<scp>Learning by Exporting: New Insights from Examining Firm Innovation</scp>

Journal of Economics and Management Strategy - Tập 14 Số 2 - Trang 431-460 - 2005
Robert Salomon1, J. Myles Shaver2
1Marshall School of Business University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 [email protected]
2Carlson School of Management University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455 [email protected]

Tóm tắt

Empirical findings across many nations show that exporters have superior productivity compared to nonexporters and that this relationship is driven by productive firms becoming exporters. The conclusion drawn from these studies is that there is little learning from exporting. We, however, assess if there areex postbenefits that accrue to exporting firms by examining innovation outcomes. We argue that exporters can often access diverse knowledge inputs not available in the domestic market, that this knowledge can spill back to the focal firm, and that such learning can foster increased innovation. We examine product innovation and patent application counts of a representative sample of Spanish manufacturing firms from 1990 to 1997. To conduct the analysis, we use a nonlinear GMM estimator for exponential models with panel data that allows for predetermined regressors and linear feedback. We find that exporting is associated with innovation. Moreover, the panel data allow us to explore the temporal relationship between exporting and innovation. In contrast to existing findings, we find evidence of learning by exporting—albeit in dimensions not previously examined in the literature.

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Journal of Economics and Management Strategy

Tập 14 Số 2

431-460

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