The mainstream economics view about capital mobility and economic growth faces a serious dilemma. Although in this perspective strong theoretical arguments support the view that free capital movements act to accelerate growth in the economies integrated to the international capital markets,...

This paper presents an historical analysis of the role of intellectual property rights and the accumulations of technological capabilities in Brazil. The aircraft, pharmaceutical and oil industries are analyzed in detail. While Brazil was then among the pioneers worldwide in recognizing the...

This article aims to present the main characteristics of Brazilian workers who work in the formal labor market in Spanish, using the new source of information from the Spanish Social Security. In general, Brazilians workers are occupied mainly in the construction sector, main motor of the...

The empirical models of analysis of non stationarity vis-à-vis the stationarity have been well explored in studies on time series. However, the same literature considers those issues in linear models, without considering the possibility of non linearity in time series behavior. Thus, this study...

This essay presents a brief review of Alfred Marshall’s contributions in three main theoretical fields: first of all, we focus on the Marshallian interest rate theory; following, his analysis about the determination of the aggregate price level is considered. Finally, we approach Marshall’s...

This paper discusses the question: should universities patent their inventions or should not? The question is analyzed through the lens of the logic of the scientific production. It is also considered the critics pointed in the literature and presented and discussed the results of an original...

This essay proposes a brief theoretical analysis on the relationship of international capital mobility and economic growth observed from the standpoint of demand-led growth. First of all, we briefly evoke the central propositions that constitute this so-called demand-led conception. Following,...

This study aims to determine the importance of institutional factors for the market focused on the process of economic development and global competitiveness of Latin American countries. Regressions were used in Panel Data for Fixed Effect (FE) and cross-section for the treatment of the...

This article aims to present two of the most important trends of the Brazilian labor market during the final decades of the last century: the loss of industrial space in the generation of jobs and the deregulation of labor relations. The eighties and the end of the growth strategy driven by...

The way a company creates and shares knowledge can come to form themselves into a sustainable competitive advantage with high gains in its industrial sector. This work is a case study of an invention, which later became a technological innovation, the project mipis - Micro Port Bait...