The Global Financial Crisis had a severe impact on the commodity markets on top of the well-known effects on the worldwide economy. Not only the demand for commodities decreased severely thereby hurting the creditworthiness of participants in the wholesale commodity markets, but also the...

What role does political influence play in access to finance? Using a comprehensive cross-country dataset, I characterize how and why domestic political connections affect firms' ability to access all types of finance — exploiting firms' cross-listing activity as a source of empirical...

In consonance with globalization, the International Transfer Pricing (ITP) rules have also been introduced in the countries, where they did not exist, or reformed as per the OECD guidelines in a number of countries where they already existed. In many countries the process of revamping these...

This paper surveys recent contributions on the Internalisation issue, based on different theories of the firm, to show how the make-or-buy decision, at an international level, has been assessed through the opening up of the quot;black boxquot; - traditionally explored by the theorists of the...

This chapter is from the book "Conquering Global Markets: Secrets from the World's Most Successful Multinationals" which presents the findings of one of the largest research projects undertaken of its type. Senior executives from fifty multinational companies from sixteen countries were...

We examine the impact of economic conditions on firm performance after geographic expansions and divestures. We conjecture that different economy conditions during which a firm expands in and out of geographic territories affect the firm's ability to transform its resources into competitive...

International business environment (IBE) literature is characterised by the lack of a holistic analytical framework. Drawing on a wide range of perspectives, this study aspires to fill the lacuna by offering a holistic, dynamic analytical framework for the systematic study of the IBE. The IBE is...

This article makes a review of theoretical concepts and theories about culture in international business, since they are topics that can not be treated in isolation for the Colombian businessmen, and much less as independent topics. They are concomitant and interdependent elements. The...

We explore the consequences from the two regulatory frameworks Dodd-Frank and EMIR for industrial corporates. We point out that - by falling under the clearing obligation - not only the corporate's option to decide freely on its positioning within the well-known “Risk Triangle” is...

Franchising in Cuba, as in other frontier markets, is fraught with challenges. Before beginning, prudent franchisors should engage experienced attorneys on both sides of the equation, at home and in Cuba. One can expect to encounter many of the same issues frequently found in any international...