Technological trajectories and sustainability: trends in Brazilian subsidiaries of Swedish multinational corporations
by Rita Santos; Folke Snickars; Evando Mirra
International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy (IJFIP), Vol. 9, No. 1, 2013

Abstract: This paper focuses on the prospective interactions between technological trajectories and levels of environmental improvements that provide long-term sustainability issues. It is best illustrated by certain sectors of Brazilian subsidiaries of Swedish multinational corporations (MNCs) as organisational units with ability to generate positive technological externalities in host countries. Technological trajectories are observable as: 1) successive incremental innovations for environmental optimisation of product; 2) a sequence of steps towards radical innovation, associated with new products to redefine the market leading to a socio-environmental structural change. The aim of the paper is enlarge the understanding of technological pathways towards this issue based on newly industrialised countries (NICs) and to give foresight in identifying long-term trends in sustainability.

Online publication date: Fri, 28-Feb-2014

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