O esforço dos estados nordestinos na construção de capacitações para inovação: uma análise para 2010

Abstract

The acquisition and development of new technologies are essential to the process of growth and economic development of a country or a region. The traditional model of technical change claimed that technology could be transferred from developed countries and applied effectively and efficiently in the economies of developing countries, with the "guarantee" of achieving the same success. However, one of the major factors to be considered in this case is the technological capabilities of the country or region that will receive this technology. Many studies have shown that local technological capability can be critical to its economic and social development. Thus, this study aims to verify the configuration of technological capabilities of states in Northeast Region in 2010. Therefore, we calculated a Technological Capability Index (TCI) for each state, using the same methodology of calculation of Technology Achievement Index, proposed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). With this index, it was also possible to analyze each dimension that influences the technological capabilities of the Northeast. Because the methodology of the TAI does not allow a comparison between two different times, we used the model of multidimensional scaling to make a comparison exercise between 2007 and 2010, aiming to realize which states had less heterogeneous capabilities, appearing closer in perceptual map, and which states had the most heterogeneous capabilities in relation to the others. TCI‘s results showed that the state of Paraíba, in 2010, presented a higher technological effort to create a system of capabilities that allows the introduction of innovations than other states of Northeast region. Regarding the comparison of the regional technological capabilities in the years 2007 and 2010, it may be possible to say that there were changes in the regional setting of the capabilities, especially the scientific capabilities and human skills, reducing the dissimilarities of technological capabilities among some states in the Northeast Region.