Indian Institute of Foreign Trade

Investment-led Trade Integration: An Assessment from India’s Sectoral Perspective with Its Trade Agreements

The article examines the impact of trade and foreign direct investment (FDI) across different sectors and regions by analysing India’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA) with South Korea and Japan, as well as its free trade agreements (FTA) with ASEAN and SAARC....

Nexus between firm performance and cash holding adjustment – an insightful analysis using dynamic panel data regression

Purpose This paper aims to attempt to investigate whether firms have a target corporate cash holding (CCH) as well as determining firms speed of adjustment towards targeted corporate cash holding (SOA-CCH) and finally analysing firms performance impact on SOA-CCH. Design/methodol...

From agility to performance: the mediating role of self-leadership among gig workers in India

Purpose This study investigates whether self-leadership mediates the relationship between workforce agility and work performance among gig workers in India, a labour market projected to encompass 23.5 million platform workers by 2030. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative, c...

Trump 2.0 and global stock dynamics: a decomposed view of US trade partners' market connectedness

Purpose We aim to elucidate the decomposed connectedness among the financial markets of the top five US trade partners, i.e. Mexico, Canada, China, Taiwan and Germany. It also intends to explore the opportunity for risk mitigation through diversification for a cross-country portf...

From diversity to eco-consciousness: how a diverse workforce enhances consumer’s perception of a brand’s environmental stewardship

Purpose This research aims to investigate how workforce-wide diversity, defined as the proportion of employees from underrepresented communities (URCs) across all organizational levels, influences consumer perceptions of environmental stewardship. The authors propose that consume...