Factor State In Innovative Ecosystems: A Comparison Between Brazil and Germany

Innovation is an extensively used term in modern management jargon, especially due to its capacity of giving competitive advantage to whoever is able to develop it. Consequently, due to this “special power”, innovation has been pursued by organizations worldwide, especially in the private sector. Th...

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Autores: Buschmann, Ansgar, Meyer, Bernardo, Schewe, Gerhardt
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Nove de Julho (UNINOVE)
Repositorio:International Journal of Innovation (São Paulo)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.uninove.br:article/10174
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.uninove.br/innovation/article/view/10174
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Innovative Ecosystems
Public Policy
Innovation
Innovative and Competitive Organizations
Ecossistemas Inovadores
Políticas Públicas
Organizações Inovadoras e Competitivas
Gestão Estratégica
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Sumario:Innovation is an extensively used term in modern management jargon, especially due to its capacity of giving competitive advantage to whoever is able to develop it. Consequently, due to this “special power”, innovation has been pursued by organizations worldwide, especially in the private sector. The strengths of innovation were also perceived by governments, as they began developing public policies oriented to foster innovation. In order to understand this phenomenon, this research studies the experience of two cities located in two different countries, Brazil and Germany, that are recognized nationally as having well succeeded public policies aimed on developing innovation. The paper is based on an in depth qualitative research and its main theoretical foundations are based on the contributions of Isenberg (2010) on innovation, Dye (1972) and Sebatier (1986) on public policy and Cantwell and Mudambi (2000), Etzkowitz and Leydesdorff (2000) and Etzkowitz (2008) on innovative public policies. Despite all political, social and economic differences between Brazil and Germany, the strategies implemented in both cities followed a similar pattern and were successful in fostering an ecosystem that enabled the development of companies that generated innovations in products, services and processes. The outcomes, in both regions, were related to economic development, and creation of strong cluster of highly innovative and competitive organizations.