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Transnational Business Governance Interaction and Competition between Standard‐Setting Initiatives : Labor Standards in Garment, Toys and Agriculture
Helmerich, Nicole - 2013
This paper analyzes interactions within standard‐setting networks in the area of social and labor rights. We examine the shape of transnational business governance interactions (TBGI), pathways, and interaction mechanisms in three sectors: garments, toys and agriculture. Our comparative...
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From productivity to exporting or vice versa? : evidence from the Tunisian manufacturing sector
Ayadi, Mohamed; Mattoussi, Wided - 2014
In this paper, we explore the link between firm productivity and exporting using three firm level datasets of 1323 Tunisian manufacturing firms from 2004 to 2006. In particular, we examine whether more productive firms self-select into export markets, and whether exporters achieve productivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010381379
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Ownership, Technology and Buyers : Explaining Exporting in China and Sri Lanka
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2009
This paper examines several characteristics besides foreign ownership that influence the decision of clothing firms in China and Sri Lanka whether or not to export - namely, the acquisition of technological capabilities and learning from buyers. As a by-product of the exercise, the model also...
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Foreign Ownership, Technological Capabilities and Clothing Exports in Sri Lanka
Wignaraja, Ganeshan - 2015
Drawing on recent developments in applied international trade and innovation and learning in developing countries, this paper examines the links between firm-level export performance, foreign ownership and the acquisition of technological capabilities in a sample of 205 clothing enterprises in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012750218
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Mending the gap : apparel export prices and the gender wage gap in Bangladesh
Robertson, Raymond; Kokas, Deeksha; Cardozo, Diego; … - 2022
Are the wage gains from exports specific to exporting industries, or do they dissipate throughout the economy? In the … studies show the positive impact of apparel exports on female labor force participation in the formal labor market and a range … of household decisions. We extend this literature by estimating the relationship between apparel exports and the male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275362
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Yritsten kansainvälistymisen vaikutukset kotimaan talouteen ja työllisyyteen: Katsaus kirjallisuuteen
Kotiranta, Annu; Lundan, Sarianna M.; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - 2008
This report reviews some of the most recent literature examining the home country employment effects of … conclusion from the literature is that the absolute employment effects are modest, although there are likely to be notable … employment effects of outward foreign direct investment on the home country seem to indicate positive rather than substitution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275842
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The Home Country Employment Effects of Internationalisation - A Literature Review
Kotiranta, Annu; Lundan, Sarianna; Ylä-Anttila, Pekka - Elinkeinoelämän Tutkimuslaitos (ETLA) - 2008
This report reviews some of the most recent literature examining the home country employment effects of … conclusion from the literature is that the absolute employment effects are modest, although there are likely to be notable … employment effects of outward foreign direct investment on the home country seem to indicate positive rather than substitution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700398
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LEARNING-BY-EXPORTING AND DESTINATION EFFECTS: EVIDENCE FROM AFRICAN SMEs
BOERMANS, Martijn Adriaan - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 13 (2013) 2, pp. 149-168
Exports, in this study, are more productive than non-exports, but why? Using a micro-panel dataset from five African …
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Slow and steady wins the race : how the garment industry leads industrialization in low-income countries
Fukunishi, Takahiro; Yamagata, Tatsufumi - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2013
2008 in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Kenya and Madagascar, the following conclusions are drawn: (1) low wages, though still …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690295
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Globalisation and the Gender Earnings Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka and Cambodia 1992-2015
Robertson, Raymond - 2018
premiums and a widening wage gap after the end of the MFA. Our results suggest that apparel exports continued to benefit women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012910737