Research Articles

Technological and Productive Density in Sectoral Innovation Systems: The Case of the Brazilian Aeronautics Industry

Authors

  • Marcio da Silveira Luz Pesquisador Titular, Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial, DCTA.
  • Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles-Filho Full Professor at the Department of Science and Technology Policy of the Geosciences Institute of the University of Campinas, Unicamp

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242011000400005

Abstract

This article discusses whether a globally competitive high-tech firm is sustainable without being associated with a sufficiently dense sectoral innovation system. It focuses on Embraer and hence on the Brazilian aeronautics industry. Despite not benefiting from a highly subsidized process for technological and financial modernization, Embraer has become the world’s third-ranking producer of commercial jets thanks to institutional innovations, especially in producing and managing contracts with suppliers and risk-sharing partners. The conclusion drawn is that the competitiveness of the Brazilian aircraft industry depends on the continuing supply of technology in international markets. Technological restrictions imposed for geopolitical reasons, or even for market constraints, could fatally undermine the strategy adopted by the company.

Keywords:

  • Aeronautics industry
  • innovation systems
  • industrial organization
  • technological change

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Author Biographies

Marcio da Silveira Luz, Pesquisador Titular, Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial, DCTA.

Background in Mechanical Engineering; Master in Aeronautical Engineering and DSc in Energy Sciences. Full Researcher at the Aerospace Science and Technology Department of the Brazilian Air Force, DCTA. Presently is Technical Adviser at the Division of Innovation Management, DGI, at the DCTA and professor of Innovation Management at the Department of Economics and Business Administration of the University of Taubaté, Unitau. Areas of interest: Planning and management of science, technology and innovation, rocketry and missiles.

Sergio Luiz Monteiro Salles-Filho, Full Professor at the Department of Science and Technology Policy of the Geosciences Institute of the University of Campinas, Unicamp

Background in Agronomic Engineering; Master in Energy Applied to Agriculture and PhD in Economics. Full Professor at the Department of Science and Technology Policy of the Geosciences Institute of the University of Campinas, Unicamp. Formerly Head of Planning of the National Agency for Innovation, FINEP. Presently is Director of the School of Applied Sciences at Unicamp. Founded, in 1995, the Study Group on the Organization of Research and Innovation - GEOPI. Areas of interest: economics, planning and management of science, technology and innovation.

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Luz, M. da S., & Salles-Filho, S. L. M. (2011). Technological and Productive Density in Sectoral Innovation Systems: The Case of the Brazilian Aeronautics Industry. Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, 6(4), 60–72. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242011000400005

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