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Journal Article

How Different Kinds of Innovation Affect Exporting

Authors

  • Dohse
  • D.
  • Niebuhr
  • A.

Publication Date

DOI

10.1016/j.econlet.2017.12.017

JEL Classification

F14 L25 O3

Key Words

export propensity

imitation

incremental innovation

radical innovation

Related Topics

International Trade

Innovation and Structural Change

Globalization

Companies

Germany

We analyse how different kinds of innovation affect firms‘ export propensity, finding a positive impact of incremental innovations, whereas radical innovations need more time to affect exporting. Evidence for an isolated impact of process innovations or imitations is not found.

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