Learning-by-Exporting and Productivity: Evidences from a Panel of Manufacturing Firms

2016 ◽  
pp. 295-306
Author(s):  
Maria Rosaria Ferrante ◽  
Marzia Freo ◽  
Alessandro Viviani
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Learning By Exporting

scholarly journals How Knowledge Assets Affect the Learning-by-Exporting Effect: Evidence Using Panel Data for Manufacturing Firms

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (8) ◽  
pp. 3105
Author(s):  
Hyun-Jee Kim ◽  
Bongsuk Sung
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Causality Test ◽  
Knowledge Assets ◽  
Vector Autoregressive ◽  
Industry Competition ◽  
Learning By Exporting ◽  
Method Of Moments Estimator ◽  
Dynamic Relationships

Using panel data from Korean manufacturing firms, this study empirically investigates how knowledge assets impact the relationship between exports and productivity. We consider a scenario in which firms are situated in a globally competitive, knowledge-based environment. We establish a dynamic panel vector autoregressive model by considering the outcomes of various panel framework tests. A generalized method of moments estimator is employed to test the dynamic relationships among the variables, and a post-estimation test, Granger causality test, and impulse response test are performed. Our findings indicate the existence of a learning-by-exporting effect on the enhancement of total factor productivity (TFP). The result show that TFP can be improved by interacting with exports and knowledge assets, and that firms’ knowledge assets significantly and positively affect their exports. However, industry competition, as an external force, does not contribute to boosting firms’ productivity. We highlight the importance of continuously upgrading productivity, exports, knowledge assets, and industry competition by demonstrating that the present levels of these elements serve as the main source of their own future values. Finally, the implications of our results are outlined.

Self-Selection and Learning by Exporting from Indian Manufacturing Firms

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Manoj Kumar ◽  
Jyoti Raman ◽  
Priya Singh
Keyword(s):  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Previous Literature ◽  
Sampling Techniques ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Self Selection ◽  
Learning By Exporting

Following a growing literature, the authors test in this work the two hypotheses of self-selection and learning by exporting across different Indian manufacturing firms. Using matched sampling techniques, they estimate whether export-oriented firms are more efficient than non-exporters on the basis of the Indian Surveys of manufacturing firms for the period 2005-2013. The findings indicate that export entrants increase their productivity after entry but this increase is only temporary. In fact, the authors document a time-varying relationship between export participation and economic performance. This occurs for both total-factor productivity (TFP) and productivity growth. These results are consistent with those found in the previous literature for many countries. The only lasting significant effect that we find among the different measures of performances between exporters and non-exporters is that the former generates higher profits than their domestic counterparts.

Do Firms Learn more from Exporting to the Developed Markets? Empirical Evidence of Indian Firms

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 20170005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chandan Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Learning Effect ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Foreign Markets ◽  
Developed Markets ◽  
Learning By Exporting ◽  
Productivity Gains

The hypothesis of learning-by-exporting hinges largely based on the argument that the exporters are exposed to knowledge and technology to foreign markets and they learn and become more productive and innovative. However, firms from developing countries not only export to industrialized economies but also to less developed countries. The natural questions arises that what if a firm from developing countries directs its exports to a country at a similar or lower level of technological developed. Would there still be productivity gains to be made? We attempt to test the effects of destination of exports on firms’ productivity and innovation for a sample of the Indian manufacturing firms. Our findings indicate that a positive learning effect is flowing from developed countries to productivity and innovation of the Indian firms. However, in the case of exporting to developing countries including China, we find weak or negative effects. Furthermore, our results also suggest that in-house R&D and foreign technology enhances the absorption capacity of firms, which in turn help firms in learning and gaining through exporting to technologically advanced countries.

What kind of Russian firms get state support? The analysis of changes in priorities under crisis conditions

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-62
Author(s):  
Andrei A. Yakovlev ◽  
Nina V. Ershova ◽  
Olga M. Uvarova
Keyword(s):  
Social Development ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Business Associations ◽  
State Support ◽  
Support Provision ◽  
Manufacturing Enterprises ◽  
State Participation ◽  
Crisis Conditions ◽  
Different Levels

The paper analyzes the shifts in government priorities in terms of support of big and medium manufacturing enterprises amid 2008—2009 and 2014—2015 crises. Based on the data of 2009, 2014 and 2018 surveys of Russian manufacturing firms, using logit regressions we identify factors that affect the receipt of financial and organizational support at different levels of government. The analysis shows that in 2012—2013 the share of manufacturing firms that received state support shrank significantly as compared to 2007—2008; moreover, the support concentrated on enterprises that had access to lobbying resource (such as state participation in the ownership or business associations membership). In 2016—2017 the scale of state support coverage recovered. However, the support at all levels of government was provided to firms that carried out investment and provided assistance to regional or local authorities in social development of the region, while the factor of state participation in the ownership became insignificant. The paper provides possible explanation for these shifts in the criteria of state support provision in Russia.

What Kind of Firms Has Investment Programs in the Crisis Times and What Kind of Barriers Do They Face?

2009 ◽  
pp. 100-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Yakovlev
Keyword(s):  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Current Crisis ◽  
Doing Business

The paper considers the behavior of Russian enterprises during the current crisis using the data of the latest survey of 1000 manufacturing firms. Special attention is paid to features of firms planning big investment for the next 12 months. The links between current investment plans, previous investment in 2005-2008 and other factors are shown. Finally we analyze the most important barriers for doing business from the point of view of investors.

The Effect of Taxation and Corruption on Firm Growth: An Empirical Investigation for Vietnam

2016 ◽  
pp. 5-29
Author(s):  
Bich Le Thi Ngoc
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Firm Growth ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Economic Management ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Percentage Point Increase ◽  
Percentage Points ◽  
Point Increase ◽  
The Impact

The aim of this study is to analyze empirically the impact of taxation and corruption on the growth of manufacturing firms in Vietnam. The study employed pooled OLS estimation and then instrument variables with fixed effect for the panel data of 1377 firms in Vietnam from 2005 to 2011. These data were obtained from the survey of the Central Institute for Economic Management and the Danish International Development Agency. The results show that both taxation and corruption are negatively associated with firm growth measured by firm sales adjusted according to the GDP deflator. A one-percentage point increase in the bribery rate is linked with a reduction of 16,883 percentage points in firm revenue, over four and a half times bigger than the effect of a one-percentage point increase in the tax rate. From the findings of this research, the author recommends the Vietnam government to lessen taxation on firms and that there should be an urgent revolution in anti-corruption policies as well as bureaucratic improvement in Vietnam.

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