Product and Process Innovation and the decision to Export: Firm-level evidence for Belgium
Using data from the Community Innovation Survey for Belgium in two consecutive periods, this paper explores the relationship between firm-level innovation activities and the propensity to start exporting. To measure innovation, we include indicators of both innovative effort (R&D activities) as well as innovative output (product and process innovation). Our results suggest that the combination of product and process innovation, rather than either of the two in isolation, increases a firm’s probability to enter the export market. After controlling for potential endogeneity of the innovation... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2009 |
Schlagwörter: | Exports / Product innovation / Process innovation / Self-selection / Firm heterogeneity |
Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26599440 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/30438 |