Multicriteria Analysis of Innovation Ecosystems and the Impact of Human Capital and Investments on Brazilian Industries

Antonio Reinaldo Silva Neto (), Miguel Gustavo Gomes da Silva, Fernando Henrique Taques, Thiago Poleto, Thyago Celso Cavalcante Nepomuceno, Victor Diogho Heuer de Carvalho and Madson Bruno da Silva Monte
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Antonio Reinaldo Silva Neto: Post-Graduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Campus Agreste, Caruaru 55014-900, Brazil
Miguel Gustavo Gomes da Silva: Post-Graduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Campus Agreste, Caruaru 55014-900, Brazil
Fernando Henrique Taques: Post-Graduate Program in Production Engineering, Federal University of Pernambuco, Campus Agreste, Caruaru 55014-900, Brazil
Thiago Poleto: Department of Business Administration, Federal University of Pará, Belém 66075-110, Brazil
Thyago Celso Cavalcante Nepomuceno: Department of Statistics, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife 50740-560, Brazil
Victor Diogho Heuer de Carvalho: Technologies Axis, Campus do Sertão, Federal University of Alagoas, Delmiro Gouveia 57480-000, Brazil
Madson Bruno da Silva Monte: Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting, Federal University of Alagoas, Maceió 57072-900, Brazil

Administrative Sciences, 2024, vol. 14, issue 10, 1-20

Abstract: Innovation is one of the main factors associated with industrial growth, as it contributes to increased productivity, sustainability, and international competitiveness. There is a certain degree of complexity in measuring innovation, since there are various metrics for this purpose, and each sector of the economy handles it differently. In Brazil, the Industrial Survey of Technological Innovation (PINTEC) was developed to construct sectorial indicators on innovation activities. Based on these data, this paper investigates how ten sectors of the economy performed during two historical series (2011 to 2014 and 2014 to 2017) considering five criteria linked to the innovation process and the impact of qualified human capital. The problem is analyzed in light of multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA), using preference ranking organization methods for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE II) to provide a ranking of Brazilian industrial sectors. The results show how the sectors have changed over the years, highlighting that innovation expenditure proved crucial in measuring companies’ commitment to innovation, but also show that a highly qualified workforce emerged as a leading factor. Furthermore, the research presents which criteria have contributed positively and negatively to each sector, which can serve as drivers for policy formulation to strengthen the Brazilian industry.

Keywords: innovation; multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA); PINTEC; qualified human capital; PROMETHEE II (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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