Do African Manufacturing Firms Learn from Exporting?

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Trade, technology and skills: evidence from Turkish microdata (2011, background): “…that makes the adoption of new technologies profitable for more firms (Yeaple, 2005), induces quality upgrading (Fajnzylber and Fernandes, 2004) and offers opportunities to acquire knowledge of international best practice (learning-by-exporting hypothesis, see Epifani, 2003; Bigsten et al, 2004).”
Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature (2011, background): “…technologies profitable for more firms (Yeaple, 2005), induces quality upgrading (Verhoogen, 2008; Fajnzylber and Fernandes, 2009), and offers opportunities to acquire knowledge of international best practice (the so-called learning-by-exporting hypothesis, see Epifani, 2003; Bigsten et al., 2004).”
Exporting and Firm Performance: Chinese Exporters and the Asian Financial Crisis (2010, neutral): “Papers that find positive evidence of learning by exporting include Alvarez and Lopez (2005), Bigsten et al. (2004), Blalock and Gertler (2004), Castellani (2002), Fafchamps, el Hamine, and Zeufack (2008), Fernandez and Isgut (2005), Girma et al. (2004), Kraay (1999), Van Biesebroeck (2005), and…”
Firm growth and barriers to growth among small firms in India (2012, background): “They begin by reviewing the prior literature and conclude that ‘‘firm-level studies do not provide an empirical foundation for subsidizing SMEs.’’ ( Beck et al. 2005, p. 201 ).”