Learning by exporting under fast, short-term changes: The moderating role of absorptive capacity and foreign collaborative agreements

D’Angelo, Alfredo; Ganotakis, Panagiotis; Love, James H.

doi:10.1016/j.ibusrev.2020.101687

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“…In the past two decades a growing number of studies have examined the relationship between internationalization through exports-the most prevalent form of international expansion-, and subsequent development of innovation outcomes through the LBE effect (e.g., Chang & Chung, 2017;D'Angelo, Ganotakis, & Love, 2020;Salomon & Jin, 2010). This literature stream argues firms use previous experiences through a learning process that leads to strategic changes in their products or processes (e.g., Freixanet, Monreal & Sanchez-Marin, 2020;Golovko & Valentini, 2014;Greve, 1998Greve, , 2002.…”

Section: Internationalization and Innovationmentioning

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Disentangling the relationship between internationalization, incremental and radical innovation, and firm performance

Freixanet¹,

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2021

Global Strategy Journal

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This study examines the impact of firm internationalization on incremental and radical product innovation, and the effects of these innovation facets on sales growth. We use a sample of 1,064 Spanish manufacturers over the period 2008-2014. We find a positive relationship between higher international scope and greater ex-post radical innovation output, and an inverted U-shape relationship between export intensity and both innovation forms. We also find a positive relationship between incremental innovation and sales growth for performance leaders, and negative for performance laggards. Conversely, radical innovation boosts performance laggards' sales growth, but reduces that of performance leaders. The study supports and qualifies the learning-by-exporting effect, by identifying some firm-specific factors that shape the relationship between internationalization, innovation, and firm performance. Managerial Summary: In this study, we examine the effect of a more intense and more geographically spread out international expansion in a firm's incremental and radical innovation performance. We argue that more internationalized firms may benefit from new knowledge and learning, which they may leverage to increase their incremental and radical product

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Section: Internationalization and Innovationmentioning

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Disentangling the relationship between internationalization, incremental and radical innovation, and firm performance

Freixanet¹,

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2021

Global Strategy Journal

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“…Empirical firm-level studies conducted in numerous countries and sectors generally confirm a positive link between innovations and exporting [e.g. Basile, 2001;Roper and Love, 2002;Cassiman et al, 2010;Cassiman and Golovko, 2011;Golovko and Valentini, 2011;Monreal-Pérez et al, 2012;Becker and Egger, 2013;Azar and Ciabuschi, 2017;Cieślik et al, 2018;Bodlaj et al, 2020;D'Angelo et al, 2020] or between R&D and foreign direct investments (FDI) of large international firms (MNEs, TNCs) [e.g. Dunning and Lundan, 1998;Penner-Hahn and Shaver, 2005;Song and Shin, 2008;Filippetti et al 2011].…”

Section: Relationships Between Outward/inward Internationalization and Outward/ Inward Innovativenessmentioning

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Learning by outward and inward internationalization and the outward/inward innovativeness of firms in Poland

Szymura-Tyc

2021

International Journal of Management and Economics

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Many studies raise the issue of relationships between internationalization and innovativeness, linking them with firms’ international competitiveness. However, very few of these studies focus on the influence of internationalization on innovativeness and regard the multifaceted nature of these two concepts. The study presented in this paper is based on a holistic approach to internationalization and innovativeness. It explores the influence of the outward (e.g. exporting, outward FDI) and inward (e.g. importing, inward FDI) internationalization on the outward (product and marketing) and inward (process and organizational) innovativeness of 274 firms in Poland, adopting formative variables and a correlations analysis. The key contribution of the research is that the outward internationalization is conducive to both the outward and inward innovativeness, while the inward internationalization supports only the inward innovativeness. It shows that learning by outward and inward internationalization supports innovativeness of firms, responsible for their international competitiveness. The findings might be unique for transition and emerging economies characterized with a low degree of internationalization and innovativeness, while the holistic approach is more universal, and might bring interesting results when applied to the research of highly advanced economies.

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“…To answer our second question we investigated how this learning effect of exporting can be further enhanced by investment in R&D and the degree of foreign ownership. By doing so, we extend the learning-by-exporting literature (D'Angelo et al, 2020;Love & Ganotakis, 2013) by proposing and testing a moderation model, thereby uncovering the underlying learning process that moderates the impact of export activities on productivity. Considering that the extant literature tends to focus on the direct impact of exporting on productivity, the inclusion of contingency effects provides new insights into the mechanisms by which firms increase their productivity.…”

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“…The argument behind this notion is that exporters gain access to information about customers' needs and foreign markets through their foreign owners. As a result, exporters can embody the knowledge regarding the technological advancements and customers from foreign markets into their own product development process (D'Angelo, Ganotakis, & Love, 2020).…”

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Export activity, R&D investment, and foreign ownership: does it matter for productivity?

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PurposeThe paper examines the impact of export activity on productivity and how this effect is moderated by R&D investment and foreign ownership.Design/methodology/approachA time-lag effect is taken into account when examining the proposed model. Data are collected from the Annual Industrial Survey of the National Bureau of Statistics of China. A dataset containing 117,340 firms across the sample period (2001–2007) are used to test the hypotheses.FindingsThe results indicate that while R&D investment plays a significant role in strengthening the positive effect of export activity on a firm's productivity, foreign ownership surprisingly has a negative moderating role.Originality/valueScholarly interest in the links between export activity and productivity is on the rise. However, the bulk of research has been focused on understanding the effects of export activity on productivity at the country or industry level. Little has been done at the firm level. Another gap in the literature is that the mechanism through which the impact of export activity can be leveraged to enhance the firm's productivity has been largely ignored. To address these issues, the study adopts the learning-by-exporting theory to examine the relationship between export and productivity at the firm-level and how R&D investment and foreign ownership may explain how learning can be leveraged to enhance the firm's productivity. Finally, these relationships are examined in the context of firms from an emerging market, China, which is especially relevant for the learning-by-exporting argument used in this study.

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Learning by exporting under fast, short-term changes: The moderating role of absorptive capacity and foreign collaborative agreements

Cited by 42 publications

References 137 publications

Disentangling the relationship between internationalization, incremental and radical innovation, and firm performance

Disentangling the relationship between internationalization, incremental and radical innovation, and firm performance

Learning by outward and inward internationalization and the outward/inward innovativeness of firms in Poland

Export activity, R&D investment, and foreign ownership: does it matter for productivity?

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