The purpose of this paper is to analyze innovations and the innovation system and its dynamics in the ethanol sector in the State of Sao Paulo. More specifically, this paper focuses on the development process in the sector, the public policies taken to promote the sector, and the organizations and key players involved in these policies and their responses to unforeseeable changes in economic, social and technological environments. To this end, this paper takes an historical perspective and reviews data on the cultivation of sugar cane, the production of ethanol, and on sugar cane yields as indicators of the innovations achieved in the sector. The geographical distribution of these indicators is also examined. Next, several cases in Piracicaba and Campinas in the State of Sao Paulo are presented; these give us a more concrete idea of the processes involved in innovation and technology transfer. Based on these observations, the ethanol cluster and the innovation system of the State of Sao Paulo are discussed from the viewpoint of the flowchart approach to industrial cluster policy.
権利
Copyrights 日本貿易振興機構（ジェトロ）アジア経済研究所 / Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO) http://www.ide.go.jp
雑誌名
IDE Discussion Paper
雑誌名(英)
IDE Discussion Paper
巻
109
発行年
2007-06-01
出版者
Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)
著者版フラグ
publisher
日本十進分類法
574.83
617.1
JEL分類
JEL:Q16 - R and D; Agricultural Technology;
JEL:Q42 - Alternative Energy Sources
JEL:R12 - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity;
地域/国名
ブラジル
キーワード(LSH)
Industrial Agglomeration
Innovation
Sugar Cane
Sugar
Ethanol
Brazil
Technological innovations
Fuel
Research & development
Technology transfer
サトウキビ
砂糖
エタノール
ブラジル
技術革新
燃料
研究開発
技術移転
Industrial Development and the Innovation System of the Ethanol Sector in Brazil
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