This paper analyses the patterns of technological activities found in 53,102 Brazilian industrial firms that do not differentiate products and have lower productivity, a set which encompasses 78.5% of the total number of Brazilian industrial firms (foreign capital firms and firms dedicated to...

This paper develops multiple indicators to map the geographical distribution of knowledge and scientific and technological capabilities as proxies of the geographical distribution of S,T&I activities, and applies such indicators to data and information from the state of São Paulo. The overall...

This working paper is an initial effort to analyze theoretical contributions from New Institutional Economics (NEI), specially the Transaction Costs framework, for understanding financial mechanisms to innovation. Transaction Costs economy is one hand from firm’s contractual theories that...

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...