, asset management, property management, facility management, project management and energy management which in varying degrees add value to each property and its respective operating performance. TVO Groupe was founded in 1983 and via its affiliates has owned and/or managed millions of square meters of international investment properties positioned in the office, retail, medical/healthcare, industrial/ logistics and residential property sectors valued in excess of 3.0 billion euros. ABOUT US TVO Europe s innovative business practice integrates the development, management, and investment disciplines of the real estate industry across a global business platform as a result of a focused, hands-on, 24/7 operating philosophy. TVO s approach and commitment to training and developing its colleagues to excel in their respective fields has made it one of the most effective, results-oriented real estate organizations in the industry. Our commitment to producing a winning team translates into constantly exploring new ideas, examining innovative technologies, driving continuous leadership development and accelerating value positioning to generate the very best possible operating and investment results for each and every one of our investors, partners and clients.
3 VISIONARY - We will continually seek business opportunities that grow and profit everyone involved. PASSIONATE - We will continually go the distance regardless of the challenge. CREATIVE - We will continue to be inventive every step of the way. KNOWLEDGEABLE - We will continually stay ahead of the competition and be a leader in the industry. RESOURCEFUL - We will continue to quickly overcome challenges and provide solutions. EFFICIENT - We will continue to successfully get things done the right way with total transparency and integrity and add value every step of the way. EFFECTIVE - We will continue to get results with expediency and advanced methodology. TVO s corporate constitution is to be the most recognized and respected real-estate investment and property services organization across CEE. We achieve this goal by living our core values and both providing and delivering unparalleled services and performance to our investors, partners, clients and tenants. We create a work environment where employees are committed, both individually and as a team, to doing their very best and achieving exemplary results as well as producing investment returns and benefits for our investors and strategic partners that typically out-perform the markets where we operate. VALUES
4 Capital Management & Asset Management Fund Management Portfolio Management Investment Consulting Investor Relations Investor Reporting Fund Raising Reporting Turnaround Management Portfolio Strategy Development Distressed Asset Recovery Market & Trend Analysis Shopping Center Consultancy Retail Strategy Development Leasing Management Sales Management Preparation of Marketing Campaigns Tenant Representation Retail Design Consultancy Commercial & Residential Sales & Leasing Asset Enhancement Initiatives Property Management Monthly Reporting Budgeting Variance Reports Profit & Loss Statements Balance Sheet Preparation Treasury Invoicing Debt & Account Receivable Management Accounting Service Charge Planning, Management & Audit Human Resources Multipurpose Arena & Convention Center Management Home Owners Associations Shopping Center Management Lease Processing, Renewals & Rent Reviews Tax Services & Oversight Collections Tenant Relations Energy, Project & Facility Management Energy Consultancy Preparation of Energy Audits Energy Performance Certificates Optimization of Utility Invoicing & Utility Contracting Renewable Energy Feasibility Studies Technical Facility Management Building Management System (BMS) Optimization Energy Performance Contracting Review & Assistance in Securing Energy Grant Applications Ownership & Operation of Decentralized Energy Equipment Physical, Technical & Financial Due Diligence Market Research Development Feasibility Reports High Voltage & Low Voltage Design Instrumentation & Control Systems Maintenance & Inspections Engineering Budgeting Review of Design Documents Assessment of Project Risks Health & Safety Project Review Preparation of Tenders Collaboration in Selection of General Contractor Preparation of Monthly Progress Reports Financial and Technical Surveillance & Cost Consultancy Client Modifications Project Hand-Over Organization of Final Building Approval Kitchen & Bathroom Design & Fit-Out Residential & Commercial Fit-Out Planned Preventive Maintenance Capital Expenditure (Cap-Ex) Budget Preparation (5 and 10 Year Forecasts) SERVICES
