We examine the combined effect of exports, innovation and external knowledge on total
factor productivity growth among manufacturing firms. This paper distinguishes between …

Economists' recognition of innovation and technology is often ascribed to the contribution of
Schumpeter (1934), spelled out in The Theory of Economic Development, conveying the …

This paper provides new insights regarding the role of innovation and localisation on the
levels and growth of total factor productivity among exporting firms. For that purpose, we …

Firms in local industries maintain their capability to generate new export varieties by
simultaneously exploiting internal and external knowledge resources. The paper introduces …

The importance of cities to economic dynamism and growth cannot be emphasized enough.
It is crucial for our understanding of what drives economic growth to understand how cities …

This paper is concerned with the productivity and growth of Swedish exporting firms. Using
data on 9,580 manufacturing firms with 10 or more employees for the period 1997-2008, it …

Knowledge has been increasingly important in the analysis of economic growth and
development, at least during the last three decades. However, knowledge is a …

In this paper we investigate how various innovation strategies, local knowledge sources and
global knowledge pipe-lines influence the likelihood that a firm will be a persistent exporter …