Since it was formulated in the 1980s, the Systems of Innovation approach has been increasingly used in different parts of world to analyze processes of acquisition, use and diffusion of innovations and to guide policy recommendations. In Latin America the structuralism tradition in discussing...

This paper analyzes how the innovation system (IS) framework has been used for addressing development issues. It is based on a review of 1461 papers from the last nine Globelics conferences. We found a rich set of contributions focusing on different dimensions of innovation systems and a growing...

The book has a strong theoretical foundation with empirical illustrations from diverse Latin American countries. As a whole, it offers a comprehensive exploration of the foundations of the theory of National Innovation Systems. The authors explore the particular problems that many Latin American...

Globalization poses the imperative for firms to link with other actors and find new ways to interact and learn from the relationship. Employing original empirical evidence and featuring new case studies from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Nicaragua, Upgrading to Compete shows that the form of...

Este trabalho tem por objetivo discutir o processo de internacionalização tecnológica e seus impactos na indústria brasileira, com enfoque nas atividades de pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D), comparando a performance de empresas nacionais e filiais de empresas multinacionais. Inicialmente...

Globalization poses the imperative for firms to link with other actors and find new ways to interact and learn from the relationship. Employing original empirical evidence and featuring new case studies from Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Nicaragua, Upgrading to Compete shows that the form of...

O estudo analisa as condições dos processos de aprendizagem tecnológica em setores industriais tradicionais enfatizando os esforços internos das empresas, a utilizações das fontes de informação externas a elas, e as características das inovações resultantes destes processos....

This communication discusses the specificity of health innovation in a lessdeveloped country, investigating the Brazilian case. To evaluate the specificity of the Brazilian system, this communication presents data about employment, expenditures, industrial firms in health-related industrial...

This book arose out of a study commissioned by the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Division of the Inter-American Development Bank aimed at researching cases based on Latin American experiences with competitive cooperation among enterprises, whether brought about as a result of specific...