Cet article examine si la valeur d’une entreprise exportatrice française est affectée par les fluctuations contemporaines et retardées du taux de change. En se basant sur un ´échantillon de 100 entreprises exportatrices françaises, l’´étude trouve que 22% des entreprises connaissent...

Core labour standards defined by the ILO in 1998 are universal, but applied very differently across countries. Compliance is much higher in high income countries. However, the causality between improved labour standards and economic growth remains a controversial issue. Export-led growth...

News unregulated offsets are emerging as the latest form of countertrade. A theory of countertrade evolution is proposed. Level of economic development is a key variable. Countertrade impacts on export firms are then deducted. Three case studies show a sucessful management of the « New offsets ».

Conversion to the single European currency, the euro, requires good management of the transition on the part of companies, both internally and externally, taking into account the importance of communication which is necessary to win consumer confidence. Through the unification of the European...