The purpose of this paper is to investigate the scope for international private standards to play a role in reducing … the risk distribution. Certification also correlates negatively with risk-reduction for technologically advanced firms, as …

development aid has a robust direct effect on donor exports (the effect on recipient exports, however, is not robust). It also has …

Studies show that when exports go up, innovation goes up as well. But what is the mediating effect of domestic … institutions in the association between exports and innovation? If any, which institutions are more likely to improve exports and …-quality institutions cause negative effects in the relationship between manufacturing sector exports and innovation in developing countries …

A rising number of firms from developing countries have adopted voluntary private standards in the last decade. This … has become an area of active research, especially in terms of the impact of private standards on trade, organizational … performance, and employee outcomes. This paper analyses how standards affect labour productivity of small and medium firms from …

suggests Senegal has much to gain from encouraging exports by helping domestic firms overcome barriers to entering foreign …

performance of the manufacturing industry over the past five decades in terms of exports, production and foreign direct investment …