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Analysing the link between export intensity, innovation and firm size in a science-based industry

José Pla-barberJoaquin Alegre

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Marketingbusiness.industryComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTINGSample (statistics)BusinessInternational tradeBusiness and International ManagementFinanceIntensity (heat transfer)Industrial organizationA determinantBiotechnology industry

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Abstract The aim of this paper is to contribute to a better understanding of the relationship between export intensity, innovation and size in a particular technological setting: a science-based industry. Using a sample of 121 firms in the French biotechnology industry, we have found that firm size is not a determinant for innovation or for export intensity. However, the results show a positive and significant link between innovation and export intensity. Our findings open a new agenda for policy-makers when interpreting how they should promote innovation and exports in science-based firms.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-06-01International Business Review
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2007.02.005