The study empirically examined the learning-by-exporting effect in Chinese manufacturing firms from 2005 to 2007. The traditional view has been that exporting can lead to increased productivity by facilitating access to the global market and, thus, information and cutting-edge technologies; this...

This paper empirically investigates the economic effects of environmental activities. To be specific, it investigates the interactive influence of firms’ environmental management and environmental innovation on their productivity. We consider both internal and external environmental management...

This paper examines the learning-by-exporting effect in Chinese manufacturing firms from 2005 to 2007. The traditional view is that exporting can lead to increased productivity by facilitating access to the global market and, thus, information and cutting-edge technologies; this process has been...