Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …

the importance of technological variables - such as R&D, education and training, innovation, foreign ownership, licensing …

. Although the dual need for original solutions and cost reductions has been identified, a lack of innovation has been pointed … innovations. We also show that a low cost perspective can bring benefits to the sector as a powerful innovation driver. …