Product innovation and Export behaviour in French dairy industry
Résumé
In this article, we are speci cally interested in product innovation as one
potential driver of competitiveness. More precisely, we examine the relationship be-
tween product innovation (seen as a way to reach quality di erentiation on foreign
markets) and the export behaviour at the rm-product level in a theoretical model
and we propose to test the predictions of this model with an application to the French
dairy industry. The main issue addressed is whether product innovation, i.e. quality-
enhancing strategy, improves rms' export performance.We especially examine to what
extend product innovation a ect the quantity sold and the price charged on foreign
market. Based on a unique data set detailing innovation at the rm-product-country
level in the French dairy sector, we test the predictions of the model. Accounting for
the self-selection process highlighted in a preliminary analysis, our results show that
the quantity sold and the prices charged by rms increase after the introduction of an
innovation at the product level.
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