Which firms are most innovative? The importance of multinationals and exporters in Portugal

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2013

Autores

Armando Silva (Autor) FEP; Óscar Afonso (Autor) FEP; Ana Paula Africano Silva (Autor) FEP

Revista

Título: Acta Oeconomica

Vol. 63 Nº 2

Páginas: 157-184

ISSN: 0001-6373

Editora: Akademiai Kiado

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 1 Citação

ISI Web of Science

Scopus - 2 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências sociais > Economia e gestão

CORDIS: Ciências Sociais > Economia > Economia internacional

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-006-AAG

DOI: 10.1556/AOecon.63.2013.2.2

Abstract (EN): We test the Global Engagement (GE) hypothesis according to which the most globally engaged firms, whether multinationals or exporters, are the most innovative. The test is applied to data from 4815 Portuguese firms for the period 2002-2004 based on the 4th Community Innovation Survey for Portugal. We estimated several Knowledge Production Functions, assuming that knowledge outputs result from the combination of certain knowledge inputs with the flow of ideas coming from the existing stock of knowledge. We found that the more internationally engaged firms create more knowledge output than their domestic counterparts; indeed, the more globalised firms apply more inputs and have the opportunity to use a larger stock of knowledge. Nevertheless, the relative perceived advantage of the more internationally exposed firms is also the result of their globalised nature, and is not directly connected with knowledge inputs or information flows.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica