The role of firm and territory in innovative activities in Brazilian post-opening economy

Authors

  • Eduardo Gonçalves Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora
  • Mauro Borges Lemos Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • João Alberto de Negri Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-80502011000100006

Keywords:

innovation, firm, region, hierarchical regression models, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to estimate the role of territory and the individual firm in innovation in the Brazilian industrial economy after the trade-opening period from1998 onwards. This study is based on a database whose micro-data are a merger between the Technological Innovation Survey (PINTEC) and the Yearly Industrial Survey (PIA) of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). These micro-data are analyzed by the logit regression method as well as using hierarchical regression models. The main results reveal that firm-level variables and region-level variables are complementary but with the former having more impact on the propensity to innovate than the latter.

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Published

2011-03-01

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2011)

Section

nd

How to Cite

Gonçalves, E., Lemos, M. B., & Negri, J. A. de. (2011). The role of firm and territory in innovative activities in Brazilian post-opening economy. Economia Aplicada, 15(1), 103-130. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1413-80502011000100006