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 …

To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct …

To serve foreign markets, firms can either export or set up a local subsidiary through horizontal Foreign Direct …

export experience in a market are more likely to source service inputs from there. We rationalize this fact in a model where … firms are initially uncertain about how successful they are as exporters, but learn their export profitability as they keep … they become sufficiently confident about their export prospects, i.e., once they acquire enough export experience. More …

firm-level export performance. Past studies have used both absolute numbers as well as performance ratings as a part of … measuring firms’ export performance. It is also revealed that export performance being a multi-dimensional phenomenon is best … in this field, the paper highlights some key trends in measurement of firm-level export performance …