is based on German CIS data and a supplemental telephone survey. Using a nearest-neighbour matching approach we find that …

innovations. Small-sized firms experience stronger productivity effects. Productivity gains grow with scale among SMEs, but large …

and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating … successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a particular challenge for SMEs due to high risk exposure, high fixed costs …, high minimum investment and severe financial constraints. SMEs may thus opt for refraining from R&D and relying more on …

and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating … successful innovations, inhouse R&D activities may be a particular challenge for SMEs due to high risk exposure, high fixed costs …, high minimum investment and severe financial constraints. SMEs may thus opt for refraining from R&D and relying more on …

versions of a semi-parametric matching approach are employed. The two matching estimators result in somewhat different results …

This paper investigates how exporting affects firm innovation. We embed innovation into a firm heterogeneity model with … (2003) method of estimating firm productivity and matching econometrics to control for endogeneity. The results show, on … more than 33%, and are 4% more likely to engage in R&D activity. In addition, we find exporting to have a smaller impact on …

more important role in the decision to start exporting, while the decision for process innovation may be triggered by … success- ful exporting. This suggests that the causality between innovation and exporting may run from product innovation to … exporting and conesequently from exporting to process innovation and reverse productivity improvements. Using detailed mi …

more important role in the decision to start exporting, while the decision for process innovation may be triggered by … success- ful exporting. This suggests that the causality between innovation and exporting may run from product innovation to … exporting and conesequently from exporting to process innovation and reverse productivity improvements. Using detailed mi …

employ the bivariate probit regression on a system of innovation and exporting equations as well as matching procedures to …In this paper we investigate the causal relationship between firm's innovation and exporting activity by using detailed … tease out the direction of causality between exporting status and innovation activity. Our results suggest a strong positive …