Atividades inovativas em indústrias de “baixa e média-baixa” tecnologias: um exame dos mecanismos de difusão da inovação [Innovation in low and medium-low technology industries: an analysis of diffusion of technology mechanism]

Vinicius Cardoso de Barros Fornari, Rogério Gomes and Paulo Morceiro ()
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Vinicius Cardoso de Barros Fornari: IE-UNICAMP
Rogério Gomes: FCL/UNESP

Nova Economia, 2014, vol. 24, issue 1, 75-98

Abstract: This study evaluates the characteristics of technological innovation from the assumption that this phenomenon is part of a process composed of different modes of production of technical and scientific knowledge. In order to do this, we will also examine a number of other activities made within the firm, some of them closely related to the diffusion of technology, besides the “traditional” research and development (R&D). Hence, the article focuses on the discussion of innovation in Low and Medium-low technology (BeMB) industries. For the examination of the characteristics of innovative activities, we confront the industries of some countries using data from the Pesquisa de Inovação Tecnológica (PINTEC, 2010) and the Community Innovation Survey (CIS, 2009) for Brazilian companies and countries of the European Union, respectively. The findings indicate that there are significant differences in the characteristics of innovation in different countries and industries; and suggest important structural and institutional factors as determinants of technological activities.

Keywords: innovative activity; technological diffusion; low and medium-low technology industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O32 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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