(1979) on OECD countries; Brodsky and Sampson (1979) and Yeats (1976) on Latin America and Asia; and, more recently, Amjadi and Yeats (1995), Amjadi, Reincke, and Yeats (1996), and UNCTAD (1995) on sub-Saharan Africa. These studies document differences in shipping costs but do not directly estimate the relationship between shipping costs and manufactured exports or economic growth. Steven Radel...

Author Bio Dr Bruce Perrott is the Research Director with the Marketing Strategy and Technology Group at the School of Marketing, University of Technology, Sydney. He is also an international consultant in strategy and marketing working with such organizations as the United Nations (UNCTAD), American Express, Coca Cola Amatil, Lend Lease. Before his academic and consulting careers, he held seni...

Foreign direct investments from emerging economies increased have significantly increased in the period 1990 2010, growing from USD 145 billion to USD 3,1 billion in (UNCTAD, 2011). Because of this remarkable growth, they have received huge attention, and a growing number of papers, books, and journal issues have addressed the intriguing questions in this area, especially regarding the nature a...

The article is devoted to highlighting of the results scientific and practical research aimed at solving problem ensuring comparability enterprises' non-financial reporting data. issues current stage implementation are identified, including lack data disclosed in such between companies, undustries countries. These caused difficulties with monitoring Sustainable Development Goals attainment. pre...

The globalization of economic activities is a relatively recent phenomenon. Since the 1960s, the global economy has become increasingly interdependent and functionally integrated through cross-border flows of capital, goods and people. The role of transnational corporations (TNCs) in these cross-border activities is particularly important. The outward foreign direct investment (FDI) stock of TN...