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China’s Export Restrictions on Germanium and Gallium  

Resilinc

In 2010, China restricted exports of rare earth elements to Japan following a territorial dispute, sending prices soaring and Japan scrambling to find alternative sources. While China exports about 60% of the world’s germanium, the other 40% comes from Canada, the US, Finland, and Belgium. Which Industries Will Be Impacted?

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Professor Bob Foster ('65) Wins the UCLA Distinguished Teaching.

The UCLA Anderson Global Supply Chain Blog

During the past 11 years, his leadership of the Global Access Program (GAP), the capstone requirement in our Fully-Employed MBA program (FEMBA), has been extraordinary and earned him a knighthood from the government of Finland

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New download: SCM Map Europe 2014-2015

Supply Chain Movement

Analysis by the Financial Times reveals that many new jobs were created in Central Europe between 2010 and 2013, particularly in electronics manufacturing. One example of this is Disney’s proposed idea to relocate production of some of its Infinity figures to Turkey to shorten and improve the flexibility of its supply chains.

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Supply Chain Management:Leveraging Social Media for Improving.

Infosys Supply Chain Management

For example, it would make more sense to use the customer data of users located in Northern US, Finland, Germany for a winter jacket. December 2010. November 2010. October 2010. September 2010. August 2010. April 2010. March 2010. February 2010. January 2010. August 2011.

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List of Top 65 Marketplaces Across the Globe in 2019

Vinculum

Founded in 2010, Wish is one the fastest growing marketplaces with more than 300 million customers in the US and Europe. Coolshop is a Denmark based marketplace and has expanded its presence into Sweden, Norway, Finland, Germany, the Netherlands and the UK. With over 10,000 sellers and $7.3 With more than 2.6 With revenue over €6.6