Development assistance has for many decades been aiming to support developing countries’ strategies to achieve more sustainable development. Yet, evidence shows that the impact of such assistance has been well below expectations. This study examines the efforts of assistance providers and...

South-South Cooperation (SSC) has been gaining momentum as an effective mode of development assistance, complementing the more traditional North-South approach. The Accra Agenda for Action (AAA), agreed at the High Level Forum3 (HLF3) on aid effectiveness in September 2008, underlined the...

This article examines two basic aspects of the exchange risk policies of a sample of Canadian firms under floating rates, namely the extent of risk coverage and the means of coverage. The analysis shows that whereas the 1970 floating of the Canadian dollar had relatively limited impact, the...

This article reports the results of an empirical study which tended to disprove the hypothesis that foreign-owned subsidiaries are less export oriented than domestically-owned firms.© 1974 JIBS. Journal of International Business Studies (1974) 5, 1–14