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International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms

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dc.creator Wagner, Joachim
dc.date 2006
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T07:04:30Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T07:04:30Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/19372
dc.identifier ppn:511481861
dc.identifier RePEc:zbw:hwwadp:344
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/19372
dc.description 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.
dc.language eng
dc.relation HWWA Discussion Paper 344
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject O31
dc.subject F14
dc.subject F23
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Exports
dc.subject foreign direct investment
dc.subject knowledge production function
dc.subject Germany
dc.subject Wissen
dc.subject Produktionsfunktion
dc.subject Innovation
dc.subject Exportindustrie
dc.subject Multinationales Unternehmen
dc.subject Wissenstransfer
dc.subject Lernprozess
dc.subject Schätzung
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title International Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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