Innovation and export performance: A study of Italian high-tech SMEs

被引：56
作者：
Alfredo D’Angelo
机构：
[1] Department of Economics, Business and Statistics. Faculty of Political Science, University of Milan, 20122 Milan, Via Conservatorio
来源：
Journal of Management & Governance | 2012年 / 16卷 / 3期
关键词：
Export intensity; High technology small and medium firms; Innovation; R&D;
D O I：
10.1007/s10997-010-9157-y
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摘要：
The objective of the paper is to examine the influence of innovation measures on the export intensity of Italian high technology small and medium firms. In fact, despite a growing number of empirical studies attempting to guide the approximation of the value of innovation and its relative impact on the export intensity, a distinction between innovation input and output indicators, both internal and external to the firms has not been clearly established. Drawing on the innovation and export management literature, we used a sample of Italian firms operating in the high tech settings within the manufacturing industry (HTSMEs). Applying a 3 years lag time approach, we ran various Tobit regression models. Our empirical results revealed that: (1) R&D employees do positively and significantly impact the export intensity of HTSMEs, whereas R&D expenditures do not; (2) the use of 'Universities' as external R&D partners has a positive influence on the export intensity of HTSMEs; (3) 'Product innovations' and the 'Turnover derived from innovative activities' positively and significantly affect the export intensity of firms in our sample. © 2010 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
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