EXPORT PERFORMANCE IN SOUTH AMERICA: DO INTANGIBLES AFFECT FIRMS’ PERFORMANCE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES SUCH AS PERU?

Do multinational retailers affect the export competitiveness of host countries ?

Do Labor Standards Affect Comparative Advantage in Developing Countries?

— This paper focuses on the question of whether labor standards can affect comparative advantage in unskilled-labor-intensive goods in developing countries, and thereby influence trade flows. Using a Heckscher–Ohlin framework, the effects of low labor standards depend on the type of standard: Forced and child labor lead to an increase in the endowment of unskilled labor, and hence improve compa...

Factors Affecting the Export Performance of Textile Industry in Developing Countries – a Review of Literature

The present study aims at reviewing researches conducted in the area of determinants of and factors affecting the export performance of textile industry. The tools used by the various researchers and their findings are studied in order to establish the academic contributions made by these studies to the existing body of knowledge, new models developed and also to highlight method adopted or sug...

Why do firms disclose performance compensation targets ?

This paper analyzes the decision to disclose performance compensation targets that contain information about future profitability. I test the effect of factors expected to influence the decision to provide other expectation disclosures, e.g. management forecasts, as well as that of factors particular to the compensation setting. Results suggest that financial reporting concerns (as measured in ...

Unions and Economic Performance in Developing Countries: Case Studies from Latin America