Why some firms persistently out-perform others: Investigating the interactions between innovation and exporting strategies

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1997-2039

  Ito, Keiko ^a   Lechevalier, Sébastien ^b  

^a SENSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; DATA SET; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; EXPORT; FIRM OWNERSHIP; INNOVATION; INVESTMENT; PANEL DATA; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 78649616664     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq056     Document Type: Article

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