Co-evolution of innovation cooperation activities and internationalisation through exports

The relation between innovation and internationalisation has been widely studied, and arguments for mutual influence identified. In recent years, both concepts have tended to adopt a more open perspective for development, where cooperation between the firm's internal and external agents plays a central role in the success of the process. We present four hypotheses that link export behaviour and cooperative innovation. We analyse a panel of 9193 firms over six years, using GMM. Our results show the mutual influence of both types of activities through a co-evolutionary process, although export activity has a greater effect on cooperation than vice versa.