Exportações Brasileiras: Benefícios e Obstáculos na Percepção das Empresas

Since exports affect the performance of firms and are an important determinant of the economic growth of countries, it is important to have a better understanding of the factors that influence the involvement of firms with exports. Such understanding will provide Governments with proper information for effective support programs to stimulate exports. This study of manufacturing firms – exporters and non-exporters – presents managers’ perceptions about the exports benefits and barriers, and about firms’ resources and capabilities to export. The reported perception of barriers and costs associated with the exports are similar across experienced exporters and non-exporters, suggesting that accumulated exporting experience acquired by the former does not seem to diminish the perception of the intensity of export barriers.