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dc.contributor.authorFryges, Helmuten
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:48:40Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:48:40Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24087-
dc.description.abstractInternational engagement is often expected to improve firm performance. Especially for small technology-oriented firms, export activities may be important, being regarded as one way to amortise these firms? high product research and development costs. This paper examines the relationship between international business activities and firm performance using a sample of about 200 young high-tech firms in Germany and the UK that were contacted by two surveys in 1997 and 2003. I find out that the performance enhancing effects of internationalisation that were still observed in 1997 are in fact restricted to an early stage of the firms? life cycles and disappear when technology-oriented firms become mature. The results are in line with many other studies: Firms exhibiting superior performance are or will become exporters.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x04-79en
dc.subject.jelF23en
dc.subject.jelL86en
dc.subject.jelL60en
dc.subject.jelL25en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordHigh technology industriesen
dc.subject.keywordinternationalisationen
dc.subject.keywordfirm growthen
dc.subject.keywordproductivityen
dc.subject.keywordswitchingen
dc.subject.stwHochtechnologiesektoren
dc.subject.stwInternationale Markteintrittsstrategieen
dc.subject.stwUnternehmenswachstumen
dc.subject.stwLebenszyklusen
dc.titleProductivity, Growth, and Internationalisation: The Case of German and British High Techs-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn477273904en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:2884en

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