Sri Lanka was the earliest South Asian economy to introduce economic reforms to attract export-oriented FDI. The rise … of clothing production for export, apparently mainly driven by foreign firms, is regarded as a major outcome of the … reforms. This paper seeks to examine a range of factors underlying firm-level export and technological performance …

This paper studies factors associated with firm participation in export markets, focusing primarily on firm size and … interdependent relationships between export participation, firm size, and access to credit. SMEs participating in export markets tend … participation in export markets. The estimation results also point to the supportive influences of foreign ownership, worker …