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This paper show evidence that firms choose from a much larger set of internationalization modes than usually assumed in the international trade literature and that this choice is governed by similar selection processes than the one proposed by Helpman, Melitz, Yeaple (2004 AER). We rely on a...
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Firms that want to innovate successfully need to hire and motivate highly talented workers. This paper makes a key connection between the potential returns to innovation in terms of new products and the structure of compensation to skilled employees. We use linked employer-employee data to show...
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. At the industry level, the wage effects of export market participation are strongest for workers in plants belonging to …
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innovation among firms that export processed goods, specifically, those in the electronics sectors, located in coastal provinces …
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-selection of innovative services firms on export markets. We have to admit, however, that the panel is too short, and that the … number of firms that start to export and start to perform R&D during the period under investigation is too small, for any …
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line, then, is that R&D activity does matter for success of German business services firms on export markets - but not much. …
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This paper analyses the effect of innovation on the well-established productivity-export association in the literature …, and export. The main finding is that firms which become innovative are more likely to also become an exporter, especially … when they do not have prior export experiences. …
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A region can internationalise in various ways. The question is what type of internationalisation at regional level can be regarded as "smart" and what role should be played in it by foreign owned entities (FOEs)? The paper aims at identifying the role played by FOEs in NUTS-2 smart...
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are also reflected in export performances and sales of innovative products. Our results go partially against other …
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The lack of information is a relevant obstacle to the export activity of small and medium enterprises. This paper … analyzes whether banks can support firms' export by reducing informational asymmetries about foreign markets. We exploit a … exogenous to firms' export decisions by relying on preexisting lending relationships and exploiting the acquisition of a firm …
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