Export behavior and firm innovation: New method and evidence

Chen, Ting; Chen, Xianmeng; Xiang, Xunyong

doi:10.1016/j.econlet.2018.05.029

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“…The existing research mentioning the notion of a common reference framework focuses on the analysis of the innovation / export link in itself. For example, Chen et al (2018) propose a unified framework to estimate the direct and indirect effects of exporting on firm innovation. In the same vein, Gkypali et al (2018) propose a unified framework including absorptive capacity, exporting activities, innovation openness and innovation performance, and study the mutual effects of these factors.…”

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Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

Enjolras

Camargo

Schmitt

2020

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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A large number of studies have demonstrated the strong influence of and correlation between innovation and export activities as key factors of the firm's competitiveness. However, these two activities have usually been considered independently of each other in terms of management and support. This paper relies on the characterization of a conceptual innovation/export common space representing the synergistic effects between these two activities. A hybrid AHP/Flowsort MCDM-methodology is proposed in order to model this common space through the evaluation of a framework of joint practices related simultaneously to the innovation and export capabilities of SMEs. The relevance of this methodology is tested through the design of a decision-making tool applied to a French exporting and innovative SME. This case study opens up further research perspectives and points to areas for improvement in the evaluation of SMEs' capabilities.

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Section: Theoretical Framework and Methodological Stepsmentioning

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Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

Enjolras

Camargo

Schmitt

2020

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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“…Bauer et al [54] show that to adapt to international markets, firms need an efficient product market development ability, or a strong innovation capability. However, exports can have a non-linear effect on a domestic firm's innovation [55]. Cust_no is the number of customers that buy the most important product of the firms.…”

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Buyer–Supplier Contract Length and the Innovation of Supplier Firms

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Khương

Canh

2020

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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The relationship with customers has important implications for operating decisions as well as firm performance. One important aspect of the supplier–buyer relationship is the contract duration, and how this factor is likely to affect firm investments has been under-researched. This study aims to investigate whether corporate innovation is linked to the maturity of contracts between suppliers and buyers. Using a sample of 1516 manufacturing firms in Vietnam for the period of 2014 to 2018, we find that longer-term contracts are positively related to firm propensity of innovation. However, only contracts with foreign purchasers have this characteristic, confirming the supportive role of foreign partners in uplifting the technology for domestic suppliers in a developing country. Interestingly, longer contracts do not tend to facilitate firm innovation or raise the aimed level of newness for firms with very long contracts compared with those that have short-term contracts. This is consistent with the agency cost theory. These findings are robust to different specifications and econometric approaches. Based on the findings, implications are provided to manage the relationship with customers more efficiently.

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“…A crucial aspect of the recent insight deriving from innovationexport research is that the output of innovation activity affects the propensity to enter (and prosper in) global markets. At the same time, there is evidence that firms improve their technology as a result of exporting their products (Chen et al, 2018). Competition in the global context improves innovativeness thanks to spillovers from the wider knowledge acquired.…”

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Endogenous Innovation and Export Performance in Firms

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Medda²

2023

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This study investigated whether export performance is correlated with innovation. We explicitly considered five types of innovation: a) process innovation; b) product innovation; c) process and product innovation; d) product innovation new to the firm; and e) product innovation new to the market. We en-larged the findings of R&D-export and R&D-investment relations using a vast sample of cross-European firms. We considered innovation as endogenous and determined by R&D through a process characterized by the role of the regional technological environment. Our analysis enabled us to propose an integrated model incorporating R&D, innovation and export, in a framework of simultaneous equations which consider their mutual correlations. To the best of our knowledge, this work is the first in recent years to empirically compute the relation between R&D and tangible investment at the micro level. Econometric results showed that product and process innovation are positively linked to the export intensity of European manufacturing firms. The results also showed complementarity effects between the two kinds of innovation. The av-erage effect on export intensity from carrying out process innovation is larger than that found for product innovation, except in cases where the product is new to the market. When both types of innovation have been carried out, a larger effect results than that found for product or process innovation alone. Furthermore, the average marginal effect on export intensity from innovations of any kind among those studied here is highly positive and significant.

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Export behavior and firm innovation: New method and evidence

Cited by 29 publications

References 11 publications

Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

Evaluating Innovation and Export Capabilities of SMEs: Toward a Multi-Criteria Decision-Making Methodology

Buyer–Supplier Contract Length and the Innovation of Supplier Firms

Endogenous Innovation and Export Performance in Firms

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