Authors: Rosanna Pittiglio Edgardo Sica Stefania Villa
Publish Date: 2009/03/06
Volume: 34, Issue: 6, Pages: 588-602
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyze the impact of international activities on knowledge output For this purpose we employ a dataset containing exclusively qualitative information about a sample of small and medium Italian manufacturing firms In the econometric analysis a probit model is used The results of the estimations highlight that firms active in international markets generate more knowledge than their counterparts which sell in the national market only There are two possible explanations of this result First globally engaged firms employ more knowledge inputs such as higher innovation expenditures Second international firms are more innovative because they can access to a larger flow of ideas from external sources
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