Innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) is a source of regional development and enables enterprises to improve their competitiveness. However, the intensification of innovation effort depends upon a better understanding of the innovation process, in particular the assessment of...

This paper presents an analysis of the crucial relationship between innovation, productivity, and export in SMEs. The primary aims of this study are 1) to evaluate the role of innovation in the premium export; and 2) to test the hypothesis of firm conscious self-selection on willing to export....

[eng] Technology policy and world integration. . The present paper analyses a case of loss of welfare due to the world market integration in the presence of scale economies and external economies. This situation arises when the countries implement technology policies in a simultaneous and non...

[fre] Cet article a pour objet : 1) de chercher confirmation, sur les données finement désagrégées relatives aux échanges extérieurs de 16 pays industriels (nomenclature à 5 chiffres CTCI), de l'existence du commerce international intra-branche, et d'analyser ses caractéristiques ; 2) de...

This paper presents an analysis of the relationship between innovation, productivity and exports regarding the SMEs. The main research aim of this study consists in analyzing the hypothesis of firms’ conscious self-selection in the export markets. To measure innovation, we consider the...

We analyze in this paper the interaction between financing and investment decisions in presence of debt issuance costs. We find that, while debt issuance costs reduce tax shields, tax shields induce a higher investment trigger. Moreover, the investment trigger is a non-monotonic function of the...

Ce papier concerne l’analyse de l’impact de l’exportation sur la productivité et l’innovation dans les entreprises. L’apport de ce travail réside principalement dans 1) la décomposition de l’effet global de l’exportation sur les performances de l’entreprise en un effet...

[spa] PYMES y automatización : estudio econométrico, . por Bernard Franck y Olivier Gaussens.. . En el presente artículo se analiza la difusión de la automatización de la producción en las PYMES de la Región francesa de Baja Normandía. La difusión entre empresas se ve afectada...

This paper presents an analysis of the crucial relationship between innovation, productivity, and export in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The primary aims of this study are to evaluate the role of innovation in the premium export and test the hypothesis of firm conscious self-selection on...