Increasing international science, technology and innovation cooperation between Br...
| Grant number: | 18/02023-1 |
| Support type: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctorate |
| Effective date (Start): | April 01, 2018 |
| Effective date (End): | May 27, 2018 |
| Field of knowledge: | Applied Social Sciences - Economics |
| Principal Investigator: | André Tosi Furtado |
| Grantee: | Fernanda Oliveira Ultremare |
| Home Institution: | Instituto de Geociências (IG). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 13/50524-6 - Innovation systems, strategies and policies, AP.SPEC |
Abstract The project consists in a long-term research program (5-years) to study the interactions between entrepreneurship, innovation, and economic growth in Brazil. The work is realized under the supervision of Professors Andre Tosi Furtado (UNICAMP), Nicholas Vonortas (The Washington University, USA; and UNICAMP) and the kind contribution from , Professor Charles Edquist from Lund University, Sweden. The systems of innovation (SI) approach has been used as a basis for a general definition of an SI. According to this definition, a system of innovation includes 'all important economic, social, political, organizational, institutional and other factors that influence the development, diffusion and use of innovations' (Edquist, 1997; Edquist 2005; Edquist and Hommen 2008). Systems of innovation may be national, regional or sectoral. | |