Small countries "landlords"

include more than a dozen countries located on the islands and in coastal areas at the crossroads of the most important transport routes. This subgroup also includes colonies, for example: Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Virgin Islands, Martinique, Guadeloupe, New Caledonia, etc. This subgroup includes the countries  of the “tax haven”, they are also called […]

Mercantilism

For the first time, an attempt to determine the meaning of foreign trade, to formulate its goals, was made in the economic doctrine of mercantilists. Mercantilists (Thomas Moon, Charles Davenant, Jean Baptiste Colbert, William Petty) held a statistical view of the world, which, from their point of view, had only a limited amount of wealth. […]

Entry strategies and competition in foreign markets

There are several strategies for a company that has decided to expand its activities beyond the national market and enter into transnational or global competition [15 pp.217-222]. 1. Creation of a production base in one country and export of goods abroad both through its own distribution channels and through channels controlled by foreign companies. A […]