We explore the link between globalization of the retail sector and the export activity of firms from their origin … firms with IFS certification have better export performance on markets where French retailers operate. We find that … certified French firms are more likely to export, and export larger volumes, than non-certified firms to markets where French …

manufacturing FDI and operating business groups. We generalize a model of self-selection based on two dimensional firm heterogeneity … of FDI is much larger than that of exporting or outsourcing. We also find that when we focus on independent firms that …

The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper … analyzes whether banks can support firms' export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a … exogenous to firms' export decisions by relying on preexisting lending relationships and exploiting the acquisition of a firm …

In this paper we study the choice between exporting and foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Cournot duopoly … framework. First, we identify the conditions necessary for exporting and FDI, depending on costs of exporting and the cost of … include: a monopoly FDI equilibrium, a monopoly exporting equilibrium, a domestic monopoly equilibrium, a duopoly FDI …

Investments (FDI) to regional Export Hubs. Explaining the driving forces behind multinational setups and their influence on the … multinational activities either evolve into Exports or horizontal FDI. By integrating Melitz's (2003) concept of firm heterogeneity …, Helpman et. al. (2006) can already explain the co-existence of Exports and horizontal FDI on the country-level. However, every …

positively associated with the probability that a firm conducts international activities, particularly FDI. Conversely, the … internationalisation process seems to trigger strong subsequent firm-growth for FDI. Furthermore, we show evidence on the positive … results highlight the complex influence of exporting and FDI on the capacity to become a HGE and the role of new digital …

characteristic are shown to affect the export versus FDI decision: intangibility, the searchexperience-credence framework and the …The decision to serve foreign markets through exports or foreign direct investment (FDI) has been studied within … between exports and FDI using service-level data for firms in Belgium selling services abroad. Three different types of …

affect FDI entry decisions in a dynamic setting, even when controlling for previous export experience in foreign markets. We …Why does aggregate foreign direct investment (FDI) fall with distance? We conjecture that high trade costs adversely … test this hypothesis using Japanese firm-level data for the period of 1995–2018, and find that the probability of FDI entry …