The Brazilian national system of innovation: challenges to sustainability and inclusive development

Assessing the Impact of Social Forces in International Opportunity Recognition: A Case Study of Brazilian Technology Firms

“…Networking with peers and other professionals also benefited the entrepreneurs with significant information on the markets and institutions, that is, non-experiential knowledge (INT, OIL, VIS and SUB) (Kalinic et al, 2014). The institutional support in Brazil has facilitated the initiation of network relationships by linking the entrepreneurs to pivotal industry links that were used to test and develop their innovative business ideas (OIL and VIS) (Buckley et al, 2007;Cassiolato & Vitorino, 2009;Cassiolato et al, 2014;Kalotay & Sulstarova, 2010) SUB's founders studied in an HEI managed by the Brazilian Army, which created vital connexions that allowed them to test and develop knowledge of both the product and the market (Di Gregorio et al, 2008). The development of patented technology, moreover, was possible during postgraduate study, by using the human and technical resources made available by HEI.…”

“…In Brazil, interactions with stakeholders involved in scientific and technological activities (e.g. universities and industry) has favoured the co-creation of knowledge through collaboration (Cassiolato, Lastres, & Soares, 2014;Cassiolato & Vitorino, 2009). Opportunities are then identified by entrepreneurs to exploit knowledge towards initiating and growing new ventures (Cassiolato & Vitorino, 2009;Cassiolato et al, 2014;Etzkowitz, 2003;Mazzucato & Penna, 2016).…”

“…universities and industry) has favoured the co-creation of knowledge through collaboration (Cassiolato, Lastres, & Soares, 2014;Cassiolato & Vitorino, 2009). Opportunities are then identified by entrepreneurs to exploit knowledge towards initiating and growing new ventures (Cassiolato & Vitorino, 2009;Cassiolato et al, 2014;Etzkowitz, 2003;Mazzucato & Penna, 2016). Customer-supplier collaborations with new ventures that provide larger companies (i.e.…”

“…On the other hand, non-experiential knowledge is also obtained as entrepreneurs initiate and develop network relationships. These include collaborating with Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and industry (Cassiolato & Vitorino, 2009;Cassiolato et al, 2014) and supplying large and established companies, whose executives are more knowledgeable and experienced about domestic and international markets (Amal & Rocha Freitag Filho, 2010;Ciravegna et al, 2014;Dib et al, 2010;Mazzucato & Penna, 2016).…”

COOPERAÇÃO UNIVERSIDADE - INDÚSTRIA NO BRASIL: suas características e desafios, a partir da PINTEC (2000 - 2017)

“…Vale destacar, que apesar dos resultados fracos, as políticas trazidas pela Lei de Inovação foram muito bem recebidas e elogiadas (NEGRI; KUBOTA, 2008;CASSIOLATO;SOARES, 2014). Ou seja, não há uma discussão para retirar essas reformas, mas, sim, para intensificá-las no país (PACHECO; ALMEIDA, 2013) e, principalmente, diversificá-las (MAZZUCATO; PENNA, 2016).…”