Sergio Queiroz

• State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)

This paper aims to demonstrate how certain transformations in the international economy since the 1980s-notably the globalization of firms and industries-combined with a set of domestic challenges, disrupted the path of industrial and technological development that Brazil had pursued since the 1930s. In essence, growth strategies based on the scale...

Entrepreneurial universities have become a key concept in debates concerning regional economic development. Yet, we still fall short of having a clear comprehension of the enablers of such localized impacts arising from academic activity. Such conditions are particularly critical for the context of developing countries, which have mostly mimicked i...

Entrepreneurial universities have become a key concept in debates concerning regional economic development. Yet, we still fall short of having a clear comprehension of the enablers of such localized impacts arising from academic activity. Such conditions are particularly critical for the context of developing countries, which have mostly mimicked i...

In this paper, we intend to verify if more inclusive spin-offs tend to obtain better performance or access to funding sources. Thus, we have analyzed the spin-off companies of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil. The Inova Agency, i.e., the technology transfer office of Unicamp, provided the data concerning all university spin-offs...

The dominant discourse on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) remains focused on the profile of a handful of successful locations. This has hindered a deeper comprehension of the economic mechanisms that shape evolutionary trends in entrepreneurial activity and how they operate in distinct places. We propose that EE have regularities, but they can also...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze this phenomenon and identify its determinants using data from Brazilian higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach Based on a data set comprehending 2,230 university students from 70 different institutions across the country, the authors develop five Probit models to assess impacts re...

High-growth entrepreneurship represents a key socioeconomic phenomenon that is expected to spur aggregate levels of innovation and competitiveness. Since its impacts are mainly felt at the regional level, the concept of Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship becomes central to this debate. While several approaches have dealt with this issue in the co...

Universities are increasingly perceived as agents involved with regional development. It is now recognized that academic contributions to the socioeconomic environment go well beyond scientific investigations and teaching activities, incorporating market-oriented initiatives to the academic mission. However, these effects are geographically bounded...

Universities are increasingly perceived as agents involved with regional development. It is now recognized that academic contributions to the socioeconomic environment go well beyond scientific investigations and teaching activities, incorporating market-oriented initiatives to the academic mission. However, these effects are geographically bounded...

Much in line with what has been happening in developed economies for the past few decades, policy decision makers and industry strategists in developing countries have dedicated increased attention to initiatives that foster University-Industry Collaboration (UIC). The overarching goal is to enhance the capabilities/efficiencies of innovation syste...

This article empirically appraises the geographical distribution of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE) in the settings of an emerging economy. We start from the typical agglomeration approach and then introduce a set of variables related to local market conditions, distance from the economic hub, and knowledge & innovation system to explain...

High-growth entrepreneurship represents a key socioeconomic phenomenon that is expected to spur aggregate levels of innovation, competitiveness and economic growth. Nonetheless, its impacts are mainly felt at the regional level, making a case for investigating the dynamics of Regional Systems of Entrepreneurship. While several approaches have dealt...

There is a widespread belief that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) represents a strategic issue within developing countries' innovation systems. This is a function of expectations that this particular kind of investment can cause positive shocks on host markets' overall capabilities. Our argument, in consonance with dedicated literature, is that the...

Policy decision makers and industry strategists have dedicated increased attention to initiatives that foster University-Industry Collaboration (UIC) in an environment of open innovation. The overarching goal is to enhance the capabilities/efficiencies of innovation systems, leveraging the role of universities as generators and disseminators of val...

p>O presente trabalho tem como objetivo mostrar a importância do venture capital para o surgimento de novas empresas de alta tecnologia, tomando o exemplo das startups de biocombustível nos Estados Unidos, país com o sistema de venture capital considerado o mais desenvolvido do mundo. Através de revisão bibliográfica e análise de redes foi possível...

History has shown that the distribution of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE) is concentrated in space, a function of agglomeration economies and the existence of a multidimensional structure that fosters the location of entrepreneurial activity in certain areas more than in others. Understanding the determinants and dynamics of emergence o...

A internacionalização da pesquisa e desenvolvimento (P&D) das empresas multinacionais tem se intensificado, especialmente em indústrias dependentes da inovação como a farmacêutica. Assim, este artigo tem como objetivo caracterizar a participação do Brasil nas atividades internacionais de P&D de empresas farmacêuticas multinacionais, nas quais se so...

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13071/regec.2317-5087.2013.2.2.4555.9-31 The Brazilian local computer producers have the largest market share, even competing with large global players. This article objective is to discuss how the national private enterprises can compete in complex markets, accumulating not only technological competences but non technolog...

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13071/regec.2317-5087.2013.2.2.4647.102-122 O Brasil discute hoje o temor de que a retomada do crescimento e o fortalecimento da realizacao de atividades tecnologicas no pais sejam interrompidos por uma restricao na disponibilidade de profissionais qualificados, principalmente, engenheiros. A analise deste cenario de restr...

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13071/regec.2317-5087.2013.2.2.4647.102-122O Brasil discute hoje o temor de que a retomada do crescimento e o fortalecimento da realização de atividades tecnológicas no país sejam interrompidos por uma restrição na disponibilidade de profissionais qualificados, principalmente, engenheiros. A análise deste cenário de restri...

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.13071/regec.2317-5087.2013.2.2.4555.9-31The Brazilian local computer producers have the largest market share, even competing with large global players. This article objective is to discuss how the national private enterprises can compete in complex markets, accumulating not only technological competences but non technologi...

O objetivo deste artigo e apontar para a presenca de certas barreiras ao investimento em P&D de empresas estrangeiras no Brasil, assim como discutir condicoes para sua superacao. Seu ponto de partida e o de que as subsidiarias brasileiras de empresas internacionais, que, em seu conjunto, ja participam significativamente do esforco total de P&D empr...

The technology internationalization process of multinational companies (MNCs) is characterized by the growing decentralization of this activity to other countries, including developing ones. Within this process, world competition for foreign direct investment (FDI) in research and development (R&D) has been increasing in the last few years. Consequ...

The article examines the technological efforts carried out - presently and prospectively - by multinational enterprises in Brazil. It argues that these enterprises are willing to increase their R&D activities abroad which may represent an opportunity to Brazil to develop its national system of innovation. However, the adoption of appropriate polici...

The purpose of this paper is to make a contribution to a further understanding of the implications of the growing presence of foreign affiliates for deepening technological capabilities (TCs) in Brazilian industry. It proposes a TC classification that emphasises the distinction between the use and generation of knowledge and presents a methodology...

This paper is concerned with the implications of globalisation for the constitution and distribution of innovation and design capabilities in the Brazilian and Argentinean auto industries. Design competencies are understood as the human and material resources devoted to the accumulation of knowledge in product and process development in both car ma...

Grande parte dos medicamentos que estão no mercado originam-se de produtos naturais, em especial, de plantas. Entre as vinte drogas mais vendidas nos EUA em 1988, apenas sete não derivavam diretamente de produtos naturais. Ainda assim, estes participaram em algum momento da história famacológica dessas drogas. Naturalmente, o Brasil, com sua enorme...