Innovation Performance in Brazil – What is Missing? From the Perspective of Micro and Small Technology-Based Firms

Autores/as

  • Paulo Melo Unifacs, Salvador - Brazil
  • Bill O’ Gorman Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.
  • Arnoldo José de Hoyos Guevara FEA - PUC-SP, São Paulo - Brazil;
  • Renata Martins Corrêa FEI, São Paulo - Brazil
  • Danilo S. G. Valentim UNIP, São Paulo - Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24212/2179-3565.2015v6i2p73-96

Palabras clave:

innovation, competitiveness, micro and small technology-based firms and interactions, developing countries.

Resumen

The present paper approaches one of the most important themes in the business and economic areas since the second half of the 20th century: innovation; in particular for developing countries such as Brazil. For these countries, competitiveness is directly linked to the ability to foster and sustain a higher level of firms´ innovativeness. In Brazil, despite the overall economic and innovation conditions such as the presence of relevant innovation agents (i.e. universities, government, research centres and investors) and access to financing mechanisms as well as public policies which facilitated innovation initiatives have apparently been improved, innovation rates does not take off. So, considering this context, the present paper tried to examine what problems were hampering or inhibiting the improvement and increasing of the level of country´s innovativeness from the perspective of micro and small technology-based firms. The findings showed that there are still some problems such as lack of government support, funds and financing mechanisms as well as high costs of innovation and organizational resistances which play an important role pushing firms not to innovate.

 

Biografía del autor/a

Paulo Melo, Unifacs, Salvador - Brazil

Unifacs, Salvador - Brazil

Bill O’ Gorman, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Arnoldo José de Hoyos Guevara, FEA - PUC-SP, São Paulo - Brazil;

FEA - PUC-SP, São Paulo - Brazil;

Renata Martins Corrêa, FEI, São Paulo - Brazil

FEI, São Paulo - Brazil

Danilo S. G. Valentim, UNIP, São Paulo - Brazil

UNIP, São Paulo - Brazil

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2015-08-10

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