The Role of Flagship Firms, External Actors and Support Institutions in the Emergence of Successful Export Activities in Brazil: Two Industrial Cluster Studies

Angela da Rocha, Beatriz Kury and Joana Monteiro

No 3270, Research Department Publications from Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department

Abstract: This paper examines the process by which firms in a cluster start to export based on systemic interactions and the process of diffusion of exporting as a business strategy within the cluster. Two Brazilian manufacturing industries are studied, and within each one a geographic cluster was identified as the origin of dynamic export growth. Players in each industrial cluster, as well as other significant players, were interviewed or identified using secondary sources, and extensive secondary data research was undertaken to study clusters’ historical development. Detailed analysis and a comparison of the two experiences made it possible to draw some general conclusions concerning the similarities and differences between the two clusters in terms of the adoption and diffusion of exporting.

Keywords: Cluster; Exports; Innovation; Brazil (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L11 L67 L68 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-09
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