This paper discusses the university-enterprise interactions in the Brazilian innovation system by focusing on the … survey carried out in a sample of institutions related to the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI … research infrastructure in the national innovation systems. Aiming at supporting the discussion of the results of the …

that promote sustainable development. It first examines the question why sugarcane-based ethanol from Brazil is considered … to determine if the sector can be considered an innovation system. The empirical research presented here is based on … mechanisms in successful innovation systems that promote a transition towards sustainable development and mobility …

Innovation in agriculture differs from innovation elsewhere in the economy in several important ways. In this chapter …. Informal innovation and technical discovery processes characterized agriculture from its beginnings some 10,000 years ago … century or two. This chapter reviews innovation and technical change in agriculture in this more-recent period, paying …