Innovation depends on exporting and, in particular, on scale and competition in export markets. We develop a theory … featuring (1) quality-segmented markets, (2) step-by-step innovation that moves firms forward along the quality ladder, and (3 …) escape-the-competition motives for innovation. We derive four predictions about the impact on innovation of scale and …

relationship with propensity. The analysis is based on innovation survey data on manufacturing firms from Jiangsu province of China …

This paper contributes to the literature on innovation policies and institutional theory on conditions for effective … yield broader implications for organization and innovation …

This paper examines the links between ownership, innovation and exporting in electronics firms in three late … trade and innovation and learning. Technology-based approaches to trade offer a plausible explanation for firm …-level exporting behavior. The econometric results (using probit) confirm the importance of foreign ownership and innovation in …

between innovation effort (R&D) or innovation output (the share of innovative sales) and the firm's duration of survival. We … seems to be an inverted-U relationship between R&D or innovation output and long-term survival, suggesting that too much R …&D or product innovation can cause firms to die, perhaps because of excessive risk. Survival has a cyclical behaviour, and …