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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Dynamics of knowledge base complexity : an inquiry into oil producing countries' struggle to build innovation capabilities

Maleki, Ali January 2013 (has links)
According to conventional wisdom, the petroleum industry is classified as a ‘resource based’ and ‘mature’ industry. It is subject to the ‘resource curse’ thesis, exhausted of ‘technological opportunities’ with limited capacity for knowledge based economic growth. This study questions the adequacy of this line of reasoning. Exploring the technological complexity of the sector, a complementary argument is presented. We show that the sector has recently experienced a surge in ‘technological opportunities’. However the ‘systemic complexity of the knowledge base’ has constrained many oil producing countries’ enjoyment of these opportunities. This view highlights the role of dynamics of knowledge base complexity as an important ‘cognitive’ barrier for building innovation capabilities in endowed countries. This study is based on the extension of a ‘Sectoral Innovation Systems’ approach, highlighting the role of technological regimes in catch-up possibilities and strategies. Knowledge base complexity is explored as an under-researched element of technological regimes. The research contributes in three ways. First, it introduces a dynamic and three-dimensional view of knowledge base complexity at the conceptual level, and hypothesizes its implication for patterns of innovation and catch-up processes. Second, a quantitative methodology is developed to examine the proposed hypotheses. Third, the conceptual and methodological suggestions are empirically examined in the context of upstream petroleum industry. The findings propose that the sector has gone through phases of transformation and reconfiguration. The sector’s technological regime over the most recent period experienced high opportunities combined with rising systemic complexity of the knowledge base. We show that this trend in technological regimes is associated with shift of the sector from Schumpeter Mark I to II and with the emergence of major Integrated Service Companies as new system integrators coping with rising systemic complexity. We also observe that rising systemic complexity is associated with slow down and halt of geographical dispersion of innovation. The sector-wide cumulativeness stemming from systemic complexity creates high cognitive barriers to entry for latecomers. The very scarce examples of catch-up in a few advanced oil producing countries suggest that high innovation opportunities in complex industries are open mostly to countries with both advanced national innovation systems and accumulated production experience. For latecomer countries to benefit, their industrial policy needs to cope with increasing systemic complexity, mitigating its coordination costs and facilitating the integration of distributed catch-up processes. This highlights the key role of ‘late comer systems integrators’ for successful catch-up.
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A co-evolução dos elementos do sistema setorial de inovação do setor automotivo /

Faria, Lourenço Galvão Diniz. January 2011 (has links)
Orientador: Enéas Gonçalves de Carvalho / Banca: Marcelo Silva Pinho / Banca: Ana Paula Macedo de Avellar / Resumo: O objetivo do presente trabalho é identificar e analisar as principais evoluções simultâneas nos elementos - demanda, regime tecnológico, atores e instituições - que compõem o Sistema Setorial de Inovação do Setor Automotivo, através de uma metodologia baseada no trabalho de Malerba (2002). Desta forma, utiliza-se uma abordagem que trata a inovação como um processo sistêmico, contínuo e evolucionário. O trabalho conclui que, nos últimos dez anos, o Sistema Setorial de Inovação do setor automotivo passou - e ainda passa - por profundas transformações - fruto da co-evolução dos seus elementos - que alteram continuamente sua estrutura e o tornam mais dinâmico e complexo / Abstract: This research work aims to identify and analyze the main simultaneous evolutions in the elements - demand, technological regime, actors and institutions - that compose the Sectoral Innovation System of Automotive Sector, through a methodology based on Malerba's (2002) work. Thereby, we use an approach that treats innovation as a systemic, continuous and evolutionary process. The work concludes that, in the past ten years, the Sectoral Innovation System of automotive sector has undergone deep transformations - result of co-evolution of its elements - that continually change its structure and make it more dynamic and complex / Mestre
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A co-evolução dos elementos do sistema setorial de inovação do setor automotivo

Faria, Lourenço Galvão Diniz [UNESP] 15 August 2011 (has links) (PDF)
Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:24:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-08-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:07:46Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 faria_lgd_me_arafcl.pdf: 1018667 bytes, checksum: 6b395a6b747d3a624422d5af21bcb98d (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O objetivo do presente trabalho é identificar e analisar as principais evoluções simultâneas nos elementos – demanda, regime tecnológico, atores e instituições - que compõem o Sistema Setorial de Inovação do Setor Automotivo, através de uma metodologia baseada no trabalho de Malerba (2002). Desta forma, utiliza-se uma abordagem que trata a inovação como um processo sistêmico, contínuo e evolucionário. O trabalho conclui que, nos últimos dez anos, o Sistema Setorial de Inovação do setor automotivo passou – e ainda passa - por profundas transformações - fruto da co-evolução dos seus elementos - que alteram continuamente sua estrutura e o tornam mais dinâmico e complexo / This research work aims to identify and analyze the main simultaneous evolutions in the elements – demand, technological regime, actors and institutions – that compose the Sectoral Innovation System of Automotive Sector, through a methodology based on Malerba’s (2002) work. Thereby, we use an approach that treats innovation as a systemic, continuous and evolutionary process. The work concludes that, in the past ten years, the Sectoral Innovation System of automotive sector has undergone deep transformations - result of co-evolution of its elements - that continually change its structure and make it more dynamic and complex
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[en] INFRASTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATION IN THE BASIS OF THE BRAZILIAN INDUSTRIAL DEFENSE / [pt] TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL BÁSICA E INOVAÇÃO NA BASE INDUSTRIAL DE DEFESA NO BRASIL

