Investigates the regional variation in the rates of new business formation (births) and failures (deaths) in Scottish manufacturing industries. Policies designed to stimulate business formation tend to aggravate regional disparities. This study seeks to develop an understanding of the...

Analysis of the international marketing literature confirms a dominant focus on relationships between variables or constructs internal to the exporter and exporter-based measures of performance. This concentration on the exporter/seller has been at the expense of the importer/customer. The...