The aim of this paper is to analyze the budget execution of the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI) in the period between 2001 and 2010 in order to evaluate if changes in its composition would indicate a greater emphasis on systemic innovation policies. Data...

This paper discusses the university-enterprise interactions in the Brazilian innovation system by focusing on the characteristics of the research infrastructure which affects its propensity to interact with the industrial sector. Logistic regressions have been used to identify, in a wide set of...

This paper aims to analyze the relationship between Brazil and major Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) between 1990 and 2012. For this purpose, three MDBs were considered, namely, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD, World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank...

Portuguese Abstract: As plataformas digitais revolucionaram o nosso cotidiano e, hoje, uma parte relevante da nossa vida é pautada pela interação em plataformas. No entanto, a verdade é que elas já não eram novidade mesmo antes da revolução digital. O mercado de dois lados, ou M2L, é...

Portuguese Abstract: Nos últimos anos, o mundo tem acompanhado a evolução dos pagamentos no mundo digital. De acordo com o Banco Mundial, dois terços dos adultos no mundo vão fazer ou receber pagamentos digitais em 2022, com crescimento mais expressivo em países em desenvolvimento, em que...

Portuguese Abstract: O trabalho analisa a relação entre inovação e porte das empresas, com o objetivo de diferenciar a contribuição de grandes e pequenas empresas para a atividade de inovação. A análise é realizada através das características do esforço inovativo empreendido pelas...

This article assesses the impact of the Informatics Law on the technological efforts of firms, measured by the hiring of personnel in technical-scientific occupations (PoTec). Using Propensity Score Matching (PSM) combined with differences-in-differences between 2006 and 2017, we cannot conclude...

The tax reform debate in Brazilian academic and political circles addresses numerous problems in our tax system, aiming to simplify it, increase its efficiency and its progressivity in order to guarantee the State's ability to provide essential public services. A relevant dimension, however, is...

This study analyzes the recent transformations in the consumption profile of audiovisual media services, transformations mainly marked by the intensive use of the internet. Such a phenomenon has reconfigured the strategies adopted by providers of traditional linear audiovisual media services, in...