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Performance à l'exportation et innovation technologique dans les PME manufacturières

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  • Elisabeth Lefebvre
  • Louis A. Lefebvre
  • Mario Bourgault

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[fre] L'objectif de l'étude est d'analyser les efforts innovateurs de certaines PME manufacturières engagées dans des activités de R-D selon leur performance à l'exportation. L'analyse révèle l'existence de quatre groupes qui se différencient nettement selon le volume et la destination des exportations et démontre que les diverses dimensions de l'innovation technologique, captant à la fois les efforts tangibles et intangibles, varient fortement selon le processus d'internationalisation des firmes. En particulier, les PME mondiales sont de loin les plus innovatrices sur le plan technologique et leur profil est singulièrement différent de celui de la PME traditionnelle. Les PME oeuvrant sur les marchés locaux se situent au deuxième rang de l'ensemble des dimensions de l'innovation technologique, ce qui apporte un éclairage particulier sur les systèmes subnationaux d'innovation et confirme l'importance de la présence de certains clients locaux exigeants. [eng] The purpose of this study is to analyse the relationship between SMEs' innovative efforts and their performance on international markets. Results clearly identify clusters of firms on the basis of the volume of exports and their destination and demonstrates that the different dimensions of technological innovation capturing both tangible and intangible innovative efforts vary significantly with the internationalization process of these firms. Global firms consistently maintain the highest level of technological innovation and their profile is singularly at odds with the one of the more traditional firms. Local firms also demonstrate a strong innovation profile (second strongest) suggesting that local systems of innovation are at work through the presence of demanding local clients.

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  • Elisabeth Lefebvre & Louis A. Lefebvre & Mario Bourgault, 1996. "Performance à l'exportation et innovation technologique dans les PME manufacturières," Revue d'Économie Industrielle, Programme National Persée, vol. 77(1), pages 53-72.
  • Handle: RePEc:prs:recind:rei_0154-3229_1996_num_77_1_1635
    DOI: 10.3406/rei.1996.1635
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