Policymakers in several countries have recently taken steps to promote the rapid export expansion of high-tech small …- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The goal of these policies has been to create successful export-intensive firms …

hypothesis there is no evidence that productivity in the start year is systematically related to survival in the export market … export market. -- Export starters ; post-entry performance ; Germany, enterprise panel data …This paper investigates four cohorts of firms from German manufacturing industries that started to export in the years …

hypothesis there is no evidence that productivity in the start year is systematically related to survival in the export market … export market. -- export starters ; post-entry performance ; Germany ; enterprise panel data …This paper investigates four cohorts of firms from German manufacturing industries that started to export in the years …

This work investigates how the export status of the firm influences the patterns of growth at different age classes. We … data on export transactions. We find that the positive relationship between export status and growth declines with firm age … role of the export status which is stronger for young exporters or born globals. Exploiting the product-country level …