THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC POLICIES FOR INNOVATION IN THE INCREASING NUMBER OF PATENTS - BRAZIL AND CHINA

摘要

Innovation, generation of technologies and intellectual property are increasingly recognized as important issues and marks of competitiveness of business and economic development of countries. As such, the interaction between innovation and intellectual property has been analyzed by economists from different schools of thought. The same could be addressed to the connection and impact on the technological knowledge and the level of maturity of an economic system among countries and regions. This paper analyses how the configuration, structure and degree of interconnection between innovation and intellectual property policies influence the generation of technologies and patents in two countries with emerging economies - Brazil and China, and draws some considerations about the link between innovation strategy and economic performance in both countries. Our findings suggest that a relative small set of critical points, such as greater integration between innovation and IP policies, more aggressive role of local governments and long-term policies, allowed a much stronger performance of the Chinese innovation system as compared to the Brazilian.