There is a growing literature exploring the increasing fragmentation of production processes and the evolution of internationally-dispersed but functionally-integrated economic activities. However, most of this literature appears to neglect an important part of the story, that is the form and...

BIMSTEC, a regional grouping of South and Southeast Asian countries, is heading towards an FTA for greater economic integration. The present paper examines the ex ante effects of the iniative by adopting SMART and GTAP models. Based on estimated export supply elasticity, the results of SMART...

Introduction: If the challenge facing automobile producers in the 1980s was how to change theirindustrial model, that of the 1990s has been how to reorganize internationally. Ofcourse, internationalization has been one of the industry's characteristics since itsinception, and international trade...

In the current scenario of the global economic crisis, market uncertainty, layoffs, shrinkage in market size are some common issues which the business is facing and at the same time looking for some way outs. This situation demands the reconfiguration of existing theories, models or frameworks...

International commodity Organizations can play a role in reducing transaction costs between producer and consumer. The current organisations do this partly through statistics and collecting and disseminating market information, undertaking projects and convening meetings. Of a traditional focus...

As a result of globalisation, firms across both developed and developing countries areexperiencing increased competition. Globalisation has both positive and negative consequencesfor firms, and the net effect may depend on the manner in which the country where a firm islocated participates in...