Firm size and export performance: some empirical evidence

Owen Gabbitas and Paul Gretton
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Owen Gabbitas: Productity Commission
Paul Gretton: Productivity Commission

International Trade from EconWPA

Abstract: This paper uses firm level data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in its Business Longitudinal Survey to help fill the information gap about the characteristics of successful exporters. This study suggests that the main influences on export performance of Australian manufacturing firms may lie with a range of ‘firm-specific’ factors other than size or domestic market share. These potentially include: kind of activity, product design and quality, marketing expertise and the motivation of management.

Keywords: firm; size; -; exports; -; performance; -; business; -; company; -; exporters (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F1 F2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-com, nep-ent and nep-lab
Date: 2003-04-30
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