DANIEL PETERSON CARVALHO DE MELO 30 March 2015 (has links)
[pt] O objetivo da dissertação é contribuir para o avanço do conhecimento sobre a capacidade de inovação e os obstáculos à inovação enfrentados pelas empresas da Base Industrial da Defesa (BID), destacando-se o papel da Tecnologia Industrial Básica (TIB) no fortalecimento dessa capacidade. Particularmente, a dissertação procura responder como as empresas da BID percebem a importância das funções da TIB - metrologia, normalização, regulamentação técnica e avaliação da conformidade – em seus ciclos de inovação, na perspectiva de ressaltar os benefícios oriundos da consolidação da infraestrutura nacional de serviços tecnológicos de suporte à capacidade inovadora dessas empresas. A metodologia compreende: (i) revisão bibliográfica e documental sobre os temas centrais da dissertação; (ii) definição do objeto do estudo; seleção da fonte primária de dados – Pesquisa de Inovação (Pintec) do IBGE – e da grade de análise da pesquisa; (iii) elaboração do plano tabular para solicitação ao IBGE de tabulações especiais da Pintec 2011; (iv) análise e discussão dos resultados; e (v) formulação das conclusões da pesquisa e de sugestões para a próxima Pintec e estudos futuros. Destacam-se como resultados: (i) a identificação de itens da Pintec diretamente associados às funções da TIB; (ii) a análise da percepção das empresas da BID sobre a relevância das funções da TIB para a inovação; e (iii) a análise comparativa dos padrões de respostas das empresas da BID que implementaram inovações e das que não implementaram. / [en] The main aim of this dissertation is to contribute to the understanding of basic infrastructural technologies support to innovation activities by firms of defense industry in Brazil. Particularly, this work seeks to answer how defense firms perceive the importance of infrastructural technologies - metrology, standardization, technical regulation and conformity assessment - in their innovation cycles. The methodology comprises: (i) a literature survey to elaborate a theoretical outline to characterize the core subjects of the research: defense innovation system and defense products; sectorial systems of innovation; and infrastructural technologies; (ii) definition of the research scope; selection of the primary data source - the Brazilian Survey of Technological Innovation (Pintec), published by the Statistical Office (IBGE), and the research analytical framework; (iii) data collection and tabulation; (iv) main findings discussion; and (v) formulation of conclusions and suggestions for the next Pintec survey and for future research. The main results can be summarized as follows: (i) identification of PINTEC items directly associated with basic infrastructural technologies; (ii) identification and analysis of Brazilian defense firms perceptions about the relevance of basic infrastructural technologies in supporting their innovation strategies; and (iii) comparative analysis of patterns of response of innovative and non-innovative defense firms.
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[en] INFRASTRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AND INNOVATION IN THE BRAZILIAN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES / [pt] TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL BÁSICA E INOVAÇÃO NOS SERVIÇOS DE TECNOLOGIA DA INFORMAÇÃO NO BRASIL

MARCELLO CARVALHO DOS REIS 24 September 2018 (has links)
[pt] O objetivo desta dissertação é contribuir para o avanço do conhecimento sobre a capacidade de inovação e os obstáculos à inovação enfrentados pelas empresas de serviços de tecnologia da informação, destacando-se o papel da Tecnologia Industrial Básica (TIB) no fortalecimento dessa capacidade. Particularmente, a dissertação busca responder como as empresas deste setor percebem a importância das funções da TIB - metrologia, normalização, regulamentação técnica e avaliação da conformidade - em seus ciclos de inovação, na perspectiva de destacar os benefícios oriundos da consolidação da infraestrutura nacional de serviços tecnológicos de suporte à capacidade inovadora dessas empresas. A metodologia compreende: (i) revisão bibliográfica e documental sobre os temas centrais da dissertação; (ii) definição do objeto do estudo e seleção da fonte primária de dados - Pesquisa de Inovação 2014 (Pintec 2014), do IBGE; (iii) elaboração do plano tabular para solicitação ao IBGE de tabulação especial da Pintec 2014; (iv) análise e discussão dos resultados; e (v) formulação das conclusões da pesquisa e de sugestões para a próxima edição da Pintec e estudos futuros. Destacam-se como resultados: (i) a identificação de itens da Pintec diretamente associados às funções da TIB; e (ii) a análise da percepção das empresas de serviços de tecnologia da informação sobre a relevância das funções da TIB em seus ciclos de inovação. / [en] The aim of this dissertation is to contribute to the advancement of knowledge about innovation capacity and obstacles to innovation faced by information technology service companies, with emphasis on the role of infrastructural technologies (Portuguese acronym, TIB) in strengthening this capacity. In particular, the dissertation seeks to answer how the companies in this sector perceive the importance of the TIB functions - metrology, standardization, technical regulation and conformity assessment - in their cycles of innovation, with a view to highlighting the benefits derived from the consolidation of the national infrastructure of technological services to support the innovative capacity of these companies. The methodology includes: (i) bibliographic and documentary review on the central themes of the dissertation; (ii) definition of the study object and selection of the primary source of data - IBGE s Innovation Research (Pintec 2014); (iii) preparation of the tabular plan for requesting a special tabulation of the Pintec 2014 to IBGE; (iv) analysis and discussion of the results; and (v) formulation of research findings and suggestions for the next edition of Pintec and future studies. The results are as follows: (i) the identification of Pintec 2014 items directly associated with the TIB functions; and (ii) the analysis of companies perception of information technology services on the relevance of TIB functions in their innovation cycles.

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