5 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Pension Real Estate Association (PREA) National Multi Housing Council (NMHC) National Apartment Association (NAA) INREV Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) Chartered Management Institute (CMI) Institute of Consulting (IoC) British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) CEDEM MIPIM Expo Real MAPIC American Chamber of Commerce British Chamber of Commerce Canadian Chamber of Commerce International Business Forum (IBF) Czech Chamber of Commerce Hungarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Poland Chamber of Commerce Slovakian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Ukrainian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Russian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce & Industry DTIHK GIF e. V. AFFILIATIONS
7 REFERENCES LaSalle Investment Management AEW Tuckerman Group Honeywell International Master Pension Trust Delta Airlines Benefits Trust Atochem North America Pension Trust John Hancock Insurance Company GE Real Estate Travelers Insurance Company Citigroup Real Estate US Air Master Trust State-Boston Retirement Benefits Trust State of New Mexico Investment Council Invesco Funds Dallas Fire & Police Pension System Gordon Getty Family Trusts Lloyd Fonds
8 LOCATION MAP CHICAGO ATLANTA EL PASO DALLAS PRAGUE TVO Europe Milady Horákové 116/ Prague 6, Czech Republic Phone: CHICAGO TVO Groupe 70 East Lake Street, Suite 600 Chicago, IL Phone: PRAGUE TVO Capital Europe Burzovní Palác, Rybná Prague 1, Czech Republic Phone: EL PASO TVO North America 221 North Kansas Street, 16th Floor El Paso, Texas Phone: KIEV TVO Ukraine 18/1 Prorizna St., Office Kiev, Ukraine Phone: ATLANTA REGIONAL OFFICE TVO North America 4718 Childers Pond Overlook Roswell, Georgia Phone: BUDAPEST TVO Hungary Andrássy út Budapest, Hungary Phone: WARSAW TVO Poland Al. Jerozolimskie Warsaw, Poland Phone: DALLAS REGIONAL OFFICE TVO North America 222 Browder Street, Suite 1204 Dallas, Texas Phone: MOSCOW HAMBURG MOSCOW TVO Russia Omega Plaza Leninskaya Sloboda str., Moscow, Russia Phone: WARSAW PRAGUE KIEV PRAGUE BRATISLAVA TVO Slovakia Námestie SNP Bratislava, Slovakia Phone: BUDAPEST BRATISLAVA SOFIA SOFIA TVO Bulgaria 1 Bulgaria Square 1463 Sofia, Bulgaria Phone: HAMBURG TVO Germany Zirksweg Hamburg, Germany Phone: EUROPE TVO Europe Headquarters Hradčanská, Milady Horákové 116/ Prague 6, Czech Republic Phone: Fax: GROUPE TVO Groupe Headquarters 70 East Lake Street, Suite 600 Chicago, IL Phone: Fax: CAPITAL TVO Capital Europe Headquarters Burzovní Palác, Rybná Prague 1, Czech Republic Phone: Fax: NORTH AMERICA TVO North America Headquarters 221 North Kansas Street, 16th Floor El Paso, Texas Phone: Fax :
9 TEAM/MANAGEMENT MANAGEMENT & ADMINISTRATION Wayne Vandenburg Chairman Iveta Slavotinkova Chief Executive Officer Michal Kratochvil Chief Financial & Reporting Officer Lukas Brandejs Chief Risk & Credit Officer Zuzana Vosahlikova Finance and Accounting Manager PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Martin Moucka Head of Property Management in Czech Republic & Slovakia Andrzej Ciupak Head of Property Management in Poland Agnes Monok Head of Property Management in Hungary Dana Knizkova Head of CEE Property Management Administration ASSET, PROPERTY & FACILITY MANAGEMENT (GERMANY) Udo Stocker Co-Head of Germany Dr. Michael Hermes Co-Head of Germany ASSET, PROPERTY & FACILITY MANAGEMENT (RUSSIA & UKRAINE) Anton Sorokin Head of Russia Eduard Lanovik Head of Ukraine ASSET & INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT (CZECH REPUBLIC, HUNGARY, POLAND & SLOVAKIA) Dr. Marcus Schulz Managing Director Michal Tuik Managing Director Martin Turza Managing Director Tero Loukonen Director FACILITY MANAGEMENT & TECHNICAL SERVICES Ales Michna Head of Facility Management & International Development Jiri Martinek Head of Technical Services ENERGY MANAGEMENT Colin Glover Head of Energy Management RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SERVICES Lukas Repal Head of Residential Services RETAIL PROPERTY CONSULTANCY & SERVICES Steve Priddis Head of Retail Asset & Property Management BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Magdalena Gomezova Manager, Business Development
10 EUROPE GROUPE CAPITAL NORTH AMERICA TVO Europe Headquarters Hradčanská, Milady Horákové 116/ Prague 6, Czech Republic Phone: Fax: TVO Groupe Headquarters 70 East Lake Street, Suite 600 Chicago, IL Phone: Fax: TVO Capital Europe Headquarters Burzovní Palác, Rybná Prague 1, Czech Republic Phone: Fax: TVO North America Headquarters 221 North Kansas Street, 16th Floor El Paso, Texas Phone: Fax :
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NO. The competitive spirit is alive and well, we just need to feed the fire and act accordingly. Losing sucks for a reason.
