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Exports versus FDI in German Manufacturing: Firm Performance and Participation in International Markets

Arnold, Jens Matthias; Hussinger, Katrin - 2005

This paper tests some of the predictions of recent advances in trade theory that have focused on different trade patterns of firms within the same sector. Helpman, Melitz and Yeaple (2005) develop a model in which innate productivity differences between firms determine the degree of...

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The Effects of Regional and Industry: Wide FDI Spillovers on Export of Ukrainian Firms

Park, Sang-Min; Talavera, Oleksandr; Lutz, Stefan - 2003

In this paper we investigate the effects of region and industry?wide spillovers from foreign direct investment (FDI) on the volumes of export of Ukrainian manufacturing firms, using unpublished panel data from 1996?2000. Economic theory suggests that FDI has direct and indirect effects on firm?s...

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Stepping In and Out of the International Market: Internationalisation of Technology-Oriented Firms in Germany and the UK

Fryges, Helmut - 2004

For small high-tech firms international orientation is regarded as crucial for growth and long-term survival. Even newly founded technology based firms (NTBFs) are often internationally active shortly after their inception (?born globals?). However, in order to create jobs and have a sustainable...

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Productivity, Growth, and Internationalisation: The Case of German and British High Techs

Fryges, Helmut - 2004

International engagement is often expected to improve firm performance. Especially for small technology-oriented firms, export activities may be important, being regarded as one way to amortise these firms? high product research and development costs. This paper examines the relationship between...

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The Change of Sales Modes in International Markets: Empirical Results for German and British High-Tech Firms

Fryges, Helmut - 2005

The choice of the appropriate sales mode belongs to the firm?s most important strategic decisions after entering into a foreign market. Thus, it is important that the selected foreign sales mode best suits a firm?s available resources and capabilities. However, these resources and capabilities...

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The Export-Growth Relationship: Estimating a Dose-Response Function

Fryges, Helmut - 2006

The relationship between individual firms? export behaviour and firm performance has been studied extensively in the economic literature. However, most studies from the field of economics only distinguish between exporting and non-exporting companies, using the firms? export status as a binary...

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The internationalisation of British and German start-up companies in high-technology industries

Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - 1998

, etablierten Unternehmen herangewachsen. Aufgrund der - im Vergleich zu den USA - kleinen nationalen Heimatmärkte ist die schnelle … Mehrheit der analysierten jungen Unternehmen bereits in den ersten Lebensjahren auf Auslandsmärkten aktiv sind, angefangen vom … Verkauf über Zwischenhändler bis hin zu eigenen Auslandsniederlassungen. Vergleiche zwischen den Unternehmen und Ländern …

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Internationalisation of high-tech start-ups and fast growth-evidence for UK and Germany

Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - 2000

For firms acting in technological niches the expansion into foreign markets can be a way to increase sales and to thus to recover initial sunk costs over a shorter time frame. Our research, based on survey data for nearly 600 British and German high-tech start-ups, examines whether...

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Timing of international market entry of UK and German high-tech start-ups

Bürgel, Oliver; Fier, Andreas; Licht, Georg; Murray, Gordon - 2001

We examine the impact of technological product advantages, prior international experience of the management, firm size and age, country differences, and sunk costs as determinants of the timing of international market entry. The timing of internationalisation is analysed using ?event history...

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Hidden champions - how young and small technology-oriented firms can attain high export-sales ratios

Fryges, Helmut - 2006

Determinants of a firm?s export-sales ratio (degree of internationalisation) are frequently discussed in the literature related to individual firms? export activities. Stylised facts show a positive relationship between firm size and firm age on the one hand and the firm?s export-sales ratio on...

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