Learning by exporting: the moderating role of employee human capital

IF 4.8 3区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

International Marketing Review Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI:10.1108/imr-07-2023-0147

Xiaoyuan Li

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to explore the means by which exporters foster innovation via the learning-by-exporting effect and to appraise the moderating role of employee human capital in the export–innovation relationship.

Design/methodology/approach

Leveraging the linked-survey-secondary data from the Human Capital Corporate Panel (HCCP) spanning 2011–2017, with 890 observations from 228 Korean exporters, this study utilizes Generalized Least Squares (GLS) regression to empirically test the proposed hypotheses.

Findings

The results indicate that exporting significantly boosts a firm’s innovation performance by encouraging the generation of new concepts in products, services, technologies and/or production lines. Moreover, the presence of international talent and highly educated staff positively moderates the relationship between export intensity and innovation performance.

Originality/value

By integrating organizational learning and human capital theories, this study yields theoretical and managerial insights by elucidating the roles of exporting and human capital in advancing innovation performance, thereby guiding corporate export strategies and human resource policies.

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出口学习：员工人力资本的调节作用

目的本研究旨在探讨出口商通过出口学习效应促进创新的途径，并评估员工人力资本在出口-创新关系中的调节作用。本研究采用广义最小二乘法（GLS）回归对提出的假设进行实证检验。研究结果表明，出口通过鼓励在产品、服务、技术和/或生产线中产生新概念，显著提高了企业的创新绩效。通过整合组织学习理论和人力资本理论，本研究阐明了出口和人力资本在提升创新绩效方面的作用，从而为企业出口战略和人力资源政策提供指导，从而产生理论和管理上的启示。

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International Marketing Review BUSINESS-

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8.70

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12.00%

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