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...

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 Brazilian science and technology sectoral funds were established at the end of the 1990s, aiming at providing more stable financial resources to science, technology, and innovation (ST&I) activities in the country. Similarly to other instruments used to foster innovation at the firm level,...

English Abstract: The new coronavirus has reinforced problems that states have been facing in recent years with regard to the tax challenges arising from the digitalization of the economy, especially with regard to large technology multinationals that earn extraordinary profits across the globe,...

This paper analyzed the role of the two official laboratories - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz) and Butantan - in facing the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, based on the analysis of the process of building their productive and innovative capabilities and the public...

This paper analyzed the role of the two official laboratories - Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz - Fiocruz) and Butantan - in facing the covid-19 pandemic in Brazil, based on the analysis of the process of building their productive and innovative capabilities and the public...

Brazil has evolved strikingly in the last few years in the area of health assistance and access to medicines by its aging and urbanizing population. The government has also set the health industry - which includes pharmaceutical innovation - as one of its strategic sectors to be developed in the...

Brazil has evolved strikingly in the last few years in the area of health assistance and access to medicines by its aging and urbanizing population. The government has also set the health industry - which includes pharmaceutical innovation - as one of its strategic sectors to be developed in the...

This article describes the characteristics of the Brazilian financial support for research on renewable energy within the Innovation Sector Funds, managed by the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI). The main objective of this paper is to identify the profile of this support...

The aim of this study is to analyze the characteristics and dynamic performance of the Water Resources Sector Fund of the Ministry of Science and Technology (CT-Hidro/MCT) as a result of the partnership between the Ipea and the Brazil's MCT. Quantitative and qualitative aspects, as well as...