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Open research questions in Global Trade and Competitiveness

30 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 1,571 Global Trade and Competitiveness papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.

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  • SWOC analysis identified climate resilience, profitability, and growing demand as major strengths, while inadequate post-harvest infrastructure, climatic risks, weak market linkages, and a lack of standardisation were important constraints.

    Dragon Fruit in India: Import Trends, Competitiveness and a SWOC Perspective on Production and Marketing Prospects · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research may examine the relationship between 7P priorities and marketing performance using SEM, ANP, TOPSIS, or mixed methods, and involve a larger number of farmers, distributors, agricultural kiosks, and company managers.

    7P Marketing Mix Priorities in Agricultural Inputs: A Comparative AHP Study of MNC and National/Local Firms · 2026 · DOI

  • In the agri-food sector, firms and local systems can utilize both Geographical Indications and technological advancements as key strategic assets for growth in many European regions, but the combined contribution of Geographical Indications and innovation activities to the economy of European regions is still poorly investigated.

    Terroir takes on technology: Geographical indications, agri-food innovation, and regional competitiveness in Europe · 2024 · DOI

  • According to the exporters, the biggest obstacle for them to increase exports is the energy problem, followed by the problems of finding a market, cash shortage, bureaucracy, goods transport, unjustified excuses of civil servants, lack of international certificates, lack of standard places for processing and packaging, and insufficient warehouse.

    A Research on the Socioeconomic Structure and Perspectives of Agricultural Products Exporters in Afghanistan · 2023 · DOI

  • The dual quality of everyday consumer goods has been proven in the EU, although a geographical pattern dividing the EU into eastern and western parts has not been confirmed.

    Economic problems of dual quality of everyday consumer goods · 2020 · DOI

  • The ex-port development factors and their economic impact as well as efficiency of export enhancement and promotion tools up to now have not been examined enough from the viewpoint of strategy, though the special investiga-tion of the effectiveness of segregated export promotion tools are badly needed.

    The Main Strategic Directions in Improving of Export Development in Lithuania · 2007 · DOI

  • Although the impact TNC subsidiaries have on the local configuration of productive networks, business capacities and links with different sectors has not been studied well enough in Mexico, it is nevertheless widely criticized.

    FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AND LOCAL LINKAGES: THE CASE OF THE MEXICAN TELEVISION INDUSTRY IN TIJUANA · 2005 · DOI

  • This article sets out to Žll the gap in the literature by examining the changing nature of retailing in the urban area of Ankara, and explores how small and medium-sized retailers respond to business changes brought by a new form of capital concentration, and Žnally considers survival strategies in the foodstuff sector.

    The transformation of Turkish retailing: Survival strategies of small and medium-sized retailers · 2000 · DOI

  • The appearance of external competition forced the local producers to carry out a forced world market penetration with contradictory results: on one hand it constituted indeed in an alternative to place an offer that resulted in marketing problems in the internal market, on the other one, the commercial opening precipitated a strong concentration process among producer elevating the minimum requirements of capital investment needed to continue economic production activity.

    LOS PORCICULTORES SONORENSES FRENTE AL MERCADO MUNDIAL LOS SALDOS PRELIMINARES DE LA GLOBALIZACIÓN · 2000 · DOI

  • One can say, however, that ceteris paribus this set of states should be subject to further study of specific ocean investment opportun- ities. during 32Further work on the bird population has suggested that the principal limiting factor of the bird population was the supply of nesting space, not the wide fluctuations in the size of the fish stock.

    An economic analysis of the international transfer of marine technology · 1974 · DOI

  • While seafood is a highly traded commodity, lack of data has largely prevented examination of the firms and industries that are conducting the actual transactions.

    The structure of Norwegian seafood trade · 2023 · DOI

  • Due to the paucity of relevant research, little is known about emerging patterns of competitiveness in the textile and apparel (T&A) industry in Balkan countries.

    Assessing the Competitiveness of Serbian Textile and Apparel Industry Exports Using RCA Index and TPI Indicators · 2021 · DOI

  • Songbird traders represent the link between trappers and consumers for this lucrative industry, though details on the dynamics of this relationship remain understudied.

    Socioeconomic Characteristics of Songbird Shop Owners in West Kalimantan, Indonesia · 2019 · DOI

  • It also expands research on luxury fashion defining an international company which is under-investigated, the extreme luxury fashion company, and the elements that constitute its business model.

    Extreme luxury fashion: business model and internationalization process · 2017 · DOI

  • The topicality of the research stems from the fact that although Lithuania is widely open to the glob-alization and regional integration processes, the scope of research done in examining the impact of these processes on foreign trade is insufficient.

    Impact of globalization on lithuanian foreign trade of agricultural and food products · 2011

  • While its early success is attributed to the initial technology transfer from South Korea, such a one-time infusion of knowledge alone is insufficient to explain the sustained growth for 3 decades.

    An Inquiry into the Rapid Growth of the Garment Industry in Bangladesh · 2011 · DOI

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