We describe a simple model in which domestic firms decide whether to serve a foreign market through exports or horizontal foreign direct investment (FDI). This choice involves a trade-off between the higher variable trade costs associated with exports and the higher fixed set-up costs associated...

International operating firms often follow complex market supply strategies, ranging from Exports and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to regional Export Hubs. Explaining the driving forces behind multinational setups and their influence on the agglomeration-core pattern has become an emerging...

The purpose of this research is to make known the internal factors that stimulate the internationalization of companies in the jewelery sector. We consider the qualitative approach at the descriptive level through semi-structured interviews with twelve major exporting companies in the jewelery...