Industrial Development and the Innovation System of the Ethanol Sector in Brazil

Yasushi Ueki

No 109, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze innovations and the innovation system and its dynamics in the ethanol sector in the State of Sao Paulo. More specifically, this paper focuses on the development process in the sector, the public policies taken to promote the sector, and the organizations and key players involved in these policies and their responses to unforeseeable changes in economic, social and technological environments. To this end, this paper takes an historical perspective and reviews data on the cultivation of sugar cane, the production of ethanol, and on sugar cane yields as indicators of the innovations achieved in the sector. The geographical distribution of these indicators is also examined. Next, several cases in Piracicaba and Campinas in the State of Sao Paulo are presented; these give us a more concrete idea of the processes involved in innovation and technology transfer. Based on these observations, the ethanol cluster and the innovation system of the State of Sao Paulo are discussed from the viewpoint of the flowchart approach to industrial cluster policy.

Keywords: Industrial Agglomeration; Innovation; Sugar Cane; Sugar; Ethanol; Brazil; Technological innovations; Fuel; Research & development; Technology transfer; サトウキビ; 砂糖; エタノール; ブラジル; 技術革新; 燃料; 研究開発; 技術移転 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q16 Q42 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-06-01
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