Measurement of Regional Innovation Systems’ Capabilities Through University-Industry (Ui) Interactions: A Case Study for Brazilian Cities

Abstract

This paper investigates the university-firm knowledge flow in Brazilian cities in order to infer the regional capacity to attract interaction from outside. The Directory of Research group database from Censo 2008 was used in municipal level. Using maps of knowledge flow, a coefficient of interactivity and a cluster analyses we were able to identify the knowledge flow among Brazilian Regions. The results corroborate previous studies about Brazilian regional concentration regarding science and technology, but al…