Parents didn't want to take their kids that lost the soccer game and teach them how to harness that energy into positive actions. Instead of teaching our children how to deal with failure and how to come back stronger we accidentally taught them that it's OK to lose, that it's OK to fail and that you still get rewarded for failure. This is why we believe the Millennials are entitled, it's because we didn't deal with the feelings of rejection and loss right away. We shielded and protected those kids and at the same time reduced the satisfaction and reward that comes along with winning.
I'm all about making sure that everyone is positive and has healthy goals and ideas about self-worth, but I also know that competition is natural and that we need that fire in our belly to keep innovating, to keep growing and to keep coming up with ways to improve. There are plenty of Millennials who have proven that they aren't just entitled brats who want to work flex hours with free tater tots as a perk. There are Millennial business leaders of massive companies and they learned to compete.
It's now up to us to show the benefits of winning and the repercussions of losing. It's up to us to show that it's not about losing and getting knocked down, it's about how many times we can get back up. It's up to us be able to lose the battle but win the war. I reference a book called "Go for NO!" and it's a great way to show how we want to LOSE the BATTLE in order to WIN the WAR. We want to get those No clients so that we can quickly get to those YES clients.
The trick is then to figure out how to pull the best out of everyone, including your Millennials. Will competition bring out the worst in us? Will there be backstabbing and cheating? Will your folks suddenly turn into jerks because they want to win at any cost? I doubt it, but it's up to you to create an atmosphere of friendly competition. Speaking of cheating, competition could be your Ace up the sleeve if you play it right. Competition could be your silver lining and your competitors will wonder what you've done and accuse you of much worse if you only can harness the competitive spirit of everyone on your team. If you want to fire up your team take a look at "99 Sales Team Incentives" and watch this video.
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Discovering yourself beyond all concepts, what remains is infinity in all directions.
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Different Stories, Same Pointing: SELF-INQUIRY
Dear Readers,
Hello. I write to you in late September. We have had such beautiful September weather here on the West Coast of Canada! It seems that with shifting climate patterns August-September is becoming the new official "summer" in this part of the world.
Distributing my first book is becoming a fascinating adventure. Thus far I have had some very encouraging feedback, including: "Those who are led to this little book will be lifted to their own recognition of what is inherently at peace inside them."
This is great news for the writing!
A number of people have asked me: "What was the most challenging aspect of the writing process?"
After reflecting on it the first time I was posed with this question, an answer came naturally. The trick has been to present the same idea over and over and over again, but with enough diversified vocabulary and richness of literary style to give flow to the repetitiveness of the message, creating an enjoyable and relevant experience for the reader.
This little book is fundamentally about Self-Inquiry. Self-Inquiry is the practice of returning to yourself, over and over and over again, until getting caught in believing temporal concepts of mind gives way to abidance in your eternal, ever-present, boundless True Nature. Looking directly at This—becoming familiar with It by just being It—takes practice in the face of our busy, conditioned mental and emotional constructs.
Sounds simple, right? It is simple, but not always easy. This is why the message that What you actually ARE is Infinity Itself must be driven home again and again and again until we recognize it without a shadow of doubt. Until we surrender ourselves to it. Until we stop contracting around the hallucination that "I" am a separate, individual ME limited by my body, my thoughts and feelings.
One of the few texts that Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, the great sage of India, ever explicitly endorsed as an aid to Seekers of Truth was the Ribhu Gita, otherwise known as The Song of Ribhu. It presents itself in a similar way to that which the Maharshi's teaching was so compassionately delivered over the span of his entire life—never wavering from one single, uncompromising message. It is a great blessing that this book is now widely available to Western Seekers, having been translated from the original Sanskrit to Tamil, then to English.
The beauty and the challenge of this particular scripture is that it fills 765 pages repeating THE SAME THING!
Here are a couple of stanzas to give you an idea:
Oneself is, indeed, the Light that shines as itself.
Oneself is, indeed, the joy that is established as itself.
Oneself is, indeed, the Truth of being oneself.
Oneself is, indeed, That which is the complete, the perfectly full.
