The business literature and recent descriptive evidence show that exporting firms typically require the help of foreign trade intermediaries or need to set up own foreign wholesale affiliates. In contrast, conventional trade theory models assume that producers can directly access foreign...

Legitimacy is a social source of financial power -- Legitimacy in political economy -- The financial reform nexus in England -- The financial reform nexus in Germany -- The financial reform nexus in the United States -- The financial reform nexus in Japan -- The social sources of international...

The European Community in the international trading system. The future of the international trading system / Brian Hindley -- Commentaries on part one / Herbert Giersch, Jules L. Katz, and Norbert Walter -- Implications for Japan and the NICs. External trade implications of Europe 1992 for Japan...