The import competition literature suggests that Chinese industrial policies and technological trends have altered the … strategy. We propose a novel indicator capturing import competition that highly internationalised companies face. We examine …

economies benefit from improvements in the overall trade facilitation environment, helping them export and import. However, on …Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in generating economic activity and employment in … developing and developed countries. However, partly due to remaining at-the-border trade costs, SMEs continue to be less …

and multinationals to export indirectly; and iii) reducing non-tariff measures that are especially onerous for SMEs … benefits from participation are accruing to larger firms or if small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up the … database and map how SMEs have been participating in GVCs. It then identifies the benefits associated with this participation …

enhance their domestic export performance. It shows that foreign sourcing is a complement to, rather than substitute for, the … creation of domestic value added and employment in exports highlighting how, with GVCs, export competitiveness is inextricably …

Even as a number of developing countries have been able to reap the export opportunities presented by the rise of … global value chains (GVCs), Nepal's export performance remains dismal. This paper examines the challenges and constraints … faced by manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nepal, a landlocked least developed country, in …

Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of U.S. politics? Analyzing multiple measures of … to the divisive 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising import competition by China …

Has rising import competition contributed to the polarization of U.S. politics? Analyzing multiple measures of … to the divisive 2016 U.S. presidential election. Exploiting the exogenous component of rising import competition by China …