The Impact of Export Promotion Programs on Firms' Export Competencies and Performance in a Transition Economy: The Case of Russian Manufacturers
In: Journal of East-West business, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 287-318
ISSN: 1528-6959
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In: Journal of East-West business, Band 24, Heft 4, S. 287-318
ISSN: 1528-6959
In: Evaluation and Program Planning, Band 46, S. 38-46
In: Evaluation and program planning: an international journal, Band 46
ISSN: 0149-7189
In: Multinational business review, Band 29, Heft 2, S. 210-236
ISSN: 2054-1686
PurposeThe purpose of this study is to examine how family governance and technological capabilities influence the conversion of new knowledge obtained from exports into various innovation outputs, a phenomenon called "learning-by-exporting (LBE)."Design/methodology/approachTo properly examine the causal links proposed in the study, first, the control for endogeneity. Second, a propensity-score matching longitudinal analysis is conducted, a particularly robust empirical method that enhances reliability in non-experimental data, over an average sample of 663 manufacturing companies for the period 2007 to 2014.FindingsFamily firms' innovation strategies and abilities render them more likely to convert the new knowledge from exporting into product innovation and more efficient in this endeavor than non-family firms. This diverts family firms' typically limited resources from process innovation, and they have a smaller LBE effect than non-family firms in terms of process innovation.Originality/valueThe study contributes to the internationalization literature by producing a more nuanced view of the learning-by-exporting effect which considers the type of innovation outcomes developed following export activity. It also helps to identify some of the firm-specific factors that shape the relationship between exports and innovation, by empirically examining for the first time the role of family governance in innovation capabilities and decisions.