Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the role of the process innovation on export propensity in knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) firms and non-KIBS firms in Colombia.

Design/methodology/approach

For the empirical application, the authors use a unique primary data set drawn from the Global Competitiveness Project (GCP: www.gcp.org) that includes information for 57 Colombian KIBS for 2019. The authors use a binary choice model to test the proposed hypotheses on the relevance of KIBS and process innovation in explaining export propensity.

Findings

The results showed a positive relationship between KIBS and business size with an export propensity, but this relationship is non-meaningful. Also, the findings showed a negative and non-significant relationship between a process innovation and business age with the probability to export. On the other hand, the evidence state that KIBS firms encourage the relationship between propensity to export and process innovation, which is to say that they are highly effective to increase the propensity to export. Finally, the industry increases the probability of export propensity.

Originality/value

This study offers a new insight relating to KIBS, process innovation and their contribution to increasing export propensity. The findings of this paper offer relevant information to government policymakers to design strategies that promote export activity in Colombia.

中文翻译：

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哥伦比亚KIBS和非KIBS企业中流程创新对出口倾向的作用分析

目的

本文的目的是分析过程创新对哥伦比亚知识密集型商业服务（KIBS）公司和非KIBS公司的出口倾向的作用。

设计/方法/方法

对于经验应用，作者使用从全球竞争力项目（GCP：www.gcp.org）提取的唯一主要数据集，其中包括有关2019年哥伦比亚57个KIBS的信息。作者使用二元选择模型来检验提出的假设。 KIBS和流程创新在解释出口倾向方面的相关性。

发现

结果显示，KIBS与具有出口倾向的企业规模之间存在正相关关系，但这种关系没有意义。此外，调查结果还表明，流程创新与业务年龄与出口可能性之间存在负相关关系，但不存在显着关系。另一方面，有证据表明，KIBS公司鼓励出口倾向与流程创新之间的关系，也就是说，它们在提高出口倾向方面非常有效。最后，该行业增加了出口倾向的可能性。

创意/价值

这项研究提供了有关KIBS，工艺创新及其对增加出口倾向的贡献的新见解。本文的研究结果为政府决策者设计促进哥伦比亚出口活动的战略提供了相关信息。