subject of this study is an econometric analysis of the effects of innovation on firm performance. The main data source for … this analysis is the Ifo Innovation Survey, which has provided yearly, firm-level data on innovation since 1982. Following … two introductory chapters on innovation, the data set is introduced and explained in detail. Subsequent chapters analyze …

We estimate that a one-standard-deviation increase in a firm's import penetration ratio raises its likelihood of having … engaged in an incremental innovation by 4.48% using a random-sampled firm survey in China. The estimate is close to those in … incremental innovation. We discuss how the link between imports and innovation in the South differ from that in the North. …

exchange rate, the trade inroads of emerging countries with strong export potential or the sharp rise in oil prices in 2007 …Since the beginning of the decade, France has seen a marked decline in its export performance, leading to growing … globalisation of trade and investment in goods and services. The poor foreign trade performance of recent years is related to a …

export activity in Turkey. We model process and product innovation as separately - through cost savings and product quality …Making use of an original firm level dataset, we explore the causal impact of innovation on the manufacturing firm … improvements, respectively - affecting the firm profitability and, consequently, the firm export propensity. This modeling choice …

This study tests the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The empirical analysis has … export growth on the intensive margin with respect to the exporter's productivity growth is between 1.6 and 2.4 depending …

(Ausbau der Infrastruktur, Sachkapitalförderung) inzwischen kaum mehr festzustellen. Forschung und Innovation sind hingegen …

Innovation is an important driver for national growth and value in many small countries. Growth in such countries is … role in the development of export in small and developing countries. In the development economic analysis (that have dealt …

We generalize a trade model with firm-specific heterogeneity and R&D-based growth to allow for an endogenous education … living standards and trade intensities by the differential pace of human capital accumulation among industrialized countries … influences its relative economic prosperity irrespective of its trade-openness. While being consistent with the empirical …