Purpose: Over time, technological intensity has been used as a proxy for innovation capability of firms in an industrial sector. However, not only firms belonging to the stratum of high technological intensity are able to innovate. Therefore, this study aims to explore a potential association...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present eight papers selected from ALTEC 2015 that provide an overview of innovation in Latin America. Design/methodology/approach This editorial seeks to define innovation by examining its conceptual foundations. It considers innovation beyond firms and...

This study examines technological capability accumulation and the Brazilian rice industry's technological trajectory. Multiple case design was chosen, with an analysis of seven firms involved in the Brazilian rice industry. The results indicate three factors: The first was the identification of...