Este texto discute questoes relacionadas a aplicabilidade do conceito de sistema nacional de inovacao para o caso brasileiro. Partindo da definicao e da conceituacao dos "sistemas nacionais de inovacao", cria-se uma tipologia desses sistemas. Essa tipologia permite averiguar a posicao do Brasil,...

This paper suggests a special insurance agency for the financing of innovative investments. The objective of this agency is to establish a link between the banking system and the innovation system. Supporting an increase in the amount of private resources allocated to the financing of innovative...

Conventional wisdom usually underestimates the important role of public research institutes and universities in successful cases of Brazilian economy. History of science and technology institutions shows a long-term process of formation of these institutions and their interactions with...