forms of internationalisation). Most widely spread are import- and export activities, followed by sales and service …Im Zeitraum 2009 bis 2011 waren rd. 1,3 Mio. Unternehmen aus Deutschland, zu 99 % KMU, international aktiv. Damit … Unternehmen erwogen eine Ausweitung bereits bestehender Auslandsaktivitäten und gut 20% die erstmalige Aufnahme einer (Export …

We use transaction-level US import data to compare firms from virtually all countries in the world competing in a …

This paper studies the impact that import competition from China had on firms performance in the manufacturing sector … cumulative impact on net sales when we account for longer timeframes. Looking at import competition from China in third markets …, we find that increased competition in the Peruvian exporting firms main export markets had a negative effect on …

and development of a hierarchy among them, on the other hand, in terms of export, import and trade balance. Therefore, the …

long run relationship between export and import. This implies that foreign trade deficit is sustainable in the Indian …

There exists a growing body of literature which looks at export decisions made by firms. Most studies focus on … aims at filling this gap in the literature by analyzing the export behavior of a statistically representative sample of 192 … higher probability of exporting. Training activities for employees are important to export outside of MERCOSUR. -- SME …

While many studies explain the correlation between firm-level productivity and export status entirely by better firms … to new clients. We show that small firms with a lot of outstanding trade credit expand sales the most following export … export market entry. …

In this paper we analyze changes in the export mix of Chilean firms, looking particularly at differences between large … econometric results, which look at the impact of export product churning on firm performance, are heterogeneous by type of change … in export mix and by firm size. In general, export mix changes are associated with improvements on productivity, although …

Export is an important contributor to growth with numerous direct and indirect macroeconomic benefits. Moreover, firms …

In this paper, we relate outcomes of El Salvadors local labor markets to their exposure to Chinese import competition … import competition have negatively affected manufacturing and nontradable employment. Some workers were pushed into … import competition, informality has decreased in the former sector and increased in the latter. This change in labor …