This paper deals with projects’ performance. To be more precise, we endeavor to redeem the concept of commercial failure, by making a critical appraisal of certain works on innovation journey. We show that product innovation is not always characterized by a stream of interdependent projects....

The implementation of ethical policies in multinational corporations can lead to a great deal of tension between the centre, the headquarters, and the periphery, subsidiaries. But the efficiency of the ethical policy depends on the consistency of its worldwide implementation. To prevent...

We examine FDI’s effects of on domestic investment in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our model’s assumptions are inspired from the theoretical model of Agosin and Mayer (2001). Two assumptions have special interest: (i) the first is that multinational firms crowd-out local firms ; (ii) the second...

This dissertation consists of three empirical studies on the regional economic adjustments that followed NAFTA’s entry into force in Mexico. In the first study, the evolution and determinants of regional disparities in manufacturing labor productivity are analyzed for the 1988-2003 period. The...

This paper studies the reasons behind the export performance of different Mexican states from 1994 to 2002. Mexican exports are divided into two components: (1) foreign market potential; and (2) supply capacity. Results suggest that states that experience an increase in supply capacity are, in...