“…Finally, we emphasize that the data used refers to the context of Brazil, which limits the potential for generalization given the specific characteristics of this context. This limitation, however, converges with the demand in the literature for studies on the relationships between innovation, entrepreneurship and local development in the context of emerging countries, such as Brazil, which even used secondary data on municipal development (Corrêa & Duarte, 2022;Matos et al, 2023;Nakano et al, 2022;Santos & Mendes, 2023). Therefore, future research may undertake microregion-level studies to explore other constraints that affect the overflows of knowledge and innovation over time.…”