In:
The World Economy, Wiley, Vol. 30, No. 1 ( 2007-01), p. 156-176
Abstract:
This paper addresses the issue of intra‐industry heterogeneity and internationalisation. We show that, after controlling for sector, location, firm age and size, Italian manufacturing companies exhibit different economic and innovative performance according to their involvement in foreign activities. In particular, exporters show intermediate innovative performance between non‐internationalised firms and those carrying out foreign production. Multinationals with a lower commitment to foreign markets, i.e. with non‐manufacturing activities abroad only, exhibit a higher productivity than exporters but they do not appear to innovate more than the latter. Heterogeneity in productivity is robust to controlling for innovation inputs and outputs, suggesting that the difference in economic performance cannot be entirely attributed to different innovative activities, and that the involvement in international operations can be a distinct channel of knowledge accumulation.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0378-5920
,
1467-9701
DOI:
10.1111/twec.2007.30.issue-1
DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-9701.2007.00875.x
Language:
English
Publisher:
Wiley
Publication Date:
2007
detail.hit.zdb_id:
132896-7
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1473825-9
detail.hit.zdb_id:
1285850-X
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