This paper examines if the identity shaped by the region does have an influence on the owner-manager's managerial behaviour. Two hypotheses have been formulated that are based on the identity theory saying that an individual's self consists of a set of different identities. The paper is based on...

Many enterprises successful at home show their deficiencies abroad because they don't analyse their structure, their financial potential and their targets. The author, after considering some critical elements which may be considered the ingredients of “success abroad”, has focussed on the...

Many enterprises successful at home show their deficiencies abroad because they don't analyse their structure, their financial potential and their targets. The author, after considering some critical elements which may be considered the ingredients of “success abroad”, has focussed on the...

Trade theory traces back different patterns of internationalization to heterogeneity between firms, measured both through differences in productivity levels and size. In this paper we analyze the link between heterogeneity within sectors and internationalization choices, namely trade and foreign...

Die vorliegende Studie wurde im Auftrag des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Technologie erstellt und im Oktober 2006 abgeschlossen. Gegenstand der Studie ist die Untersuchung des Globalisierungs- und Anpassungsprozesses sowie seiner Ergebnisse in Deutschland, Frankreich, Großbritannien,...

This paper investigates the impact of participation in global value chains (GVCs) on inflation for a sample of 29 OECD economies from 2000 to 2018. Overall, our empirical analysis finds that participation in GVCs increases inflation, which is driven by forward participation, whereas backward...

We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain) linked with balance sheet data to study the relationship between key aspects of globalization and firm-level markups. The main results are: (i) Exporting is positively...

We use a unique cross-section survey of manufacturing firms from four European countries (France, Germany, Italy, Spain) linked with balance sheet data to study the relationship between key aspects of globalization and firm-level markups. The main results are: (i) Exporting is positively...

In this article, we examine the dynamics of Global Value Chains (GVCs) since the 2000s. Did it show a marked expansion up to the Great Recession and did GVCs begin a downturn in the 2010s? To better understand the evolution of GVCs at the world level, we use very detailed trade data for 2000 to...

The study empirically examined the learning-by-exporting effect in Chinese manufacturing firms from 2005 to 2007. The traditional view has been that exporting can lead to increased productivity by facilitating access to the global market and, thus, information and cutting-edge technologies; this...