Title: Investigation of regional development in Brazil: a patento-scientometric approach

Authors: Gustavo Da Silva Motta; Pauli Adriano Da Almada Garcia; Maxwel De Azevedo-Ferreira; Mariana Passos Neves Gomes; Camila Carvalho Oliveira Santos

Addresses: Graduate Program in Management, Universidade Federal Fluminense, R. Desembargador Ellis Hermydio Figueira, 783, 27213145 – Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil ' Graduate Program in Management, Universidade Federal Fluminense, R. Desembargador Ellis Hermydio Figueira, 783, 27213145 – Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil ' Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Rio de Janeiro – IFRJ, Av. Prefeito Botafogo, s/n°, Comercial, 27541-030 – Resende, RJ, Brazil ' Universidade Federal Fluminense, R. Desembargador Ellis Hermydio Figueira, 783, 27213-145 – Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil ' Universidade Federal Fluminense, R. Desembargador Ellis Hermydio Figueira, 783, 27213-145 – Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil

Abstract: Brazil's underdevelopment can be partly blamed on a low level of investments in research and development, causing its technology structure to be relatively backward in terms of innovation. The 'metal-mechanical complex', located in the South Fluminense Mesoregion (SFM) of the state of Rio de Janeiro, is recognised for its high economic importance to the country due to the presence of factories owned by large multinational and national companies and the corresponding group of firms supplying goods and services to them. The objective of this study was to assess the mesoregion's technological development through comparison of eight high-tech projects (four in the SFM and four in other parts of the state) that received financial support from the funding agency FAPERJ to produce innovative products or processes. This analysis first relied on computing scientometric and indicators and then involved comparing the efficiencies of the new firms by data envelopment analysis (DEA). The results revealed that the SFM, although highly industrialised, does not have a compatible level of technological development.

Keywords: innovation; technological development; technology-based projects; South Fluminense Mesoregion; SFM; Brazil; patento-scientometric approach; bibliometrics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIRD.2019.102573

International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development, 2019 Vol.9 No.1, pp.1 - 21

Accepted: 27 Sep 2018
Published online: 30 Sep 2019 *

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