{"title":"Economic Sanctions: Astute Policy or Just Another Barrier to Free Trade?","authors":"C. Rarick","doi":"10.18034/AJTP.V3I1.845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18034/AJTP.V3I1.845","url":null,"abstract":"When mentioning free trade the topic of economic sanctions is seldom mentioned. However, governments of the developed world, especially the United States, have used economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool to compel other countries to change their behavior. The increasing use of economic sanctions as a form of foreign policy is not without cost, however, and that cost is borne by citizens of sanctioned countries and businesses who find international markets closed to them, either entirely or in part. In addition, consumers pay a price through less choice and higher prices. Economic sanctions are barriers to free trade and interfere with the free flow of goods and services. This case examines the current state of economic sanctions imposed by the United States and explores sanctions imposed on Cuba, Myanmar and Iran; three heavily sanctioned countries which recently have experienced a change in U.S. foreign policy action, yet still suffer from trade restrictions.","PeriodicalId":272239,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Trade & Policy","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116540854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Aslam, Cordelia Mason, Asma Zakria, Mohd Farid Shamsudin Farid
{"title":"Gender Perceptions: Employer Branding Through Attractiveness, Job Characteristics and Organizational Attributes","authors":"S. Aslam, Cordelia Mason, Asma Zakria, Mohd Farid Shamsudin Farid","doi":"10.18034/AJTP.V2I3.800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.18034/AJTP.V2I3.800","url":null,"abstract":"The novelty of employer branding is undeniable in HR practices. However, the pair studies are also found in employer branding with the perception of gender. A gender difference is said to occur when male and female react differently in perceptions. In Pakistan, human capital is an inadequacy in bank jobs and female less appearance in the sector creates more shortage of skilled employees. However, the results reported have given an insignificant difference between male and female in the perception of employer branding. Moreover, the gender disparity has no borders, so re-justification is an admirable in another region. Hence, a significant relationship exists between employer branding and intention to apply. Intention to apply is a central dealing with recruitment as appears with the wish for of submitting a job application. Furthermore, the wider applicant pool can achieve with employer branding. Employers can persuade to potential employees through attractiveness, unique organizational attributes and job characteristics. Concluded, banks in Pakistan can increase a wider applicant pool with the implementation of employer branding. Data Analysis was done by using SPSS and smart PLS. Future recommendations and implications are at the end.","PeriodicalId":272239,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Trade & Policy","volume":"133 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121570984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}