Innovation Policies of Brazil
Abstract
This report examines the political, economic, demographic, and other factors that are brought to bear on Brazil s industrial and innovation policies. The analysis explores Brazil s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats to show that both governance and socio-economic factors play an important role in determining how well a country is able to use its endowments to create a strong national innovation system. Recent policies suggest the government and private sector leaders in Brazil are transitioning from technology and commercialization-driven research and development (R&D) toward more ambitious, long-term, and transformational science, with emphasis in energy efficiency, space and defense technologies, and high-energy physics. Increasing the government s long-term (technology agnostic) investments in basic science R&D, raising the standards of universities, and emphasizing global collaborations will go a long way toward realizing Brazil s vision for a knowledge-based economy, but only if paired with an increased tolerance for risk taking.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 01, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA603223
Entities
People
- Christopher Weber
- David Healey
- Nayanee Gupta
- Stephanie Shipp
- Vanessa Pena
Organizations
- Institute for Defense Analyses