Impact of Export Promotion Programs on Export Performance

This research examines the relationship of Export Promotion Programs (EPPs), sponsored by a Portuguese Regional Association for Development on Trade and Industry, with firms’ export performance. To investigate this, two models were applied using panel data analyses that relate performance to variables such as participation in EPPs, age size firms. Data 198 firms sampling period 2010 2018 was drawn from SABI (Iberian Balance sheet Analysis System) database. The results show EPPs does have positive influence firms, especially those previous experience, demonstrating importance these programs. Findings also document firm relates positively performance, whereas negative effect suggesting larger more resources exports an increase may their cultural inertia, inability change strategies, decreasing respectively. Finally, seems not without experience. contributes literature providing evidence role EPP behavior promoted regional development associations.