Sustainability in Firm Internationalization and International Trade
A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 9695
Special Issue Editor
Interests: international trade theory and policy; gravity model of international trade; financial markets, firm internationalization; economics growth; applied econometrics
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Dear Colleagues,
numerous academic and economic policy analyzes have shown that there is a strong dualism in the reaction of the industrial systems to the joint effect of the economic globalization process and the growing competition from emerging countries. On the one hand, some firms react passively to the strongest foreign competition, trying to maintain as much as possible their profitability and their markets through more or less explicit forms of protectionism and increasingly directing their production to the domestic market. On the other hand, an increasing number of firms are instead trying to exploit the benefits of the expansion of potential foreign markets, increasing their degree of internationalization and aiming to maintain high profitability with a strategy of repositioning their supply to the most dynamic sectors and markets, also through huge investments in research and development and marketing. The growing competition from emerging countries can also represent a source of opportunity for businesses. In the context of the economic globalization process, investment in innovative activities is a key factor for the sustainable growth and competitiveness of businesses.
In particular, the research lines of this Special Issue mainly concern:
- the analysis of firm internationalization processes, with particular reference to the different types of internationalization (e.g., exports, direct foreign investments, joint-ventures, etc.) and how firms promote sustainable development;
- the analysis of the determinants of bilateral trade flows, in relation to the characteristics of the production systems of individual countries, the characteristics of legal and institutional systems and the matrix of bilateral relations, and the role of trade policies aiming to ensure sustainable development;
- the study of the effects of firm internationalization on economic growth and sustainable development.
Assoc. Prof. Maria Cipollina
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- firm internationalization
- international trade
- trade theory
- trade policy
- sectoral trade flows
- globalization
- sustainable development
