“…A productive APL targets economy of scale and scope, as well as improvements in quality and productivity. An innovative APL on the other hand aims at decreasing risk, cost, and time while increasing interactive learning and innovative potential [Alderete, Bacic, 2018]. APLs are mainly supported by the Research Network Systems of APLs, an interdisciplinary research network based at the University of Rio de Janeiro, the National Research Council (CNPq), FINEP, SEBRAE, SENAI, IPTs, and the Embrapa [MDIC, 2018] cluster.…”