INNOVATION AND THE EXPORT - PRODUCTIVITY LINK Bruno Cassiman
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In this paper, we explore the relationship between innovation activity, productivity, and exports using a panel of Spanish manufacturing firms for 1990-1998. Our results – based on nonparametric tests – suggest that firm innovation status is critical in explaining the positive export-productivity association documented in prior research. For the sample of small innovating firms, we find no significant differences in productivity levels between exporters and non-exporters. Product innovation in particular seems to explain this positive association between exports and productivity. For small non-innovating firms with low and medium productivity levels, however, exporting firms continue to exhibit higher productivity than nonexporting firms. * Professor General Management, IESE and K.U. Leuven and CEPR ** PhD Candidate and Research Assistant, IESE
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