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 "black box" - traditionally explored by the theorists of the firm - and...

Historically, the Indian textiles and clothing industry has comparative advantage in production and exports which could not be fully utilized because of quantitative restrictions imposed by her major export markets such as USA and European Union. It was therefore, envisaged that with the...

The textiles and clothing sector involves most unskilled labour-intensive activities, requires minimal training but offers the most employment opportunities as compared to any other manufacturing sector. In the area of international trade, exports from this sector have played a very crucial role...

China and India are the two major gainers from the removal of quotas on textiles and clothing with phasing out of Multifibre Arrangement (MFA) with effect from Jan. 1, 2005. However, to reap the maximum benefits of the new quota free regime and to sustain the growth in this sector it is...

The technical textiles domain with its classifications into twelve broad segments leaves a great space where Indian industry has the large scope to deliver good results. It can also set an example in the times of turbulences that may occur anytime in today's changing business environment. The...

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...

Despite the fact that importing and exporting are extremely rare firm activities, economists generally devote little attention to the role of firms when discussing international trade. This paper summarizes key differences between trading and non-trading firms, demonstrates how these differences...

The Indian textile and clothing industry is the second largest employer after agriculture. Cessation of quota-based curbs on January 1, 2005, offers the industry an opportunity to expand textiles and garments exports and generate substantial employment. However, the industry is going through a...

Both horizontal and vertical innovations are studied in this paper, using monopolistic and oligopolistic competition models with multiproduct firms. We consider a two-stage game. In the first stage, all firms simultaneously choose their own number of products. In the second stage, firms make...