Oneself is, indeed, the Peace that has no equal to itself.
Oneself is, indeed, the thing that has nothing apart from itself.
Oneself is, indeed, the Absolute Supreme Being.
By such steadfast Knowledge, you, yourself, become the Absolute Supreme Being, which is oneself.
That which is verily of the nature of the pure Absolute,
Which verily is of the nature of the mass of Bliss,
Which verily is of the nature of the subtle Supreme,
Which verily is of the nature of the self-luminous,
Which verily is of the nature of the nondual,
And which verily is of the nature of the meaning of the undifferentiated—
That, indeed, am I.
By such conviction, be in the Bliss of ever being That itself.
(For any readers who may be interested out there, you can take solace in the fact that, at 73 pages, The Selfward Facing Way is a major time saver. Plus I never use the word "verily.")
The following quote from B.V. Narasimha Swami on The Song of Ribhu's back cover sums it up perfectly: "Page after page, nay line after line, of Ribhu Gita merely goes on rubbing into one the Reality of the Self."
This "rubbing into" is what eventually opens the mind's capacity to stop believing in something other than what is truly real.
This is the sole purpose of my writing and my work.
I extend many warm wishes on your path of blissful Self-Discovery,
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director John Morton and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer announced the results of the ICE and FBI threemonth investigation on "Cyber Monday," the day that for many shoppers kicks off the online holiday shopping season.
The government seized the domain names for the sites that sold everything from fake replica NBA jerseys to replica Louis Vuitton handbags and imitation Ugg boots.
The federal government has seized the domain names of 350 websites since first targeting online counterfeiters in June 2010. Each investigation, Morton said, has grown. No one has been charged with a crime in connection with the most recently seized domains. But Breuer said the investigations are ongoing. A fifth person is being sought.
It's unclear how much money the seized sites have made, or potentially cost legitimate companies. Breuer said since the crackdown on counterfeit sellers started last year, Internet users have gone to the seized domains more than 77 million times.
"Typically we don't track the volumes of sales of these particular sites," Morton said, adding that criminal organizations often hide illgotten profits. "It is very large figures. Well, well above millions."
Morton said it may seem like a trivial thing to buy a knockoff football jersey or lookalike sunglasses, but the profits seized by counterfeiters can help fund far more nefarious activities.
"This is increasingly not simply a matter of mom and pop violations at the corner of Fourth and Main," Morton said. "We are worried about organized crime and (that profits) are going to fuel other criminal activity."
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so glad we are spending so much time and expending so many resources to protect the products of some of the world's largest companies(sarcasm." now could we please spend a little time and effort trying to help small businesses and consumers so the majority of americans will still have jobs to go to when all is said and done! people only buy the fake merchandise because they cannot afford the real deal. message sent to working class americans, you are not part of the elite that run things and don't even try to pretend with that fake rolex on your wrist. people don't buy fake goods because they don't want the real deal, they do so because they struggle to live and work in an economy where their share of the "pie" has shrunk to such a degree that only the likes of paris hilton and newt gingrich can afford the little luxuries in life. sorry but i don't feel in the slightest bit sorry for the megacorps or their customers who are more concerned with the preservation of their image than allowing the avg. man or woman to infringe on what is part and parcel of the club of exclusivity. for right or wrong "how dare we" is the attitude i get out of all of this.
This is pretty hilarious. They must have some teachers from China. Every once in a while the government over there cracks down on piracy, 1 out of a million. After it is all over,it will all go back to business as usual.
Also as long as DHgate and AliExpress exist it will be no end.
Certain people in this country wrongheadedly believe that less regulation is always better. Somehow those same people believe that "job creators" should be protected their argument asks, what is the point of investing in a new product or business if government will rob them of profits throught regulation and taxation. What is the point of creating a new song, or book,[url=http://www.holisteroutlet.cc]http://www.holisteroutlet.cc[/url], or product, if someone with greater production capacity or lower production cost can merely steal your idea and your living?
I believe there is a correct amount of regulation that protects creators and consumers, and that we are somewhat below that threshhold. Regulation is something like nutrition: you need what you need. Starvation to lose weight will just kill you.
"what is the point of investing in a new product or business if government will rob them of profits throught regulation and taxation. "
the internet has gone virtually unregulated since it became widely available in the late 1990s. today, i could very easily watch any movie, download any song title, or read any book for free through pirated material.
