A formação de um habitat de inovação: o caso do Parque Tecnológico de São José dos Campos

Abstract

With economies based even more on high-technology activity, it has become fundamental to strength a nation’s innovation systems in order for the innovation process occur effectively in a competitive manner. Since the sixties, it has been noted the replication of Science and Technology Parks, instruments used not only to strength innovation systems, but also to generate economic development to where it is inserted, throughout the world. The success of Stanford University Science Park, which led to the formation of Silicon Valley, has awakened the attention of governments and private entities. In Brazil, the Science and Technology Park movement started during the eighties, however it has only been intensified in the twenties. For this work, among the Brazilian success cases, we picked the Technology Park in São José dos Campos to be analyzed as a mechanism that promotes innovation and economic development.