This paper conjectures about a disconnection between the scientific and the technological dimensions of the Brazilian health innovation system. Statistics of patents and scientific papers are used in the investigation of this conjecture. The international position of Brazil in regard to the...

This communication investigates the interaction between firms and universities in the Brazilian industry, looking for "partial connections" between science and technology in the Brazilian system of innovation. This communication presents two special tabulations prepared by the IBGE, using data...

This article presents results based on special tabulations prepared by IBGE, using data from PINTEC in order to focus on the interaction between firms and universities in the Brazilian industry. The basic hypothesis states that the relevance of universities as a source of information to the...

Neo-Schumpeterian economics has elaborated a theory of the role of science and technology in capitalist dynamics. We argue that this approach may be improved if it takes Marx's theory of capital into account. This (collective) effort should also consider contributions from some classic authors...

Based on the recent literature about Local Productive Arrangements - LPAs, the analysis tries to build specific indicators to analyze those agglomerations. The indicators was elaborated based on information obtained form the questionnaire of the project "MPEs em Arranjos Produtivos Locais no...

Este artigo apresenta uma análise exploratória sobre os principais fatores que condicionam padrões de aprendizado, práticas cooperativas e desempenho inovativo em aglomerações produtivas no Brasil. Tal análise baseia-se em evidências empíricas oriundas de um conjunto de 28 estudos de...