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Entrepreneurship and Export Product Quality Improvement

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  • Lei Liu

    (School of International Trade and Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Kai He

    (School of International Trade and Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Yi Qiao

    (School of International Trade and Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Peilin Fu

    (School of International Trade and Economics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China)

  • Qinggang Meng

    (School of Statistics and Mathematics, Shandong University of Finance and Economics, Jinan 250014, China)

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is the sustainable driving force and stable source of economic development, and it is an important guarantee for the continuous improvement of export product quality and high-quality economic development. This paper selects entrepreneurship and export product quality as research objects. It measures the export product quality at the enterprise level using data from the China Industrial Enterprise Database and the China Customs Import and Export Trade Database. Furthermore, based on matching entrepreneurship at the macro-level and the export product quality at the micro-level, the impact and mechanism of entrepreneurship on the export product quality are empirically examined. It was found that entrepreneurial innovation and entrepreneurship further significantly contribute to the improvement of export product quality by promoting the total factor productivity of enterprises. Entrepreneurial innovation and entrepreneurship do not significantly contribute to the export product quality of state-owned and collective enterprises, while they significantly contribute to privately-owned, independent legal entities, Hong Kong–Macao–Taiwan, and foreign-funded enterprises. Furthermore, the promoting effect on privately-owned and independent enterprises is greater than that on Hong Kong–Macao–Taiwan and foreign-funded enterprises. Further analysis shows that improving the rule of law, reducing excessive government intervention, and improving the market mechanism for products and production factors, as well as vigorously developing the non-state-owned economy, will all be conducive to the cultivation and development of entrepreneurs and better promotion of the improvement of export product quality.

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  • Lei Liu & Kai He & Yi Qiao & Peilin Fu & Qinggang Meng, 2023. "Entrepreneurship and Export Product Quality Improvement," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(16), pages 1-20, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:15:y:2023:i:16:p:12315-:d:1216023
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