both export possibilities and, persistently, export values. On the estimates made, a 1% increase in import tariffs imposed …

The study is an attempt to analyse the impact of specific sources of finance on firms' export performance by … investigating empirically the SME exporters' preferred mode of financing their various export operations and linking it with their … export profitability. Based on the findings it is concluded that the funds sourced from commercial banks have a significant …

Financing resources play a significant role in escalating export ventures particularly of MSMEs (Micro, Small and … financing resources used by MSME exporters on their export profitability. It is concluded that the funds sourced from commercial … banks had a significant impact on firm's export performance followed by profits ploughed back into export operations. The …

export and that export participation is highly persistent. There is also evidence supporting the learning by exporting … hypothesis and the results suggest a significant export premium of between 15 and 24 per cent, controlling for differences in …. We conclude that the Mozambican Export Promotion Institute could play an important role in overcoming this information …

We present some preliminary empirical results on impact of international certification on export behavior of Russian … use several different empirical models to examine the effect of certification on export activity and to control for … positive impact on probability of export if we control for self-selection effect for both export and ISO certification. Firms …

This paper analyses the effect of innovation on the well-established productivity-export association in the literature …, and export. The main finding is that firms which become innovative are more likely to also become an exporter, especially … when they do not have prior export experiences. …

markets through increasing sales in these markets. This study aims to examine factors affecting export performance of SMEs in … level demonstrate relatively higher export activities. However, it can also be argued that SMEs do not have enough … knowledge-supporting programs are important for the export of SMEs in the Kyrgyz Republic. …

The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper … analyzes whether banks can support firms' export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a … exogenous to firms' export decisions by relying on preexisting lending relationships and exploiting the acquisition of a firm …

Low export participation of firms across countries is typically related to high entry costs allowing only the most … productive firms to serve foreign markets. In this paper, we move beyond individual firm characteristics to explain export … participation and investigate whether firms' domestic network linkages can facilitate export entry. Firms receive information from …