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Dolabella, Marcelo; Saeteros, Mario - 2024

Private actors have been actively working on standards that certify products and their production processes to minimize negative externalities. The number of Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) has been increasing over the last few decades, raising interest in understanding their impact on...

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Entrepreneurial innovations and taxation

Hauer, Andreas; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2011

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Surviving competition : neighborhood shops vs. convenience chains

Talamas Marcos, Miguel Ángel - 2023

Hundreds of millions of microenterprises in emerging economies face increased competition from the entry and expansion of large firms that offer similar products. This paper studies how one of the world's most prevalent microenterprises, neighborhood shops, confront competition from convenience...

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The impact of business support services for small and medium enterprises on firm performance in low- and middle-income countries : a meta-analysis

Cravo, Túlio; Piza, Caio - 2016

often based on the assumption that market failures and institutional constraints impede the growth of SME growth … interventions despite the abundance of resources directed to SME business-support services. This paper systematically reviews and … summarizes 40 rigorous evaluations of SME-support services in LMICs and presents evidence to help inform policy debates. The …

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Challenges of exporting differentiated products to developed countries : the case of SME-dominated sectors in a semi-industrialized country

Artopoulos, Alejandro; Friel, Daniel; Hallak, Juan Carlos - 2010

This paper surveys four Argentinean industries light ships, television programs, wines, and wooden furniture that have experienced substantial export growth in recent years, particularly to developed countries. The case studies first describe the structure of the industries, then characterize...

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The impact of global labour standards on export performance

Bandyopadhyay, Kuntala - 2016

The issue of global labour standards has been at the forefront of both regional and multilateral trade negotiations over the past two decades, and will likely remain high on the agenda of future trade talks as North-South trade flows continue to increase. Labour interests in high-standards...

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Global competition and the environmental performance of resource firms : is the "race to the bottom" inevitable?

Clark, Gordon L. - 1993

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Environmental regulation and industry location

Mulatu, Abay; Gerlagh, Reyer; Rigby, Dan; Wossink, Ada - 2009

This paper estimates the effect of environmental regulation on industry location and compares it with other determinants of location such as agricultural, education and R&D country characteristics. The analysis is based on a general empirical trade model that captures the interaction between...

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Unraveling the world-wide pollution haven effect

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Environmental quality in a differentiated duopoly

Farzin, Yeganeh Hossein (contributor); … - 2006

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