Abstract
What are the consequences for innovation of fast, short-term changes in exporting activity? Building on the learning by exporting literature and using a sample of 880 Italian manufacturing firms over two successive time periods, our study reveals key asymmetries. First, a rapid increase in export breadth, but not in export depth, reduces the firm’s probability of developing new innovative outputs. Second, no such effects are found in the case of a decrease in firms’ exporting activity. Third, both absorptive capacity and foreign collaborative agreements facilitate the absorption of the shock occurring when firms experience a rapid increase in export breadth, but not when the rapid increase takes place in export depth. Theoretical and managerial implications emerge from this research.
Lingua originale | English |
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pagine (da-a) | N/A-N/A |
Numero di pagine | 15 |
Rivista | International Business Review |
Volume | 29 |
Numero di pubblicazione | 3 |
DOI | |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2020 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
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Keywords
- Absorptive capacity
- Collaborative agreements
- Learning by exporting
- Product innovation