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Innovative Capabilities as Determinants of Export Performance and Behaviour: A Longitudinal Study of Manufacturing SMEs

In: Innovation and Firm Performance

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  • Elisabeth Lefebvre

    (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal)

  • Louis-André Lefebvre

    (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal)

Abstract

Even though small and medium-sized enterprises’ (SMEs) share of world trade still remains much lower than that of larger firms, numerous studies indicate that many SMEs are nevertheless very active abroad, and rely increasingly on the development of foreign markets to ensure corporate growth. For example, SMEs are ‘directly producing about 20 percent of OECD exports and about 35 per cent of Asia’s exports’ (OECD, 1997, p. 7). A report issued by the US Secretary of Trade and Commerce reveals that 70 per cent of all exporting firms were small firms with fewer than 100 employees (Prozak, 1993). SMEs are also the fastest-growing group of exporters in the USA (Axinn et ah, 1994, p. 49). A similar trend is observed in Canada, where the number of SMEs involved in export activities doubled in the six-year period from 1986 to 1992 (Industry Canada, 1996). In the future, SMEs are likely to be even more exposed to international competition (Reynold, 1997; OECD, 1997).

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  • Elisabeth Lefebvre & Louis-André Lefebvre, 2002. "Innovative Capabilities as Determinants of Export Performance and Behaviour: A Longitudinal Study of Manufacturing SMEs," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Alfred Kleinknecht & Pierre Mohnen (ed.), Innovation and Firm Performance, chapter 12, pages 281-309, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59588-0_12
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230595880_12
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    1. Ahmet Faruk Aysan & Luis Carlos Castillo-Téllez & Dilek Demirbas & Mustafa Disli, 2021. "Foreign Trade, Education, And Innovative Performance: A Multilevel Analysis," Bulletin of Monetary Economics and Banking, Bank Indonesia, vol. 24(3), pages 413-440, September.
    2. Hessels, Jolanda & Parker, Simon C., 2013. "Constraints, internationalization and growth: A cross-country analysis of European SMEs," Journal of World Business, Elsevier, vol. 48(1), pages 137-148.
    3. André van Stel & Jolanda Hessels & Dirk De Clercq, 2006. "Knowledge spillovers and entrepreneurs' export orientation," Scales Research Reports H200619, EIM Business and Policy Research.
    4. Jaya Prakash Pradhan & Mohammad Zohair & Mallikarjun V. Alagawadi, 2013. "Regional Policies, Firm Characteristics and Exporting in the Indian State of Karnataka," Foreign Trade Review, , vol. 48(1), pages 45-81, February.
    5. Jolanda Hessels, 2008. "International Entrepreneurship: An Introduction, Framework and Research Agenda," Scales Research Reports H200823, EIM Business and Policy Research.
    6. Pradhan, Jaya Prakash & Das, Keshab, 2012. "Exports by Indian Manufacturing SMEs: Regional Patterns and Determinants," MPRA Paper 41804, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    7. Jolanda Hessels & Siri Terjesen, 2010. "Resource dependency and institutional theory perspectives on direct and indirect export choices," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 34(2), pages 203-220, February.
    8. Cees Beers & Gerben Panne, 2011. "Geography, knowledge spillovers and small firms’ exports: an empirical examination for The Netherlands," Small Business Economics, Springer, vol. 37(3), pages 325-339, October.

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