The Risks of Innovation : Are Innovating Firms Less Likely to Die?

Fernandes, Ana M. ; Paunov, Caroline

MIT Press

关键词: firm exit;    firm survival;    product innovation;    multi-product firms;   

DOI  :  10.1162/REST_a_00446

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

While innovation matters for competitiveness it may expose firms to survival risks. Using plant-product data for Chile and discrete-time hazard models we show that innovating plants have a lower hazard of exit. However, risk impacts strongly on the innovation-exit relationship: only innovators that retain diversified sources of revenue or face lower market risk are less likely to die. Single-product innovators are at greater risk of exiting. Exposure to technical risk does not affect exit probabilities differentially. We provide tentative evidence that single-product innovators have higher profits which helps to rationalize their innovation decision despite the increased risk of exit.