Eficiencia empresarial y actividad exportadoraDiversificación y tamaño en las empresas industriales españolas

  1. Ruano Pardo, Sonia
  2. Fariñas García, José Carlos
Journal:
Papeles de economía española

ISSN: 0210-9107

Year of publication: 1999

Issue: 78-79

Pages: 220-235

Type: Article

More publications in: Papeles de economía española

Abstract

The article examines the relationship between exporting and productivity at Spanish industrial companies on the basis of a sample of the Business Strategies Survey (BSS) during the period 1990-1996. The study confirms thatas a rule the efficiency is prior to the outset of exporting activity, which confirms the hipothesis that the market selects the most efficient companies. In addition, contact with export markets propitiates increased productivity, confirming the learning hypothesis.