We investigate how a firm's export activity and country idiosyncrasies determine the firm's adoption of environmental innovation (EI)...

We compare the performance of Northern and Southern multinationals in Sub-Saharan Africa, and contrast it with local firms in the host...

We investigate whether firms’ "global engagement", either in the form of exporting or opening up affiliates abroad, is related to the...

This paper looks at the importance of CSR considerations in the decision taken by a foreign affiliate of a multinational company about...

This paper estimates the Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) of CO2 emissions in China based on a provincial panel for the period of...

Our analysis is the first of its kind to explore patterns of subsidization and CO2 emissions in China’s electricity producing sector....

We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of firms....

There is a well-established theoretical and empirical literature that shows that exporters are more innovative than otherwise...

This paper investigates the technical inefficiency, shadow price and substitution elasticity of CO2 emissions of China based on a...

The standard indicators used to compare cross-country innovation are in the Global Competitiveness Report (GCR). But there are...

Should inputs such as bank finance affect innovation in BRICS vs. developed countries similarly? Arguably these elasticities may...

The possibility to outsource over the internet should revolutionize foreign outsourcing, especially for services (UNCTAD, 2004). Our...

The prevalence of Internet-based sales by exporters vs. non-exporters is highlighted in a recent World Bank Report (Ferro, 2011)...

Starting from the observation that all firms in Ireland (foreign and domestic in manufacturing and services industries) were hit by...

This paper investigates the role of regional financial development, in addition to FDI, for regional innovation in China, using a more...

Formulating a model comprising transportation, uncertainty and price, we describe how Web procurement is likely to boost volumes of...

In this paper we use plant level data on the start-up size of new plant entries and detailed information on the grants received by...

We investigate whether government subsidies to local input manufacturers encourage procurement from foreign firms. We use a...

Relationship banking involves the provision of financial services by an intermediary that a) invests in obtaining customer-specific...

Formulating a model which summarises transportation costs, uncertainty and price, we describe how a switch to ICT procurement can...