Editorial

ID: 4607

Authors: Osvaldo Elias Farah, Antonio Carlos Giuliani.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 1-2, January-June, 2010. 2 page(s).

Document type: Other (Portuguese)

Idéias Fundadora - apresentação: "Competing technologies, increasing returns, and lock-in by historical events" de W. Brian Arthur

ID: 4608

Authors: Newton Paulo Bueno.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 9-28, January-June, 2010. 20 page(s).

Document type: Article (Portuguese)

Idéias Fundadora: "Competing technologies, increasing returns, and lock-in by historical events"

ID: 10128

Authors: W. Brian Arthur.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 13-28, January-June, 2010. 16 page(s).

Document type: Article (English)

Differences of innovative behavior among local and foreign companies in Brazil

ID: 4601

Authors: Ana Urraca Ruiz, Renata Bhawan de Amorim.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 29-68, January-June, 2010. 40 page(s).

Keyword: Brazil , foreign capital , industry , innovation , multinational corporations

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This article aims to compare innovative behavior between multinational (EMN) and national (ENA) firms in Brazil by sector of industrial activity. The variables of comparison are those traditionally recommended by literature (intensity of technological change, sources and results of innovation, learning and technological trajectory) and which are in Pintec 2003 from IBGE. The comparison is performed through the calculation of similarity indexes and correlation coefficients between the propensity to execute the different innovative activities between both groups (ENA and EMN) and by sectors, as well as indexes of technological autonomy and dependency. The main results show that: i) EMN have more propensity to be innovative, but not to be “highly innovative”; ii) for all variables examined and for most sectors, the differences in innovative behavior between the two groups are irrelevant in aggregate terms, which means that the innovative activity of the firm is more driven by sectorial technological imperatives; and iii) for most of the variables object of comparison, the sectors that have major differences in behavior are practically the same (manufacture of wearing apparel, metallurgy, other industrial products, refined petroleum products, motor vehicles, instruments and communications equipment), which suggest that the aspects related to structure and organization of the firm may be more relevant than the sectorial technological imperatives.

Brazilian industrial growth financing: are the sources adequate to the sectoral technological regimes?

ID: 4602

Authors: Fernanda Marie Yonamini, Flávio de Oliveira Gonçalves.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 69-92, January-June, 2010. 24 page(s).

Keyword: financing , sectoral systems of innovation , technological regime

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This work aims to analyzing the relationship between the type of financing resources and growth of the manufacturing sectors, grouped according to technological regimes, and to relate this relationship to its degree of adequacy of the sources to the sectoral technological opportunities. Thus, panel data analysis was performed in order to asses the relationship between financial deepening and innovation. We gathered detailed data for each industrial sector, grouped according to its technological regimes, and ran a Granger causality test in panels. Results found report that more innovation-intense sectors, which boosted aggregated economic growth rather steeply, present inadequate financing dynamic to its own growth. Therefore, considering sectors with high technological opportunities and strong innovation persistence, it was observed a bank-based type of financing, whilst the ideal for its growth would be the market-based one. On the other hand, less innovative sectors are found in better situation of financing and better growth conditions. These  (non-)satisfactory requirements present themselves in (higher) lower growth rates and industrial production share.

Technological innovations in the furniture industry: an evaluation from the productive concentration at Bento Gonçalves (RS)

ID: 4603

Authors: Pascoal José Marion Filho, Cláudia Maria Sonaglio.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 93-118, January-June, 2010. 26 page(s).

Keyword: furniture , furniture industry , technological innovations

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This article makes an evaluation of the technological innovations in the home rectilinear furniture industry at Bento Gonçalves, the main productive agglomeration in Rio Grande do Sul State and one of the most important in Brazil. A descriptive analysis is made using the data obtained trough a questionnaire sent to the industries offices; it concludes that the most important innovations to the industry are: of product, the inclusion of new products to the factory but already present in the market; alterations in the design/style of the furniture; of process, partial technological changes in already existing processes and the adoption of processes that already exist in the sector; and organizational, the implementation of new management techniques and changes in the organizational structure.

Innovations in retail food: an analysis of strategies for entry and growth of Carrefour and Walmart in the brazilian market

ID: 4604

Authors: Roberto Minadeo.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 119-166, January-June, 2010. 48 page(s).

Keyword: business strategy , innovation , internationalization of retail industry , mergers and acquisitions , retail industry

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

Innovation in the sector of services is more difficult than in the industry. In 2006, Walmart in Brazil surpassed Carrefour, taking second place in the ranking of the retail food. Walmart, a pioneer in the use of IT and in various aspects of logistics in retail, arrived in Brazil in 1995 and, after the initial learning, has started a program of growth by opening new stores, and the acquisition of other groups. Meanwhile, Carrefour, which had arrived twenty years earlier and was the leader of food retail’s country in 1990, only by the means of opening hypermarkets, format in which was pioneer in Europe, started a process of entering the retail neighborhood, acquiring several local companies, but with results doubtful. In 2007, Carrefour acquired Atacadão, resuming the lead. The article analyses the strategies of innovation, the entry and growth of the two companies in Brazil, and the acquisition of Atacadão.

Consumption of innovative goods and services: application of the technology readiness index

ID: 4605

Authors: Luciana Peixoto Santa Rita, Alcides Carlos de Araujo, Mainah Almeida de Paula, Manuella de Oliveira Lima, José Carlos Viana Filho.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 167-196, January-June, 2010. 30 page(s).

Keyword: consumer’s behavior , innovation , TRI

Document type: Article (Portuguese) Show Abstract

This study aimed at measuring the index of disposition towards technology in the context of the state of Alagoas in Brazil. The study was based on Parasuraman (2000) Technology Readiness Index (TRI). A descriptive research of quantitative nature was made, starting from a non probabilistic sample, with a structured collecting and analysis procedure. The sample was composed of 326 people, with an error margin of 5.4% and a confidence level of 95%. We noticed that people, who deal with technology at work, present a significantly higher TRI than those who don’t. We have also observed that families using technology at home may significantly affect the TRI of its members. As a contribution to the academic world, the research described a revision and a practical application in relation to the phenomenon of high technology products and its connection to the process of adopting them.

Resenha: - Innovation Networks in Industries - (Franco Malerba e Nicholas S. Vonortas - 2009)

ID: 4606

Authors: Eduardo Muniz Pereira Urias.

Source: Revista Brasileira de Inovação, v. 9, n. 1, p. 197-208, January-June, 2010. 12 page(s).

Document type: Book Review (Portuguese)