Obstacles to innovation in Brazil: qualified labor and university-company interaction

Authors

  • Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54789/rihumso.22.11.22.10

Keywords:

Scientific and Technological Innovation, National Innovation System, Triple Helix, Universities

Abstract

Through an investigation of available data from the Innovation Survey (PINTEC) of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics of Brazil, which includes information on university-industry interactions (PINTEC), the text shows that Brazilian industrial companies lack of qualified personnel for two key activities: the promotion of innovation and the establishment of a dialogue between universities and companies. The weaknesses of Brazilian companies and the inadequacy of the labor supply generate scarce (or inadequate) know-why. Furthermore, a restricted perspective in Brazilian universities, focused on creating a more educated society, instead of increasing the stock of technological knowledge, restricts the generation of know-what and know-who.

Author Biography

Daniel Francisco Nagao Menezes, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

Graduated in Law (PUC-Campinas), Master and Doctor in Political and Economic Law (Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie), Post-Doctor in Law (USP). Post-Doctorate in Economics (UNESP-Araraquara). Professor of the Postgraduate Program in Political and Economic Law at the Faculty of Law at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Collaborating Professor of the Maestría in Social Economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero (Acapulco, Mexico). Member of CIRIEC-Brasil.

Published

2022-11-15

How to Cite

Nagao Menezes, D. F. (2022). Obstacles to innovation in Brazil: qualified labor and university-company interaction. Journal of Research of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, (22), 183-205. https://doi.org/10.54789/rihumso.22.11.22.10

Issue

No. 22 (2022)

Section

Labour Relations

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