The aim of this paper is to develop an empirical investigation about the relation between innovation effort and export performance to a sample of industrial firms from Brazil, India and China. The database used by firms is obtained from World Bank Enterprise Survey 2002 and 2003, and estimated probabilistic models. The findings suggest that a higher innovative effort from Brazil, India and China, measured by new products, R&D spending, technology index or cooperation, increases the probability of exporting. For all countries, a higher foreign capital and machines and equipments spending increase the probability of exporting. However, this study verify that to Brazilian, Indian and Chinese firms, the linkage between innovative effort and probability to export is weaker than the observed to firms from developed countries.
Innovation; export; Brazil, India and China
