Firm growth, R&D expenditures and exports: An empirical analysis of italian SMEs

被引：64
作者：
Di Cintio, Marco [1 ]
Ghosh, Sucharita [2 ]
Grassi, Emanuele [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Salento, Dept Econ Management Math & Stat, Lecce, Italy
[2] Univ Akron, Dept Econ, Akron, OH 44325 USA
来源：
RESEARCH POLICY | 2017年 / 46卷 / 04期
关键词：
Exports; R&D; Firm growth; Worker flows; DEVELOPMENT INTENSITY; QUANTILE REGRESSION; JOB CREATION; INNOVATION; EMPLOYMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGY; EVOLUTION; IMPACT;
D O I：
10.1016/j.respol.2017.02.006
中图分类号：
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号：
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要：
We study firms' export and R&D activities and their effects on employment growth and worker flows for a sample of Italian SMEs operating in the manufacturing industry. After accounting for the under-reporting of R&D in SMEs, our quantile regressions reveal that: (i) R&D is associated with higher employment growth rates, higher hiring rates and lower separation rates; (ii) R&D-induced exports are negatively related to firm employment growth and hirings and positively related to separations; and (iii) pure exports are not a driver of employment growth and worker flows. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：836 / 852
页数：17
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