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Importing, Productivity and SMEs : Firm-Level Evidence from the Netherlands
van den Berg, Marcel - 2018
, particularly for firms that did not trade altogether prior to the import start and for build-up periods of two and three years … towards the import start. I do not find evidence that firms become more productive after an import start because of learning …
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The role of corporate financial structure in the export propensity of manufacturing firms
Miravitlles, Paloma; Mora, Toni; Achcaoucaou, Fariza - 2016
The aim of this study is to analyse the impact of corporate financial structure on a firm's export propensity, especially that of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The paper contributes to the literature concerned with the relationship between exports and financial constraints from the...
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Driving small and medium-sized enterprise participation in global value chains : evidence from India
Reddy, Ketan; Sasidharan, Subash - 2020
In this study, we examine the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in global value chains (GVCs) and highlight the role of financial constraints in shaping their participation in GVCs. We use a rich unbalanced panel of 888 SMEs for Indian manufacturing over the period...
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What matters for the GVC entry and exit of manufacturing SMEs in the Philippines?
Mendoza, Adrian R. - 2020
This study explores firm-level data from the Philippines to uncover new stylized facts about the participation of manufacturing small and medium enterprise (SMEs) in global value chains (GVCs). The empirical analysis shows that manufacturing SMEs are weakly connected to foreign markets,...
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Does FDI benefit incumbent SMEs? : FDI spillovers and competition effects at the local level
Lembcke, Alexander C.; Wildnerova, Lenka - 2019
That global networks provide positive externalities to participating firms is a well‑documented fact. Less is known about how the performance of non-participating firms, especially those that are small or medium-sized, changes with exposure to an increase in the presence of globally integrated...
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Firm exporting and productivity : what if productivity is no longer a black box
Vu Van Huong; Holmes, Mark J.; Tran Quang Tuyen; Lim, Steven - In: Baltic journal of economics 16 (2016) 2, pp. 95-113
This paper uses Vietnamese firm-level data to examine the relationship between firm productivity and exporting. In particular, this paper shows that more productive firms are more likely than less productive firms to export, consistent with the extensive prior literature. However, this paper...
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Exports of Spanish manufacturing firms and financial constraints
Mañez Castillejo, Juan A.; Vicente-Chirivella, Óscar - In: Business research quarterly : BRQ 24 (2021) 1, pp. 53-90
We investigate the role of financial constraints on firms' exporting behavior, including firms' export decision, export intensity, firms starting to export decision, and exports persistence. Our financial constraints variable is a synthetic variable that summarizes information on different...
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The export strategy and SMEs employment resilience during slump periods
Aparicio-Pérez, Daniel; Calatayud, Carolina; Rochina … - In: Economics / Journal articles : the open-access, … 15 (2021) 1, pp. 163-186
The Spanish economy was the most hit by the Great Recession. It suffered a greater decrease in the gross domestic product (GDP) (affecting especially internal demand). However, it suffered a greater increase in exports (the so-called Spanish "miracle"). Particularly, Spanish SMEs incorporation...
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Import Intensity of Foreign Affiliates and Local Enterprises : Auto Ancillary Industry
Chugan, Pawan K. - 2012
attempt to investigate the import intensity and the phenomena of excessive imports and overpricing in FCA units in relation to … automotive ancillary firms under the study, 33 units operating with foreign collaboration revealed that the import intensity was … the mechanism of Transfer Pricing), from their collaborators abroad leading to higher import intensity of such units …
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Impact of Relationship Quality on Firm's Export Profitability : A Study of SMEs in Gujarat
Singh, Shivangi; Chugan, Pawan K. - 2014
The appearance of relationship quality paradigm in the field of international business has resulted in growing need to manage, develop and evaluate relationships amongst the exporters and importers besides influencing the profitability of the firm in the long-run. In the same light, this study...
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