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...

Medical tourism is one of the major sectors amongst the trade in services that has been growing significantly the world over particularly with the establishment of General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS) under WTO. This sector falls under Mode II - known as “Consumption Abroad” of...

The case is about a visionary entrepreneur who diversified his dairy business into related product category i.e., the ice-cream known as “Tasty Ice Cream” and entered into the nascent market of Ahmedabad city. The concept of ice-cream was very innovative at that time and there was only one...

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 study is an attempt to analyse the impact of specific sources of finance on firms' export performance by investigating empirically the SME exporters' preferred mode of financing their various export operations and linking it with their export profitability. Based on the findings it is...

Retail in India has a good growth potential but this sector is the least evolved with the growth of organized retail being substantially slow. In such a scenario, the government of India in early 2013 allowed 51 percent FDI in multi-brand retail. FDI plays an important role in the economic...

Exporting plays a crucial role in accelerating the growth and profitability of firms. It enables them to achieve sustained competitive advantages. Interest in exporting is driven by the changing global economic scenario, liberalization, and emerging global competition. These reasons have...

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...