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What makes a successful exporter? An introduction

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  • Davide Castellani
  • Jože Damijan
  • Črt Kostevc

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The papers in this issue continue with the tradition of adding puzzles pieces to the overall picture of the impact and importance of firm international activities. In "What makes a successful exporter?", we have collected twelve papers, the majority of which were presented at the 13th annual ISGEP workshop in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 20–21 September 2018. The common thread linking these papers is that they explore both what it means to be an exporter and the ramifications of exporting on firms and the economy as a whole. On the one hand, this special issue addresses the role of foreign sourcing, export experience in the board of directors and credit supply shocks on the propensity to export, as well as the factors that affect firms' overall readiness to export. On the other hand, it investigates various measures of performance in the export markets, such as export duration, markups, quality upgrading and product mix.

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  • Davide Castellani & Jože Damijan & Črt Kostevc, 2020. "What makes a successful exporter? An introduction," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 43(5), pages 1148-1150, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:worlde:v:43:y:2020:i:5:p:1148-1150
    DOI: 10.1111/twec.12936
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