Robots and firms

M Koch, I Manuylov, M Smolka - The Economic Journal, 2021 - academic.oup.com
We study the microeconomic implications of robot adoption using a rich panel data set of
Spanish manufacturing firms over a 27-year period (1990–2016). We provide causal …

[HTML][HTML] Innovation drivers for export performance

LC Ortigueira-Sánchez, DHB Welsh… - Sustainable Technology …, 2022 - Elsevier
According to the research-based view of the firm, innovation is a key capability that can
foster a sustainable competitive advantage and explain firm heterogeneity in export …

A survey of empirical studies using transaction level data on exports and imports

J Wagner - Review of World Economics, 2016 - Springer
This paper presents a tabular survey of 147 empirical studies for 39 countries, plus 8 studies
for multiple countries, that use transaction level data on exports or imports of firms. I hope …

Innovation capacity, international experience and export performance of SMEs in Brazil

MM Oura, SN Zilber, EL Lopes - International Business Review, 2016 - Elsevier
Innovation capacity and international experience are factors often related to the
internationalisation process of firms, with export activities as the first stage of the process …

Does globalisation impact SME development in Africa?

DK Mutalemwa - African Journal of Economic and Management …, 2015 - emerald.com
Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to increase understanding and knowledge of the
impact of globalisation on African small and medium enterprise (SME) development. The …

Does importing more inputs raise exports? Firm-level evidence from France

M Bas, V Strauss-Kahn - Review of World Economics, 2014 - Springer
Does an increase in imported inputs raise exports? We provide empirical evidence on the
direct and indirect channels via which importing more varieties of intermediate inputs …

Determinants of global value chain participation: Cross-country evidence

AM Fernandes, HL Kee, D Winkler - The World Bank Economic …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The past decades have witnessed big changes in international trade with the rise of global
value chains (GVCs). Some countries, such as China, Poland, and Vietnam rode the tide …

Exporter behavior, country size and stage of development: Evidence from the exporter dynamics database

AM Fernandes, C Freund, MD Pierola - Journal of Development Economics, 2016 - Elsevier
We present new data on the micro-structure of the export sector for 45 countries and study
how exporter behavior varies with country size and stage of development. Larger countries …

Global value chains and firms' environmental performance

S Siewers, I Martínez-Zarzoso, L Baghdadi - World Development, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes the link between joining global value chains (GVCs) and firms'
environmental performance. Based on new survey data for firms in countries in Central Asia …

ICT as facilitator of internationalisation in small-and medium-sized firms

E Hagsten, P Kotnik - Small Business Economics, 2017 - Springer
Based on harmonised and uniquely linked firm-level datasets for a large group of European
countries, this study investigates the role of different information and communication …