caa a22 4500 445877693 CHVBK 20180317145532.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11187-009-9244-0 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11187-009-9244-0 SMEs in Argentina: who are the exporters? [Elektronische Daten] [Gianmarco Ottaviano, Christian Volpe Martincus] There exists a growing body of literature which looks at export decisions made by firms. Most studies focus on developed countries and do not explore whether different behavioral patterns prevail over the firm size distribution. This paper aims at filling this gap in the literature by analyzing the export behavior of a statistically representative sample of 192 small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) in a developing country, Argentina, over the period 1996-1998. We find that the level of employment, sourcing from abroad, investment in product improvement, and average productivity are associated with higher probability of exporting. Training activities for employees are important to export outside of MERCOSUR. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 2009 SME nationallicence Exports nationallicence Argentina nationallicence Ottaviano Gianmarco Department of Economics and KITeS, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy aut Volpe Martincus Christian Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA aut Small Business Economics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/3(2011-10-01), 341-361 0921-898X 37:3<341 2011 37 11187 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-009-9244-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-009-9244-0 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ottaviano Gianmarco Department of Economics and KITeS, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Volpe Martincus Christian Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Small Business Economics Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 37/3(2011-10-01), 341-361 0921-898X 37:3<341 2011 37 11187 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer