Brazilian industry competitiveness in the recent period: performance of selected categories from the Pavitt’s taxonomy

The aim of this paper is to analyse the performance and competitiveness of Brazilian export according to Pavitt’s taxonomy, highlighting the behavior of higher technological level sectors in the period between 2001 and 2010. We sought to examine both if there was any change in the Brazilian export s...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Hermida, Camila, Xavier, Clésio Lourenço
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Repositorio:Revista Brasileira de Inovação (Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8649048
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rbi/article/view/8649048
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Exportation
Technology
Competition
F14
Exportações. Tecnologia. Competitividade.
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Sumario:The aim of this paper is to analyse the performance and competitiveness of Brazilian export according to Pavitt’s taxonomy, highlighting the behavior of higher technological level sectors in the period between 2001 and 2010. We sought to examine both if there was any change in the Brazilian export specialization pattern in the recent period, and in which industries has Brazil increased its market parcels, through “Market Share” indicator, and also ensured Revealed Comparative Advantages, through RCA indicator. The empirical analysis showed that Brazil remains more competitive in the export of goods which demand abundant factors in natural resources. However, some sectors the selected categories revealed that there is an innovative effort to obtain competitiveness gains in the world market for high-tech products.