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In The NewsWhile such lowcost items as toothpaste, shampoo and batteries don't seem likely targets for counterfeiting, there actually is a large market for such goods. But most times the consumer doesn't realize that they are buying a fake product.
"The allure here is that they're products being used every day. Everybody has a demand for toothpaste. There is a constant market for it," Robert L. Tucker, an intellectual property lawyer in New York told ABC News. "When you make a counterfeit Guess Tshirt or a counterfeit Ralph Lauren Tshirt, you're not sure there's going to be a demand for it."
Tucker said that these products typically fall under the radar screen.
"Who is going to scrutinize toothpaste?" he said. "Somebody, when they see a $38 Louis Vuitton bag being sold on the street is going to scrutinize because the bag normally sells for $3,000."
The bogus products can often be hard to differentiate from the real thing. While that watch on the street might say Roloflex,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the toothpaste at your local drugstore might look just like the real thing.
The fake toothpaste was labeled "Colgate" but ColgatePalmolive Co. said it came in the wrong packaging.
These products often show up at discount stores where items typically cost 99 cents or a dollar according to the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition.
The group is funded by lawyers and private investigators as well as companies, including Burberry, Abercrombie Fitch, Calvin Klein, Louis Vuitton, Ford, Nike and Philip Morris. customs agency announced that it has teamed with China in a new steppedup effort to combat counterfeit goods. officials said. ports last year, W. Customs and Border Protection, told The Associated Press.
"We've got to start dealing with the source of the problem. We can't expect to rely upon interdiction to be our tool in order to stop these products," Basham said.
But counterfeit goods particularly medicines are starting to come in from other countries, including India and the United Arab Emirates. agents increased their seizures of counterfeit goods by 83 percent, making more than 14,000 seizures worth at least $155 million, according to the Homeland Security Department.
"Anything that can be counterfeited will be counterfeited. There's just too much profit in it, and the risks are too low," Nils Montan, president of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition told ABC News. "It is not treated as a crime that is commensurate with the problem."
So why would somebody bother to counterfeit an item that sells for less than $5?
"It's a matter of markup," Montan said. "The products that they produce they can make for maybe 5 or 10 cents and still sell it for a couple of bucks. It's a profit, and you have volume to make up for it."
"It's always been around, particularly in the developing world," Montan added. "Now we're seeing it in the United States. This is something that is growing."
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Sunday evening after a long hot day of baseball, everyone gathered in the family room to watch NHL network (seriously the sports never stop in our house.) Jeff and Ben curled up together in our big leather chair while the rest of us sprawled out on the sofa.
After everyone settled in, Jeff said, "Hey Ben, I have some good news and some bad news for you, which would you like to hear first?"
Ben replied, "How about the bad news first then the good news. That way I end happy."
Jeff chuckled, "That sounds like solid logic. So the bad news ... I know you wanted to go on day trippers camp the first week of July but you are not going to be able to."
Ben pouted and made his sad little puppy dog face then asked, "Why?"
Jeff explained, "Because there will be no nurse there to help you with your diabetes. You will have to stay on campus and do general camp."
Ben pouted more and made an even sadder little puppy dog face.
Jeff then reminded him, "But I said there was good news too ... You also wanted to go on day trippers in August. We talked to L (his babysitter who also has T1) and she said she can go with you! The camp director said she can come too and help take care of you."
Ben smiled, clapped and cheered, "Yeah!"
(Which I must add is going to cost a fortune. We have to pay for camp + a babysitter for 40 hours. Thankfully the camp is not going to charge the sitter for the camp and also generously offered to pay for all her tickets and fees.)
After his quick celebration, Ben added, "I need to start learning to take care of myself more. Then I won't always need L or a nurse."
I now chimed in, "That is a good idea. As you already know taking care of diabetes is a lot of work. There are prescriptions to fill, doctor's appointments to make, there is carb counting, set changes, and midnight checks. Dad and I want to help. You don't need to take everything on. But maybe there is a small piece you can take on as your own job."
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Ben was quiet.
He thought for a few minutes.
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Jeff agreed, "Yes it will. That is a great first step!" Then Jeff and Ben fist bump.
I wanted to jump off the sofa and just kiss his face off!
I often feel as if God dumped a bucket load of crap on Ben back in October of 2009. But maybe, just maybe, God knew what he was doing. Because every time this stupid disease, diabetes, tries to break him ... Ben wins ... and always comes out stronger!


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