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dc.contributor.authorWagner, Joachimen
dc.date.accessioned2006-09-07-
dc.date.accessioned2009-05-08T15:23:31Z-
dc.date.available2009-05-08T15:23:31Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24913-
dc.description.abstractUsing 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.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aMax Planck Institute of Economics |cJenaen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aPapers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy |x1506en
dc.subject.jelF14en
dc.subject.jelF23en
dc.subject.jelO31en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordExportsen
dc.subject.keywordforeign direct investmenten
dc.subject.keywordknowledge production functionen
dc.subject.keywordGermanyen
dc.subject.stwWissenen
dc.subject.stwProduktionsfunktionen
dc.subject.stwInnovationen
dc.subject.stwExportindustrieen
dc.subject.stwMultinationales Unternehmenen
dc.subject.stwWissenstransferen
dc.subject.stwLernprozessen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleInternational Firm Activities and Innovation: Evidence from Knowledge Production Functions for German Firms-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn517180669en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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