Not delivering as one: asymmetric outcomes in firm-university collaborations

Extant literature examined the benefits of relational embeddedness in facilitating collaboration between organizations, as well as the necessity of firms to balance their knowledge generation into exploration and exploitation activities. However, the effects of relational embeddedness in the specific outputs of firm-university collaborations, as well as the elements that affect the exploratory nature of such outcomes remain underexplored. By examining fine grained data of more than 4.000 collaborative research and development projects by a firm and universities, 5.000 patents, and 300.000 scientific publications, it was proposed that relational embeddedness would have a positive effect on resource commitment and on joint scientific publications, but a negative effect on joint patents and exploratory outcomes resulting of such collaborations. Additionally, it was proposed that knowledge similarity would have a negative impact in exploratory endeavors made in such projects. Although some of the propositions were not supported by the data, this study revealed that relational embeddedness increases resource commitment and the production of joint scientific publications in such partnerships. At last, this study presents interesting opportunities for future research.

A inovação tecnológica industrial no Brasil: fatores que condicionam a sua intensidade

Trata de questão polêmicas e seus fatores condicionantes, especialmente, o tamanho da firma e a concentração da indústria. Ressalta desta discussão, as diferenças entre a situação do Brasil e a dos países desenvolvidos de economia de mercado, onde essas questões ensejam acirrados debates. Discute questões metodológicas referentes aos estudos pré-existentes e defende a idéia de que, no Brasil, atualmente, as patentes podem ser utilizadas como indicadores confiáveis de inovação, contrariando o ceticismo que existe entre n6s quanto a esta possibilidade. Por fim, relata uma pesquisa realizada com informações extraídas do sistema brasileiro de patentes para analisar a relação entre aqueles fatores condicionantes mencionados e a intensidade de inovações