This paper examines whether the export decision of firms is affected by their ownership structure, specifically it … controlled firms do indeed export less than other type of companies even after controlling for firm heterogeneity in productivity …

There exists a growing body of literature which looks at export decisions made by firms. Most studies focus on … aims at filling this gap in the literature by analyzing the export behavior of a statistically representative sample of 192 … higher probability of exporting. Training activities for employees are important to export outside of MERCOSUR …

study whether export activities in the neighborhood reveal information about export profitability and thus enhance new … existing export activities in the same market (industry or destination country). Export activities in other markets do not … weaker. Foreign exporters benefit less from neighboring export activities. The relation between the magnitude of spillovers …

the number of neighbors currently selling there, the level and heterogeneity of their export sales, and the firm's own … prior knowledge about the market. A positive signal about demand inferred from neighbors export performance raises the firm …

A firm’s export status may improve its capacity of introducing product innovations. We explore this idea using very … rich firm-level data on Italian Manufacturing, and sector-province specific measures of firms’ distance from export markets … and of their export market potential as instruments for differences in export activities. We find that exporting …

-selection into export and potential endogeneity of the financial constraints proxy …

pattern. The types of services exported vary strongly across industries. Furthermore, export activities are concentrated on a …

This paper will assess the importance of internal firm resources in overcoming sunk entry costs associated with export … Italian enterprises (SMEs), we find that entry probability in the export market is affected by the level of cash stock for … evidence that entry in the export market improves firm's financial health, while ex-ante new entrants are found to be …