We explore the link between globalization of the retail sector and the export activity of firms from their origin … firms with IFS certification have better export performance on markets where French retailers operate. We find that … certified French firms are more likely to export, and export larger volumes, than non-certified firms to markets where French …

export, as well as the evolution of territorial concentration of production by various groups of economic activities and …

firms that start or stop to export over the period under investigation, and that are not representative for the bulk of … firms that either export or not. …

The impact of international trade on firm productivity is tested by accounting for firms' import as well as export … improvements are found to be highly contingent on export status, with import status being unimportant. The key finding of the paper … is that the gains from trade, for Ireland at least, appear to lie on the export side. Interestingly, quitting trade leads …

total sales, or export participation over time, or the number of goods exported, or the number of countries exported to …. This paper documents that low-productive exporters are competitive because they export high-quality goods. The quality of …

spillover channel for exporting firms. Also, the current study finds that export destinations are an important factor in …

Tunisian manufacturing firms from 2004 to 2006. In particular, we examine whether more productive firms self-select into export … exporting firms from others. The results suggest that fully exporting firms self-select more often into export markets and … for learning by exporting. Moreover, the scope for learning might also be influenced by export destination, as in the case …