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Performance à l'exportation et innovation technologique dans les PME manufacturières indépendantes

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  • Mario Bourgault
  • Élisabeth Lefebvre
  • Louis A. Lefebvre

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Small and medium enterprises have strengthened their importance during the last decades in most industrialized countries, including the United States, Germany, Japan and Canada. The province of Quebec makes no exception as firms of less than 200 employees generate a substantial portion of its economic activity. Of those firms, many are present on export markets and thus are facing fierce competition. This requires from SMEs the ability and willingness to engage in various innovative efforts in order to sustain their competitive edge and long-term growth. The purpose of the paper is to study the relationship between SMEs' innovative efforts and their performance on international markets. Results clearly identify four clusters of firms on the basis of volume of exports and destination. One group, identified as global firms, clearly stands out above all. In fact, global firms consistently0501ntain a higher level of both tangible and intangible innovative efforts. This study confirms a clear relationship between efforts and exporting capabilities. Depuis plusieurs années, l'intensification du rôle des petites et moyennes entreprises se fait sentir dans la plupart des pays industrialisés, y compris les États-Unis, l'Allemagne, le Japon et le Canada. La situation du Québec n'est pas différente ; on y enregistre en effet une forte activité économique chez les firmes de moins de 200 employés, parmi lesquelles plusieurs sont présentes sur les marchés internationaux. Or, ces dernières doivent faire face, comme les grandes firmes, à un environnement fortement concurrentiel hautement dominé par les compétences technologiques. Cette concurence exige des PME qu'elles0501ntiennent un important niveau d'efforts innovateurs afin de pouvoir assurer leur croissance. L'objectif de l'étude est d'analyser les efforts innovateurs de certaines PME manufacturières québécoises selon leur performance à l'exportation. L'analyse révèle l'existence de quatre groupes qui se différencient par le volume et la destination des exportations. L'étude du dernier groupe, distinct des trois autres à plusieurs égards, permet entre autres de dresser le profil des PME les plus actives sur les marchés internationaux. Il appert que ces entreprises0501ntiennent un niveau d'effort technologique élevé dans l'ensemble des activités innovatrices, qu'elles soient de nature tangible ou intangible. Les résultats permettent ainsi de confirmer le lien entre efforts innovateurs et capacité d'exporter.

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  • Mario Bourgault & Élisabeth Lefebvre & Louis A. Lefebvre, 1994. "Performance à l'exportation et innovation technologique dans les PME manufacturières indépendantes," CIRANO Working Papers 94s-02, CIRANO.
  • Handle: RePEc:cir:cirwor:94s-02
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    Keywords

    SME ; Performance ; Competitiveness ; Innovation ; International markets ; Technology; PME ; Performance ; Concurrence ; Innovation ; Marchés internationaux ; Technologie;
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    JEL classification:

    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives

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