2011
DOI: 10.1080/00036840903427190
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Participation in export markets and the role of R&D: establishment-level evidence from the UK Community Innovation Survey 2005

Abstract: There is a strong expectation in the literature that exporting and innovation activities (particularly R&D) are strongly related, and that the need to be innovative is increasing over time due to globalisation. In this study, we find that R&D is endogenous in a model that determines which British establishments enter export markets, and when such simultaneity is taken into account the strength of the exportinnovation relationship is generally quite weak (especially in the non-manufacturing sector). Rather, we … Show more

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“…Innovation and internationalization are two enduring themes in enterprise research, as well as two important aspects of enterprise development. In an increasingly competitive modern society, the ability to innovate and internationalize is an essential competitiveness for enterprises (Harris & Li, 2011). On the global market, more than 80% of enterprises are SMEs (Gomez-Mejia et al, 2007), and there is a strong positive correlation between SMEs' exports and R&D activities (Golovko & Valentini, 2011).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Innovation and internationalization are two enduring themes in enterprise research, as well as two important aspects of enterprise development. In an increasingly competitive modern society, the ability to innovate and internationalize is an essential competitiveness for enterprises (Harris & Li, 2011). On the global market, more than 80% of enterprises are SMEs (Gomez-Mejia et al, 2007), and there is a strong positive correlation between SMEs' exports and R&D activities (Golovko & Valentini, 2011).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…At the same time, competition in global markets increases firms' innovative capacity through technological spillovers or "learning by exporting". This results in reverse causality from export to R&D. It is argued that decisions on whether to engage in research and whether to export are made concomitantly by firms (Harris & Li, 2011). This leads to simultaneity arguments between R&D and export as well as a possible self-selection process on the part of firms engaged in R&D moving into international trade.…”
Section: Research Background and Objectivesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Aw et al (2007), for instance, use investment in training as a proxy for R&D. Other studies (e.g. Castellini and Zanfei 2007;Harris and Li, 2011) apply crosssectional data from community innovation surveys. However, more recent research has emphasized the importance of sustained recurrence of the innovation-engagement.…”
Section: Motivation and Objectivesmentioning
confidence: 99%