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How do institutions shape the formation of technological cooperation? Evidence from Brazil
How do institutions shape the formation of technological cooperation? Evidence from Brazil
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de Araujo, Ana Luiza Lara
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Abstract
Interorganisational patterns of collaboration have long been recognised in the literature for their
potential to promote learning and innovative capabilities. Yet they are scarcely found in
underdeveloped Innovation Systems such as the Brazilian one and little is known about why or
how they are established. Drawing upon a study of a number of interorganisational
collaborations, this paper investigates how technological cooperation emerges in Brazil. The
focus lies on role of institutions in the formation process of R&D partnerships. Regular
institutional patterns across cases are identified, alongside with the mechanisms by which they
operate. The findings indicate that the formation of technological cooperation is a co-evolutionary
process, which emergences from the practice of knowledge sharing with external
partners, as well from the connecting effort of linked scientists.
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2008-09
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