, employment, wages, and capital intensity in production compared to firms that do not trade. The second supports the hypothesis of …

performances of manufacturing firms in South Africa, and whether firms investing in capabilities development are more resilient to …) - have been associated with firms downsizing in terms of decreasing employment and sales growth and higher probability of … exiting the market. Second, we examine whether firms investing in process and product innovation and skills development …

performances of manufacturing firms in South Africa, and whether firms investing in capabilities development are more resilient to …) - have been associated with firms downsizing in terms of decreasing employment and sales growth and higher probability of … exiting the market. Second, we examine whether firms investing in process and product innovation and skills development …

government’s agenda. In order to understand exporting and its impact on job creation, one needs to understand how firms function … related policies. This paper reviews the evidence on South African exporting firms, highlighting what we know, and what we do …

productivity performance of firms from a catching-up country (Poland) and a leader economy (Germany). Domestic owned firms are less … owned firms. This mechanism is similar in Poland and Germany. However, in the leader country (Germany), domesticallyowned … firms' productivity performance is more stable along the GVC distribution. …

productivity performance of firms from a catching-up country (Poland) and a leader economy (Germany). Domestic owned firms are less … owned firms. This mechanism is similar in Poland and Germany. However, in the leader country (Germany), domesticallyowned … firms' productivity performance is more stable along the GVC distribution. …

which governs global value chains (GVCs). Specialised processing firms need to recoup the associated trade cost applying to …

(2014) opens the black-box of entry costs by building a dynamic network model of international trade where firms acquire … examines whether firms use their existing suppliers in a destination to find their first clients in those markets. I use a … disaggregated dataset on Turkish firms' exports and imports for the 2003-08 period, and investigate the effect and the channels that …

manufacturing firms - Export spillovers from FDI. Using export data at the firm/product/destination level for the period 2004 … input suppliers allows domestic firms to export additional varieties of lower quality and upgrade the average quality of …