Drawing on a social capital perspective, central countries in global communication networks can be more competitive because they can easily and quickly obtain valuable information through the network. Based on data from Twitter's Public Streams and the Global Competitiveness Report published by...

Many studies raise the issue of relationships between internationalization and innovativeness, linking them with firms' international competitiveness. However, very few of these studies focus on the influence of internationalization on innovativeness and regard the multifaceted nature of these...

Actualmente casi todos los envíos internacionales necesitan emplear más de un tipo de transporte desde su punto de origen hasta su destino final. Cada uno de los tipos mundiales de transporte de carga y pasajeros ha desempeñado un papel esencial en la facilitación de la diversificación...

Globalization brings opportunities and pressures for domestic firms in emerging market economies to innovate and improve their competitive position. Using recent data on firms in 27 transition economies, we test for the effects of globalization through the impact of increased competition and...

The import competition literature suggests that Chinese industrial policies and technological trends have altered the nature of competition with China so that it does not take place on a level playing field anymore. Empirical evidence about firms’ reactions in developed economies in...

The import competition literature suggests that Chinese industrial policies and technological trends have altered the nature of competition with China so that it does not take place on a level playing field anymore. Empirical evidence about firms' reactions in developed economies to competition...

The growth of the tourist industry in the Caribbean is a rich and varied success story. For the most part it has been a story of private enterprise, with the providers of tourism services pricing their services in line with the quality of service on offer, and, for a majority of countries,...

Abstract: Global tendencies and priorities change, therefore, in the current socio-economic context, the big challenge for the Romania's tourism industry is the growth of competitiveness. Romania displays powerful competitiveness gaps as against European Union's states, but also as against other...