Purpose – The purpose of this paper is research the relationship between size of government and FDI inflows of the host country, and provide a strategies. Design/methodology/approach – Adopting the fixed effect model of panel data, this paper uses related observations from 81 countries...

Industry reputation crises trigger producers and consumers to switch to certification as a signal of quality, especially in a weak institutional environment. In this paper, we posit that firm certification as a signaling mechanism involves the co-evolution of firms and consumers. We investigate...