Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry

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Autor(a) principal: Garcia, Renato
Data de Publicação: 2021
Outros Autores: Santos, Ulisses Pereira dos, Suzigan, Wilson
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Nova Economia (Online)
Texto Completo: https://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/6244
Resumo: Abstrac The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of industrial policy in promoting technological upgrading in Brazil. To do that, we focus on the main characteristics of the Brazilian national innovation system and the role of its institutions. We examine whether industrial policy implemented between 2003 and 2014 was able to promote changes in agents’ conventions towards more vigorous strategies linked to technological upgrading and catch-up. In addition, we analyze the Brazilian mining industry, a sector in which Brazil has developed relevant competitive advantages in international markets, and in which domestic agents have built important operational capabilities. Main results show the huge difficulties faced by industrial policy efforts in establishing mechanisms to drive technological catch-up, based on the unsuccessful experiences of policies in the years 2002 to 2014. The specific experience of the Brazilian mining industry confirms these general findings, since domestic mining companies were not able to create new technological capabilities, even during the commodity price boom period. Keywords: Industrial Policy; institutions; knowledge and innovation; mining JEL Codes: O31, O33, O38.
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spelling Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industryUpgrade industrial, catch-up econômico e política industrial no Brasil: tendências gerais e o caso específico da mineraçãoAbstrac The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of industrial policy in promoting technological upgrading in Brazil. To do that, we focus on the main characteristics of the Brazilian national innovation system and the role of its institutions. We examine whether industrial policy implemented between 2003 and 2014 was able to promote changes in agents’ conventions towards more vigorous strategies linked to technological upgrading and catch-up. In addition, we analyze the Brazilian mining industry, a sector in which Brazil has developed relevant competitive advantages in international markets, and in which domestic agents have built important operational capabilities. Main results show the huge difficulties faced by industrial policy efforts in establishing mechanisms to drive technological catch-up, based on the unsuccessful experiences of policies in the years 2002 to 2014. The specific experience of the Brazilian mining industry confirms these general findings, since domestic mining companies were not able to create new technological capabilities, even during the commodity price boom period. Keywords: Industrial Policy; institutions; knowledge and innovation; mining JEL Codes: O31, O33, O38.Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é analisar o papel da política industrial na promoção da upgrading tecnológica no Brasil. Para isso, nós focalizamos nas principais características do sistema nacional de inovação no Brasil e no papel das instituições. Nós examinamos se a política industrial implementada entre 2003 e 2014 foi capaz de promover mudanças nas convenções dos agentes em direção a estratégias mais vigorosas ligadas ao catch-up tecnológico. Ainda, nós analisamos a mineração, um setor em que o Brasil desenvolveu vantagens competitivas relevantes nos mercados internacionais, e no qual os agentes nacionais construíram importantes capacitações operacionais. Os principais resultados mostram as enormes dificuldades enfrentadas pelos esforços da política industrial em estabelecer mecanismos voltados para o catch-up tecnológico, a partir das experiências frustradas das políticas nos anos de 2002 a 2014. A experiência específica da mineração confirma esses resultados gerais, uma vez que as mineradoras nacionais não foram capazes de criar novas capacitações tecnológicas, mesmo durante o período de boom dos preços das commodities. Palavras-chave: Política Industrial; instituições; conhecimento e inovação; mineração Códigos JEL: O31, O33, O38.Departamento de Ciências Econômicas da UFMG2021-03-29info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/6244Nova Economia; Vol. 30 No. Especial (2020): Special Issue "Middle Income Traps"; 1089-1114Nova Economia; v. 30 n. Especial (2020): Número Especial "Middle Income Traps"; 1089-11141980-53810103-6351reponame:Nova Economia (Online)instname:Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)instacron:UFMGenghttps://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/article/view/6244/3357Copyright (c) 2021 Renato Garcia, Ulisses Pereira dos Santos, Wilson Suziganhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessGarcia, RenatoSantos, Ulisses Pereira dosSuzigan, Wilson2021-04-22T19:48:51Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6244Revistahttps://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomiaPUBhttps://revistas.face.ufmg.br/index.php/novaeconomia/oai||ne@face.ufmg.br1980-53810103-6351opendoar:2021-04-22T19:48:51Nova Economia (Online) - Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry
Upgrade industrial, catch-up econômico e política industrial no Brasil: tendências gerais e o caso específico da mineração
title Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry
spellingShingle Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry
Garcia, Renato
title_short Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry
title_full Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry
title_fullStr Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry
title_full_unstemmed Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry
title_sort Industrial upgrade, economic catch-up and industrial policy in Brazil: general trends and the specific case of the mining industry
author Garcia, Renato
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Santos, Ulisses Pereira dos
Suzigan, Wilson
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description Abstrac The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of industrial policy in promoting technological upgrading in Brazil. To do that, we focus on the main characteristics of the Brazilian national innovation system and the role of its institutions. We examine whether industrial policy implemented between 2003 and 2014 was able to promote changes in agents’ conventions towards more vigorous strategies linked to technological upgrading and catch-up. In addition, we analyze the Brazilian mining industry, a sector in which Brazil has developed relevant competitive advantages in international markets, and in which domestic agents have built important operational capabilities. Main results show the huge difficulties faced by industrial policy efforts in establishing mechanisms to drive technological catch-up, based on the unsuccessful experiences of policies in the years 2002 to 2014. The specific experience of the Brazilian mining industry confirms these general findings, since domestic mining companies were not able to create new technological capabilities, even during the commodity price boom period. Keywords: Industrial Policy; institutions; knowledge and innovation; mining JEL Codes: O31, O33, O38.
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