Learning-by-exporting: What we know and what we would like to know

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2012

Authors

Armando Silva (Author) Other; Óscar Afonso (Author) FEP; Ana Paula Africano Silva (Author) FEP

Journal

Title: International Trade Journal

Vol. 26 No. 3

Pages: 255-288

ISSN: 0885-3908

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Indexing

Scopus - 55 Citations

Econlit

Scientific classification

FOS: Social sciences > Economics and Business

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-008-6CZ

DOI: 10.1080/08853908.2012.682022

Abstract (EN): This article revises the thesis that exporting firms learn to be more innovative and efficient as they have contact with certain information flows from their foreign activity. It begins by exploring the connections between two concepts: self-selection and learning-by-exporting. The study proceeds with a comparative analysis of the most recent literature and presents common facts and key issues still open to debate. Learning-by-exporting should be measured directly using firms' innovative performance. Given the lack of suitable data on firms' innovative activities, most studies-although without consensus-have followed an indirect approach using productivity measures. © Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific