The effect of innovation on the financial performance and export intensity of firms in emerging countries

Purpose – What impact does innovation have on the financial performance and export intensity of firms in emerging countries? Design/methodology/approach – This contribution is the result of an analysis of five years’ data (2008-2012) from a multinational survey conducted with 140 predominantly manuf...

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Autor: Quelhas, Filipe de Castro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM)
Repositorio:Revista de Administração da UFSM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/38078
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.ufsm.br/reaufsm/article/view/38078
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Innovation
financial performance
export intensity
Inovação
desempenho financeiro
intensidade exportadora
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Sumario:Purpose – What impact does innovation have on the financial performance and export intensity of firms in emerging countries? Design/methodology/approach – This contribution is the result of an analysis of five years’ data (2008-2012) from a multinational survey conducted with 140 predominantly manufacturing firms from Brazil, Russia, India, China. Findings – In contrast with the prevailing literature, the results reveal strong positive correlations between the principal study variables.Originality/value – Studies of this subject have found contradictory results with regard to the effect of innovation on firm performance. Only a minority of these studies have operationalized their investigations using historical data from a range of different countries and fewer still have focused on emerging countries.This article contributes to the debate by reporting the effects of innovation activity by firms from emerging countries on their financial performance and export intensity.