Industrial modernization in Mexico: results of a questionnaire administered to the largest foreign-owned companies in the manufacturing sector during May

Includes bibliography

Industrialização de Bauru: a atividade industrial e o espaço geográfico, das origens à situação atual

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)

Latin America’s emergence in global services A new driver of structural change in the region?

Includes bibliography.

Trade facilitation and Central American integration: Customs modernization

The development of trade facilitation and regional integration is closely linked to the efficiency of public services and the competitiveness of the companies that support export activity. The importance of trade facilitation measures has been emphasized in various issues of the FAL Bulletin. On this occasion the subject is be discussed from the point of view of regional integration, and a case in Central America is considered of particular interest. El Salvador and Guatemala, by integrating their electronic systems for obtaining export licenses, have been able to reduce waiting times significantly. In Guatemala, in December 2000, there was a waiting time of 24 hours, whereas in November 2004 the procedure took 1.5 minutes via the Internet. This issue of the Bulletin is based on research into electronic government initiatives related to foreign trade, which is being conducted by the International Trade and Integration Division.

An assessment of green export opportunities for Barbados

Includes bibliography.

The international trade position of Argentina. Towards a process of export diversification?

Includes bibliography.

Rising concentration in Asia-Latin American value chains: Can small firms turn the tide?

Dynamic Asia has overtaken the European Union as Latin America and the Caribbean’s second largest export market, after the United States. However, the region’s exports to Asia remain concentrated in few commodities involving a small number of large firms. This book explores the present and future scope for the participation of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in biregional trade and value chains and the measures that can be taken to make those chains more inclusive and sustainable. SMEs have a low direct presence in the region’s export flows and their participation in the supplier networks of multinational companies is weak. This volume reviews several supplier development programmes (SDPs) adopted in various countries in Asia and Latin America to increase SME linkages with multinational firms. These programmes, many of which are public-private initiatives, aim to boost SME productivity and enhance their participation in value chains.

Export competitiveness in an oil and gas economy: the case of Trinidad and Tobago, 1985-2010

The oil and gas sector has led the economy of Trinidad and Tobago since the late 1970s and, more pronouncedly, since 2000, accounting for a large share of gdp, total exports and tax revenue. Its prospects in the medium term could be negatively affected, however, if oil and gas extraction expands in other countries, and if the United States attains energy self-sufficiency. This paper offers an analysis of the evolution and competitiveness of its oil and non-oil exports to both the United States and global markets, based on the revealed comparative advantage (rca) index used by eclac. Other foreign trade indicators are also included to determine the structure of the country’s trading relations. The period from 1985 to 2010 is analysed and the results presented are intended to advocate the diversification of Trinidad and Tobago’s exports into more dynamic and diversified markets.

O comércio interno no Pará oitocentista: atos, sujeitos sociais e controle entre 1840-1855

Na segunda metade do século XIX, os discursos dos presidentes da Província do Pará enfatizavam os ideais de progresso econômico local, que seria alcançado através do restabelecimento dos negócios e do comércio entre as diversas vilas e cidades da região. Para isso, lançavam a proposta de se organizar o mercado interno e se instalar companhias de comércio e navegação a vapor para dinamizar essas atividades comerciais. Porém, essas idéias políticas também atentavam para a necessidade de se implementar o controle fiscal, diante da ação do comércio clandestino. A partir das fontes impressas e da historiografia sobre o tema, analisam-se essas idéias e políticas entendendo nelas os argumentos e as finalidades da implementação da navegação a vapor voltada para o abastecimento interno da província e para o incremento do comércio de exportação. O objetivo deste trabalho é estudar essas políticas sobre a navegação fluvial e a fiscalização das atividades comerciais que burlavam as ações do fisco, fato sobre o qual reincidem as falas das autoridades da província.

Quality management, environmental management maturity, green supply chain practices and green performance of Brazilian companies with ISO 14001 certification: Direct and indirect effects

This study aims to test a new conceptual model based on the relationship between quality management (QM), environmental management maturity (EMM), adoption of external practices of green supply chain management (GSCM) (green purchasing and collaboration with customers) and green performance (GP) with data from 95 Brazilian firms with ISO 14001. To our knowledge, such links and relationships are not simultaneously identified and tested in the literature. The results indicate the validation of all of the research hypotheses. This paper highlights that an improvement in green performance will require attention to quality management, environmental management maturity, and green supply chain. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Effect of potassium sources and rates on arabica coffee yield, nutrition, and macronutrient export

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)