Inovação e empreendedorismo como fatores de desenvolvimento econômico: o caso Polymar (CE)

Abstract

The focus on innovative enterprises have gained increasing importance in the development public policy making. The ability to transform information and knowledge into high quality products and services have been shown to critical to increasing productivity, efficiency and consequent greater competitiveness in a globalized world scenario. In response to that, the new innovation policies have taken into account the interactive and systemic nature of the innovation process, in the development of strategies for structuring and well-functioning of a localized system of Innovation. By studying the case of Polymar, a company from Ceará, evidences about the influence of the state system of innovation, through the Parque de Desenvolvimento Tecnológico (PADETEC), on local entrepreneurial initiatives in the field of technology are found. Thus, this paper presents literature on innovation, entrepreneurship, innovation systems and technology parks, and analysis of the company investigated through the case study method, based on interviews conducted in the company. It is noticed that the technological innovation process in Brazil , though still happening with difficulties, mainly technical and operational type, have been in a better degree promoted by government initiative through new public policy innovation