Sponsor
The authors thank the financial support obtained from São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) grant number 2014/22500-8, 2012/22686-9 and 2015/13816-4; and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) grant number BEX13297/13-9.
Published In
Innovation & Management Review
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2019
Subjects
Biotechnology, Biotechnology industries -- Management
Abstract
Purpose – The establishment of partnerships between companies, government and universities aims to enhance innovation and the technological development of institutions. The biotechnology sector has grown in recent years mainly driven by its cooperative business model. Compared to other countries, this sector is slowly advancing in Brazil, with delays in science, technology and innovation, especially in the private sector. This paper aims to examine, through social network analysis, the collaborative networks between institutions that filed patents in biotechnology – medicinal preparations from plants – whose inventions had Brazil as the priority country. Design/methodology/approach – The study of technological cooperation using patent documents is a reliable approach as they serve as good indicators of the interactions between organizations that focus on innovation and development of new product. Social network analysis of cooperation networks helps to understand the connections between patent assignees, and how they establish relationships. Findings – Results show that public universities are the institutions that most deposit patents, as well as those that co-operate the most, especially Universidade of Campinas. The study also reveals the critical role of Research Support Agencies in stimulating research and technological development, which result in new technologies.
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DOI
10.1108/INMR-07-2018-0050
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28921
Citation Details
Pereira, C. G., Da Silva, R. R., Lavoie, J. R., & Porto, G. S. (2018). Technological cooperation network in biotechnology: Analysis of patents with Brazil as the priority country. Innovation & Management Review, 15(4), 416-434.
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© Cristiano Gonçalves Pereira. Rodrigo Ribeiro da Silva, João Ricardo Lavoie and Geciane Silveira Porto. Published in Innovation & Management Review. Published by Emerald Publishing Limited. This article is published under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) licence. Anyone may reproduce, distribute, translate and create derivative works of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode