An empirical analysis of technology absorption capacity of the Brazilian industry / Pablo Felipe Bittencourt and Ricardo Giglio.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Bittencourt, Pablo Felipe, author.

Contributor:

Giglio, Ricardo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Social Development.

Brazil.

Local Subjects:

Economic and Social Development.

Brazil.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (16 pages)

Contained In:

CEPAL Review Vol. 2013, no. 111, p. 175-190 2013:111<175 1684-0348

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This article presents and discusses empirical evidence on external technology absorption facilitated by activities performed inside firms. Indicators of internal and external learning are developed and applied in statistical causality models, to distinguish possible ways in which technology can be absorbed. Industrial activity sectors at the three-digit level of the National Classification of Economic Activities (nace) are the basic reference units of the research, which uses the information generated by Brazil's Survey of Technological Innovation (pintec). The results show that in-house research and development (r&d) is the main source of technology absorption, followed by the knowledge generated from the "learning by doing" and "training practices".

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