In principle, firms in developing countries benefit from the fact that advanced technologies
and products have already been developed in industrialized countries and can simply be …

This study surveys the literature on the relationship between international trade and
economic growth, and succinctly reviews the role of GATT/WTO in fostering free trade. Most …

The literature on international trade and firm performance grows exponentially. This paper
attempts to summarize what we learn from this literature to guide future empirical and …

The paper analyses the link between financial constraints and firm export behaviour. Our
main finding is that firms enjoying better financial health are more likely to become …

Firm productivity and export decisions are closely related to innovation activity. Innovation
may play a more important role in the decision to start exporting, and successful exporting …

This paper explores a newly available panel dataset merging balance sheet and
international trade transaction data for Belgium. Both imports and exports appear to be …

Based on harmonised and uniquely linked firm-level datasets for a large group of European
countries, this study investigates the role of different information and communication …

Combining data on structural characteristics and economic performance for a large sample
of Italian firms with data on exporting and importing activity, we uncover evidence supporting …

We analyse factors driving inter-and intra-firm diffusion of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) using data from Irish manufacturing firms over the period 2001 to 2004 …

This paper analyzes how a firm's specialization in its core products after exporting affects its
factor intensity and productivity. Using Chinese manufacturing firm data for the 1998–2007 …