Universitet i Agder
Technology Parks in Brazil as an Emergent Country
ORG 448 – Emerging Markets
Dana Roxana Nedea
1 Dana Roxana Nedea
,Technology Parks in Brazil as Emergent Country
Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Brazil as an Emerging Economy........................................................................................................ 3
3. Information Management, Knowledge Management and Innovation in Brazil Companies ....... 5
3.1 Information Management Process in technology-base companies in Brazil. Case Study .... 5
3.2 Knowledge management in software companies in Brazil. Case study ................................. 7
3.3 Innovation stages in brazilian mid-sized companies. Case study ........................................... 9
4. Technological Parks in Brazil .......................................................................................................... 10
4.1 Campinas ................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2 Florianópolis .................................................................................................................................... 12
4.3 Porto Alegre..................................................................................................................................... 12
5. Source of innovation in Brazil.......................................................................................................... 13
6. Brazil vs Chile ................................................................................................................................... 14
7. Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 16
8. References .......................................................................................................................................... 17
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1. Introduction
One of the consequences of the globalization is that the investment barriers between nations are
break down. This makes the emerging countries to be coverging with others rich countries which
beside disadvntages has many advantges as mutual help, increasing exports and so on.
Emerging markets are consider to be „emergent” by the virtue of their recent economic growth.
The fact that emerging countries strted to be more open and to have trades with developed countries
has also change the emergent business environment, and in results the GDP of emerging countries
has outpased the GDP of the more developed countries. The fast increasing of GDP has lead to a
new middle-classes.
A main distiunguish from emerging and already emerged countries is the fact that they are rapidly
cathing up the rules of the global economic envrionment even if they have just a few resources.
The emerging markets started to adapt fast to the globalization and even if that by many standards
they are still poor countries, they adapt their technology and their labor in order to compete globaly.
Brazil as an emrging country has learn in the last years what it’s strenghts and opportunities are
and started to work on improving them. Sectrors like technology and computing has rise up and
by the support of many universties the research centers are now prestigious institution who yearly
provide qualitative researchs globaly.
2. Brazil as an Emerging Economy
The Brazilian economy suffers many transformations during lasts years. Traditionally, the
agriculture and mine industry was the main factors of growing, but in the last two decades fileds
like technology, computing, optics, engineering and biofuels has reached the economic growth.
In the last 10 yeras Brazil has turned from an importer of oil to an exporter and the recent news
from the national oil company, Petrobras shows that in the next years the export will be higher
then never.
The Brazilian GDP from 1996 until 2015 has reach a time high of 3.5 % and a record low of -
4.10%. In the Figure 1 we may see the fact that in the last year the GDP rate goes negatively again
but it started to raise in the last two quarters of the year.
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Technology Parks in Brazil as an Emergent Country
ORG 448 – Emerging Markets
Dana Roxana Nedea
1 Dana Roxana Nedea
,Technology Parks in Brazil as Emergent Country
Contents
1. Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 3
2. Brazil as an Emerging Economy........................................................................................................ 3
3. Information Management, Knowledge Management and Innovation in Brazil Companies ....... 5
3.1 Information Management Process in technology-base companies in Brazil. Case Study .... 5
3.2 Knowledge management in software companies in Brazil. Case study ................................. 7
3.3 Innovation stages in brazilian mid-sized companies. Case study ........................................... 9
4. Technological Parks in Brazil .......................................................................................................... 10
4.1 Campinas ................................................................................................................................... 11
4.2 Florianópolis .................................................................................................................................... 12
4.3 Porto Alegre..................................................................................................................................... 12
5. Source of innovation in Brazil.......................................................................................................... 13
6. Brazil vs Chile ................................................................................................................................... 14
7. Conclusion ......................................................................................................................................... 16
8. References .......................................................................................................................................... 17
, Universitet i Agder
1. Introduction
One of the consequences of the globalization is that the investment barriers between nations are
break down. This makes the emerging countries to be coverging with others rich countries which
beside disadvntages has many advantges as mutual help, increasing exports and so on.
Emerging markets are consider to be „emergent” by the virtue of their recent economic growth.
The fact that emerging countries strted to be more open and to have trades with developed countries
has also change the emergent business environment, and in results the GDP of emerging countries
has outpased the GDP of the more developed countries. The fast increasing of GDP has lead to a
new middle-classes.
A main distiunguish from emerging and already emerged countries is the fact that they are rapidly
cathing up the rules of the global economic envrionment even if they have just a few resources.
The emerging markets started to adapt fast to the globalization and even if that by many standards
they are still poor countries, they adapt their technology and their labor in order to compete globaly.
Brazil as an emrging country has learn in the last years what it’s strenghts and opportunities are
and started to work on improving them. Sectrors like technology and computing has rise up and
by the support of many universties the research centers are now prestigious institution who yearly
provide qualitative researchs globaly.
2. Brazil as an Emerging Economy
The Brazilian economy suffers many transformations during lasts years. Traditionally, the
agriculture and mine industry was the main factors of growing, but in the last two decades fileds
like technology, computing, optics, engineering and biofuels has reached the economic growth.
In the last 10 yeras Brazil has turned from an importer of oil to an exporter and the recent news
from the national oil company, Petrobras shows that in the next years the export will be higher
then never.
The Brazilian GDP from 1996 until 2015 has reach a time high of 3.5 % and a record low of -
4.10%. In the Figure 1 we may see the fact that in the last year the GDP rate goes negatively again
but it started to raise in the last two quarters of the year.
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