Assessing Brazil’s information diffusion power: a structural hole approach

• Autor(a) principal: Morrone, Henrique
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Marquetti, Adalmir, Tatsch, Ana, Dathein, Ricardo
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Economia Aplicada
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/ecoa/article/view/153817
• topic: Difusão de informação e conhecimento, Redes, Insumo-produto qualitativo.; Information and knowledge Diffusion, networks, Qualitative input-output.

The objective of this article is to verify the sectors’ capacity to diffuse information and knowledge in the Brazilian economy between 2010 and 2015. The input-output technique is used with contributions in network theory and the Structural hole concept, developed by Burt (1992). The results indicate a relevant capacity to diffuse information and knowledge in the economy. This capacity declined in this period. There is a small decline in the diffusion power of the manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors between the years 2010 and 2015. Low, medium-low and medium technological activities showed a strong capacity to disseminate information throughout the network.