The Impact of Management Capability on Firms' Export Behavior——A Study on Cultivating New Competitive Advantages in Export
Yiyin Xu;Jiahui Wu;Sainan She;
Abstract:
Amidst the complex and intensifying global competition and economic challenges, it is imperative to accelerate the development of export competitiveness driven by managerial proficiency. This requires a focus not only on independent innovation in science and technology but also on the cultivation of new competitive advantages for enterprises. Drawing on data from a survey of Chinese firms conducted by the World Bank, this study measures managerial proficiency effectively and tests its impact on export behavior using Heckman two-stage regression. Our analysis reveals that:(1) Improving managerial proficiency significantly enhances firms' export inclination and export volume, even after accounting for sample selection and sensitivity analyses.(2) Managerial proficiency primarily enhances export performance by improving production efficiency and increasing innovation.(3) The export promotion effect of managerial proficiency is more pronounced for firms in the eastern region, with less financing constraints, larger scale of operation. This study provides new insights and theoretical experiences from the perspective of enhancing firms' managerial proficiency to enhance their export competitiveness, and further cultivate China's export competitive advantage.
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Foundation: 国家自然科学基金面上项目“贸易政策不确定性与我国劳动收入份额:因果效应、机制及对策研究”(批准号:72173100);; 习近平经济思想研究中心课题研究项目的资助
Authors: Yiyin Xu;Jiahui Wu;Sainan She;
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- (1)采用Heckman两阶段法进行估计时,需要在阶段一的选择方程中加入额外的控制变量进行识别,该变量应与企业是否出口的决策相关同时又不影响企业的出口规模。
- (2)在本文使用的数据中,世界银行对中国企业的调查实际是在2011年进行的。
- (3)由于Probit与Logit所使用的分布函数不同,其所估计出的原始系数并没有特定的经济意义,在此我们并没有比较三种估计方法下的选择模型系数。
- Yiyin Xu
- Jiahui Wu
- Sainan She
- Business School
- Chengdu University
- School of International Business
- Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
- Sichuan Economic Development Research Institute
- Yiyin Xu
- Jiahui Wu
- Sainan She
- Business School
- Chengdu University
- School of International Business
- Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
- Sichuan Economic Development Research Institute