The governance of foreign investments lies in an institutional gap at the international level. In addition to the fact that there is no mandatory multilateral regulatory framework on the subject, the World Trade Organization (WTO) is passing through a crisis that rules out any negotiation in...

The article discusses the implications of the establishment of global value chains on policymaking. The approach of value chains has emphasized the implications of trade policy derived from the diffusion of new production model. In the area of industrial policy, the focus of value chains...

Most analyses of the economic relationship between two countries focus on bilateral trade relations and resource flows. The approach here is different, in that it aims to identify the relative weight of selected partners and their capacity to influence the productive structure in Brazil. Two...

This discussion paper analyzes the catching-up and leapfrogging strategies implemented in China as a mechanism to overcome the middle-income trap. For this, it adopts the theoretical and methodological framework of the sectorial innovation system and the technological catch-up according to the...

This report consists of two parts. In this first part, I analyze the emergence of large oligopolies in the telecommunications sector in China, mainly showing how this was a strategy to strengthen national companies (indigenous companies) that manufacture telecommunications equipment, which...

This article documents the presence of foreign firms in the sectors of energy and strategic minerals of the Brazilian economy. For this purpose, it was employed the information provided by the Brazilian Federal Revenue Office on it. The results indicated little importance for foreign companies....

This report is divided into two parts. In this second part, I analyze the evolution of the telecommunications equipment manufacturers market in China, mainly showing the essentiality of the articulation between Chinese telecommunications operators with the public policies of the Chinese...

The strengthening of the commitment to export assistance and the establishment of comprehensive programs to foster export activities of firms are part of public policies in almost all developed and developing countries. In recent decades, not only the amount devoted by governments to these...

The purpose of this research is to examine the international insertion of Brazilian banking system, in comparison with the South Korean and Mexican experiences. Since the second half of the 1990s, these countries deepened the financial integration between their economies and international...