In the global business, competitiveness has become a buzzword and to achieve it every enterprise has been looking for the cost reduction methods in production and marketing of goods internationally. One of such element of on this account is getting the international VAT refunds from the foreign...

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...

Multinational Enterprises with the international transfer of technology to developing countries generally stipulate certain restrictive clauses in the foreign collaboration agreements (FCAs) which govern the over all operations and profitability of the technology importing firms. Amongst the...

Firms operating with foreign collaborations (FCA units) have been facing a high degree of dependence on the parent MNEs (Multi-national Enterprises) compared to their local counterparts (Non-FAC units) owing to reasons like larger imports of raw materials, machinery, equipments and spares by...

The comparatively fresh emergence of relationship marketing paradigm in the field of marketing management highlights the growing need to manage, develop and evaluate relationships amongst the buyers and suppliers. In international business context, the same holds good for relationship quality...

The demand of eco-friendly or ‘green' products and services has experienced considerable growth rates in recent years ranging from agricultural produce, clothing, and consumer electronics to real estate. Various studies for these products have identified that there is increasing willingness of...

The costs of doing business internationally are many. Economizing on such costs is essential to be globally competitive. In this context, a rather overlooked area of cost reduction is the refund of global VAT incurred abroad on business expenses. A large number of exporters across the world do...

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...