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外文翻译 原文 Foreign trade situation Material Source: /journals.htm?articleid=1747161show=abstract Author: Goitom Tesfom, Clemens Lutz International trade is important, in particular for developing countries, as it may create employment and provide the foreign exchange for imports. In the last decades many scholars have adopted a company perspective of international trade by attempting to investigate the forces inhibiting the firms to initiate, develop or sustain export operations. However, the vast majority of studies investigate the barriers hindering the export possibilities of manufacturing firms from a developed country (Leonidou, 2004). The focus of research on a developed countries context imposes some limitations on the generalizability of the findings. Hence, to have a complete picture on the subject, it is essential to conduct research on the barriers encountered by the developing country exporters. Micro level studies are important for developing countries in particular because most of the policies in these countries do not stem from firm level problems. Policy makers often lack the institutional environment that enables the assessment of the state of the art of manufacturing firms in their countries, while firms have no organization that defend their interests in the face of the policy makers. Several studies have been published that show how export problems affect manufacturing firms from developing countries (Weaver and Pak, 1990; Bodur, 1986; Karafakioglu, 1986; Colaiacovo, 1982; Figueiredo and Almeida, 1988; Brooks and Frances, 1991; Kaleka and Katsikeas, 1995; Burgess and Oldenboom, 1997). Although we found articles that focus on a regional context, we did not come across an article that classifies the export marketing problems of small- and medium-sized manufacturing firms from developing countries. We thus believe that by now enough body of literature is available but what is needed is to systematically synthesize this