Fu, Dahai; Wu, Yanrui; Tang, Yihong - In: Frontiers of Economics in China 7 (2012) 2, pp. 218-245
This paper investigates the impact of innovation on export decisions of Chinese high-tech firms during the period of …-level innovation efforts, measured by R&D spending and new product output, play only a minor role for domestic exporters. Foreign …-invested firms dominate the high-tech exports but do not rely on indigenous innovation activities. These results demonstrate that the …