Sub-Saharan Africa is the region where firms face the greatest hurdles when it comes to cross-border trading. This … paper examines how these firms, relative to their counterparts in the developing world, would respond to changes in the … infrastructure contributes to increasing the probability of firms' entry into exporting and importing, as well as to the extent of …

There is evidence that better performing firms tend to enter international markets. Internationally active firms are … larger, more productive, and pay higher wages than other firms in the same industry. Positive performance effects of engaging … in international activity are found especially in firms from less advanced economies that interact with partners from …

Using firm-level data from a large-scale European survey among 20 countries, we analyse the determinants of firms using … short-time work (STW). We show that firms are more likely to use STW in case of negative demand shocks. We show that STW … schemes are more likely to be used by firms with high degrees of firm-specific human capital, high firing costs, and operating …

shaped the impact of unanticipated economic reforms on employment in formal manufacturing firms in India in the 1990s, using … formal firms across all Indian states, while FDI reform was associated with increased (reduced) formal firm employment in …

the shortcomings of the time series analysis and cross-sectional studies. The sample comprises 37 listed firms' data for … FY2017 to FY2020. Chosen firms have experienced activism instances at least once during the 2017-2020 period. As per our …

Guest worker programs allow migrants to work abroad legally, and offer benefits to workers, firms, and nations. Guest …

Recent research has tried to quantify how firms contribute to the immigrant–native earnings gap. Findings from several … higher-paying firms. Results also show that some of the closing of the gap over time is attributable to the reallocation of …

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 … (SMEs) exporting decisions and starting to export decisions but not those of large firms. Financial health does not seem to …

quantitative data from 182 firms. Quantitative data were analysed with using SPSS IBM 22 to generate descriptive and inferential …