Uma abordagem evolucionária para a análise de casos de atividade de inovação no Brasil

Resumo

This article offers an alternative analysis to the innovative to the
innovative activity in Brazilian industry. Based on the Evolutionnary Theory
of Technical Change, it will be proposed a specifc approach to analyse
enterprises that are defficient on R&D, though they do find solutions to their
technical problems. Considering the innovative process as a problem solving
activity, it is possible to visualize a large spectrum of sectors and firms
that may have some influence over the technology in use. To illustrate this
approach, it will be used two Brazilian industries: cement and leather
footware.