Arbeitspapier
International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms
Using a knowledge production framework and a rich set of plant level data this study demonstrates that in Germany firms that are active on international markets as exporters or foreign direct investors do generate more new knowledge than firms which sell on the national market only. These differences are not only due to a larger firm size, or different industries, or the use of more researchers in these firms, but due to the fact these globally engaged firms learn more from external sources, too. The importance of these knowledge sources varies with the type of innovation. These results, which are broadly in line with the findings of a recent study using UK firm level data, can help to explain the strong positive correlation between productivity and international activities of firms. Firms that are active on markets beyond the national borders generate higher levels of new knowledge that feed into higher productivity.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy ; No. 1506
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Empirical Studies of Trade
Multinational Firms; International Business
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
- Thema
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Exports
foreign direct investment
knowledge production function
Germany
Wissen
Produktionsfunktion
Innovation
Exportindustrie
Multinationales Unternehmen
Wissenstransfer
Lernprozess
Schätzung
Deutschland
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (wer)
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Wagner, Joachim
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
- (wer)
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Max Planck Institute of Economics
- (wo)
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Jena
- (wann)
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2006
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
- 10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Wagner, Joachim
- Max Planck Institute of Economics
Entstanden
- 2006
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