In this paper it is shown that the wide acknowledgement of the association between innovation and economic and social development as well as of the relevance of innovation policies formed a kind of "misty consensus" hardly contested in Brazil. However, the innovation policies adopted in the...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the recent path followed by the innovation indicators in Brazil based on the data available in the four editions of the Brazilian Innovation Survey (PINTEC) issued by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). Based on the aggregation of the...

The state capacity to formulate, supervise, and implement (and in some cases to evaluate) science, technology, and innovation policy is the subject of the present work. The goal is to compare state and policy capacity in Brazil, China, and Argentina to point out comparative institutional...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the sectoral funds directed to agribusiness (CTAgribusiness). Besides presenting the national system of agricultural innovation in Brazil, the study shows the dynamic of technological development related to agribusiness sectoral funds. A description of the...

Computing, electronics and internet provides the free and fast flow of information across the globe. In a way, modern society depends on these autonomous control systems. However, this technological innovation requires a price to be paid: investment in cyber security of people, data, information...

The aim of this paper is to analyze the budget execution of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) in the period between 2001 and 2010 in order to evaluate if changes in its composition would indicate a greater emphasis on systemic innovation policies. Data...

This article makes an evaluation of the history, structure and financing of the Brazilian agricultural research, evaluating the transfers from the Federal Government to Embrapa and, mainly, the values to CT-Agro, the sectorial fund created to promoting R&D activities related to this sector. The...

The aim of this work is to discuss the evolution of the science, technology, and innovation (ST&I) policies in Brazil using the aggregate indicators of research and development (R&D) expenditures and of scientific and technological production. The literature review supports the proposition that...

Since the threshold of the 21st century, the issue of productivity began to occupy a central role in economic debate. From that point, many studies concerning the Brazilian economy have been made, and the unanimous conclusion was that the country has been unable to increase the average...