O contrato de joint venture no processo de catching up: sua adoção como política pública para os países em desenvolvimento

Abstract

Nowadays, countries in catching up process aim to restrain the existing technological gap between them and others with modern advanced technology notably by massive investments and focal public policies. They tend, thus, to access mature technologies that have already been tested in other relevant markets. In that scenario and considering the vast amount of possible ways that technology appropriation may occur, the present work aims to present the joint venture, based on cooperation and mutual risk, loss and dividends assumption, as a contractual instrument able to perform technology transfer and to show the general panorama regarding the main structures that favors catching up processes. In addition, it will be studied the IMOVALL case, joint venture created by Vallée Nordeste S.A, Brazilian enterprise, and Institut Merieux, French corporation, whose objective was to transfer the necessary technology for the development of a vaccine from the French coventure to the Brazilian partner. Explored that, this work shall demonstrate that the joint venture contract is the instrumentable to promote international technological transfer for developing countries going by catching up processes.