Exporters, Spin-outs and Firm Performance

Hans Lööf () and Pardis Nabavi ()

No 262, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: This paper analyzes the relationship between exporters, spin-outs and firm performance. A large body of research has shown that exporters perform better than non-exporters. But are also firms spawn out from exporters better than other new firms in terms of survival, productivity and growth? Using a panel of about 2,000 ex-employee starts ups, their parent companies and 10 000 other new firms in Sweden observed over a sequence of 5 years, we provide new evidence on spinouts as a channel of transferring knowledge from exporting firms to new ventures.

Keywords: Exports; new firms; spin-out; spillovers; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J24 L26 M13 O31 O32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-cse, nep-eff, nep-ent, nep-int and nep-sbm
Date: 2012-01-13
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