This paper analyses the patterns of technological activity found in the 53,102 lower productivity firms (LPFs) in Brazil, a set which encompasses 78.5% of the total number of Brazilian industrial firms (foreign capital firms were not considered). In order to understand the dynamics of the LPFs,...

This article used informations proceeding from Technological Innovation Survey (PINTEC) to analyze the innovative effort made by Brazilian firms in 2000. In this paper was analyzed if there was differentiated behavior between domestic firms and branches of transnational firms in the efforts of...

Durante los años noventa, el MERCOSUR y en particular Argentina y Brasil, fueron un importante polo de atracción de inversión extranjera directa (IED). Hoy, aunque en menor escala, el MERCOSUR continúa atrayendo importantes flujos de inversiones. las investigaciones cuyos resultados se...