Abstract The aim of this paper is to carry out an empirical investigation into the relationship between innovation and the productive performance of Brazilian businesses measured by Work Productivity and Total Factor Productivity.Data taken from rjr-00001 the Research of Innovation and estimated cross section models and panel data was used.The results suggest that innovation produces an incipient impact on pycom expansion board 2.0 competition in the national industry, reflected in the small magnitude of coefficients associated with the diverse indicators of innovation.