Technology Appropriation and Technology Transfer in the Brazilian Mining Sector
Economic Research Working Paper No. 53
Autor: Ana Claudia Nonato da Silva Loureiro
Autor: Domenica Blundi
Autor: Felipe Veiga Lopes
Autor: Gustavo Travassos Pereira da Silva
Autor: Marina Filgueiras Jorge
Autor: Sergio Medeiros Paulino de Carvalho
Autor: Vitoria Orind
Año de publicación: 2019
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DOI: English
This paper focuses on the competitive dynamics, strategic challenges, technological needs and institutional innovation-promoting arrangements in Brazil’s mining sector in order to identify the ways in which mining firms and mining equipment, technology and services suppliers (METS) handle innovation appropriation and technology transfer in the country. As the main sample consisted of resident and non-resident companies, the key technological areas of mining-related patenting in Brazil and the main patent stakeholders have been identified. The analysis of technology transfer among firms and to other mining industry stakeholders, mainly universities, drew on import contracts and highlighted the role played by foreign METS. A case study of Vale S.A., Brazil’s largest mining enterprise, has been included, with emphasis on Vale’s strategies to mitigate external challenges and to meet technological needs through innovation.
