Technology Appropriation and Technology Transfer in the Brazilian Mining Sector

Domenica Blundi, Ana Claudia Nonato da Silva Loureiro, Sergio Medeiros Paulino de Carvalho, Marina Filgueiras Jorge, Felipe Veiga Lopes, Gustavo Travassos Pereira da Silva and Vitoria Orind

No 53, WIPO Economic Research Working Papers from World Intellectual Property Organization - Economics and Statistics Division

Abstract: This paper focuses on the competitive dynamics, strategic challenges, technological needs and institutional innovation-promoting arrangements in Brazil’s mining sector in order to identify the ways in which mining firms and mining equipment, technology and services suppliers (METS) handle innovation appropriation and technology transfer in the country. As the main sample consisted of resident and non-resident companies, the key technological areas of mining-related patenting in Brazil and the main patent stakeholders have been identified. The analysis of technology transfer among firms and to other mining industry stakeholders, mainly universities, drew on import contracts and highlighted the role played by foreign METS. A case study of Vale S.A., Brazil’s largest mining enterprise, has been included, with emphasis on Vale’s strategies to mitigate external challenges and to meet technological needs through innovation.

Keywords: Mining sector; Innovation; technology transfer; intellectual property (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L24 L72 L78 O14 O31 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-05
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