development economics: the expansion of firms' export destinations across space and time (chapter 1), the extension of structural …

region. As barriers to competing inputs have come down andforeign investment in the region has gone up, small, domestic firms … liberalization continues to reduce barriers to foreigncompetition, and domestic firms face increasing pressure to compete, these …‐paying business community, international organizations, and foreign industry,many countries have increasingly begun formalization …

influenced international market growth. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore how the Internet influences firms … relationships when firms grow in international markets. Therefore, these results provide empirical evidence that the Internet has a … growth of firms. Evidence that the Internet influences the traditional and virtual networks for the pursuit of international …

that while economic factors are important within decision-making, ethical motivations are also changing the way firms … firms have begun incorporating sustainable development into decision-making. However, the organisational change necessary to … corporate responsibility. While these factors have influenced proactive firms, within tourism accommodation this is generally …

firms. The main source of data was the empirical research that I conducted in St.Petersburg, Russia, where I interviewed … owners and/or managers of forty-five firms in 2001 and 2002.When firms perceive state institutions as unable to guarantee the …

The thesis is concerned with the growth of ?connected? firms, characterised as small firms that are engaged in stable … spatial and vertical network relationships, involving a variety of actors, including larger firms. It locates these firms … connected artisanal firms. The literature review is constructed around a detailed re-appraisal of Edith Penrose?s (1959) study …

. Chapter 2 examines the wealth effects of litigation events on the firms involved, as wellas on their industry peers. I find … that litigation events have a strong negative effect on boththe firms sued, as well as their competitors. Chapter 3 … thatgreater litigation exposure leads firms to choose higher leverage. I show that this leverageincrease is brought on by an …