July 1989 (Revised August 1990)
Background Note
HBS Case Collection

New Theories of International Trade

By: David B. Yoffie and Heather A. Hazard

Format:Print
| Pages:18

Abstract

Explores the "new" theories of international trade--also called strategic trade policy--which were developed in the 1980s. Examines why economists and policy makers thought new approaches were necessary to explain international trade, the contributions of industrial organization to these theories, and the implications of these theories for firm strategies and government policies.

Keywords

Corporate Strategy; Theory; Policy; Trade

Citation

Yoffie, David B., and Heather A. Hazard. "New Theories of International Trade." Harvard Business School Background Note 390-001, July 1989. (Revised August 1990.)