COMPETITIVIDADE INTERNACIONAL EM SOFTWARE: UM ESTUDO SOBRE A EXPERIÊNCIA DE FLORIANÓPOLIS

• Autor(a) principal: Lins, Hoyêdo Nunes
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Análise Econômica (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/AnaliseEconomica/article/view/10817
• topic: Software exports. High technology agglomeration of Florianópolis. Internationalization of software firms of Florianópolis.; JEL Classification; L20; L63; Exportações de software. Aglomerado de alta tecnologia de Florianópolis. Internacionalização das empresas de software de Florianópolis.; JEL Classification; L20; L63

Exporting software in less developed countries is often difficult. Such question is the subject matter of this article, that focuses specifically on the experience of the high technology agglomeration of the Florianópolis area, some members of which have been selling internationally Based upon field work, the text has five sections, apart from the introduction and the conclusion. In the first one, the general problem of software exporting, particularly in what concerns the less developed countries, and also the importance of agglomerations of firms and institutions for high technology performance, are looked upon. In the second and third sections, respectively, the high technology agglomeration of Florianópolis and the procedures followed in field research are described. Next, the cases of internationalization identified are presented and characterized, and the problem concerning the influence of the agglomeration in such performance is considered. The fifth part analyzes and discusses the materials obtained through the interviews, and the conclusion of the article stresses that, among other things, measures of promotion representing technical and financial support to internationalization would be highly important to the firms studied and, certainly, also to the agglomeration as a whole.