When does innovation matter for exporting?

Fil: Mussini, Micaela. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina.

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Autor principal: Mussini, Micaela
Otros Autores: Albornoz, Facundo
Formato: Tesis Tesis de maestría updatedVersion
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía 2017
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spelling I37-R143-10908-120622025-01-20T15:23:37Z When does innovation matter for exporting? Mussini, Micaela Albornoz, Facundo Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Chile -- Econometric models. Exports -- Chile -- Econometric models. Innovaciones tecnológicas -- Aspectos económicos -- Chile -- Modelos econométricos. Exportaciones -- Chile -- Modelos econométricos. Fil: Mussini, Micaela. Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía; Argentina. A growing number of studies that look at the relationship between innovation and exports find that more innovation tends to allow firms to export more. But very little is known about the heterogeneous impacts of innovation on exports. Since innovation is not a costless activity, it is relevant to know the specific situations in which a firm most likely needs to innovate to raise its exports. Using data from Chile, we combine information on innovation activities at the firm level with a rich dataset on exports at the transaction level. We find that the firms that engage in innovation tend to export more than other firms because they are able to sell goods and target markets that reward innovation. We show that the goods and markets in which innovative exporters outperform non-innovative exporters are those where innovation can lead to substantial differences in terms of quality. Innovative firms do not have an edge in exporting goods and in targeting markets that do not reward innovation. In particular, innovative firms do not outperform non-innovative firms when exporting goods and penetrating markets in which differentiation in terms of quality is not possible or not relevant. 2017-04-18T16:21:02Z 2017-04-18T16:21:02Z 2015-08 Tesis info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis info:ar-repo/semantics/tesis de maestría info:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersion Mussini, M. (2015). When does innovation matter for exporting?. [Tesis de maestría, Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía]. Repositorio Digital San Andrés. http://hdl.handle.net/10908/12062 T. M. Eco. 92 http://hdl.handle.net/10908/12062 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf application/pdf Universidad de San Andrés. Departamento de Economía
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topic Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Chile -- Econometric models.
Exports -- Chile -- Econometric models.
Innovaciones tecnológicas -- Aspectos económicos -- Chile -- Modelos econométricos.
Exportaciones -- Chile -- Modelos econométricos.
spellingShingle Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Chile -- Econometric models.
Exports -- Chile -- Econometric models.
Innovaciones tecnológicas -- Aspectos económicos -- Chile -- Modelos econométricos.
Exportaciones -- Chile -- Modelos econométricos.
Mussini, Micaela
When does innovation matter for exporting?
topic_facet Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- Chile -- Econometric models.
Exports -- Chile -- Econometric models.
Innovaciones tecnológicas -- Aspectos económicos -- Chile -- Modelos econométricos.
Exportaciones -- Chile -- Modelos econométricos.
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title When does innovation matter for exporting?
title_short When does innovation matter for exporting?
title_full When does innovation matter for exporting?
title_fullStr When does innovation matter for exporting?
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