Innovation in Brazil by technological intensity: cooperation and nationality of ownership

Milene Simone Tessarin () and Joaquim Jose Martins Guilhoto Wilson Suzigan
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Wilson Suzigan and Joaquim Jose Martins Guilhoto

No 2019_06, Working Papers, Department of Economics from University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)

Abstract: This article analyze the innovative effort of the manufacturing companies that cooperated to innovate from those that innovated without cooperation, segmented by technological categories and origin of controlling capital. Special data with information’s from Pintec/IBGE has been used. The contribution is contrasting companies that innovated with and without cooperation, since this comparison has not yet been studied. Results showed that cooperation is decisive to differentiate innovative efforts, regardless of the technological category. The origin of controlling capital did not represent a distinctive factor. The cooperation was mainly made with customers and suppliers, and another group company overseas to foreign firms, despite the literature focus on cooperation with universities and research institutes. It is concluded that innovating with cooperation generates better innovative efforts, thus, stimulate companies to cooperate can increase Brazilian innovation

Keywords: Innovation; Cooperation to innovate; Manufacturing; Technological intensity; Industrial development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L10 O32 P13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-02-06
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