| May 10th |
19:00 |
Welcome reception (cocktail) |
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| May 11th |
8:45 |
Opening ceremony |
| 9:15 |
Opening conference (keynote speakers)
- Mario Cimoli (ECLAC and University of Veneza)
- Xiaolan Fu (University of Cambridge)
- Antonio Barros de Castro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
- Luc Soete (UNU-MERIT)
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| 12:15 |
Lunch time |
| 14:00 |
Session 1
Session 2 |
| 15:30 |
Session 3
Session 4 |
| 17:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 18:30 |
Special session (Intelectual property rights and innovation)
- Benjamin Coriat ( University of Paris XIII)
- Jorge Ávila (president Brazilian Patents Office)
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| 20:00 |
Dinner |
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| May 12th |
9:00 |
Session 5
Session 6 |
| 10:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 |
Session 7
Session 8 |
| 12:15 |
Lunch time |
| 14:00 |
Session 9
Session 10 |
| 15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:45 |
Session 11
Session 12 |
| 18:00 |
Special session (Innovation in Brazil)
- Fernanda De Negri (IPEA)
- Bruno César Araújo (IPEA)
- Eduardo Costa (director of FINEP)
Case studies |
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Session 1. Innovation, services and technological strategies |
May 11th
14:00 |
Luis Claudio Kubota |
KIBS and technological innovation of service firms |
| Gabriel Sanchez |
Understanding Productivity Levels, Growth and Dispersion in Argentina : The Case of Supermarkets |
| Beatriz Selan and Sergio Kannebley Junior |
Technological Strategies and Performance of the Brazilian Industrial Firms: a Multivariate Analysis between the Pintec's |
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Session 2. Openess and innnovation |
May 11th
14:00 |
Ana M. Fernandes and Caroline Paunov |
Does Tougher Import Competition Foster Product Quality Upgrading |
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Bruno César Araújo, Sergio Kannebley Jr and Luiz Alberto Esteves |
Why do industrial firms in developing countries grow after they begin exporting? Evidence from Brazil |
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Norbert Janz and Michael Khan |
From isolation to openness: knowledge flows promoting innovation - evidence from South Africa 's Innovation Survey 2005 |
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Session 3 – Finances and Innovation |
May 11th
15:30 |
Patrick Leoni and Stephane Luchini |
Designing the Financial Tools to Promote Universal Access to AIDS Care |
| Simona Bovha-Padilla, Jose P. Damijan and Jozef Konings |
Financial constraints and the cyclicality of R&D investment: the evidence of Slovenia |
| Jaime Humberto Sierra Gonzalez, Florentino Malaver Rodriguez and Marisela Vargas Perez |
Finance and Innovation in Colombia |
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Session 4 - Innovation capacity |
May 11th
15:30 |
Cheng Xiaoyue, Zhao Yanyun and Xie Yihui |
Innovation Capacity and Development Potential of Haidian District |
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Yanyun Zhao and Danbo Guo |
Innovation Capability: an Analysis of China 's Manufacturing Industry |
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Mulu Gebreeyesus and Tetsushi Sonobe |
Governance of global value chain and firms' capacility in African floriculture |
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Session 5. Cooperation for innovation |
May 12th
9:00 |
Rodolfo Lauterbach and Jose Miguel Benavente |
R&D Cooperation Determinants, Evidence from Chilean Firms |
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Luiz Alberto Esteves and Gabriel Porcile |
Innovation and Cooperation between Firms and Universities: Evidence from Brazil |
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Antje Klitkou, Pari Patel and Andre Campos |
Linkages between technical universities and industry measured by co-authorship and patent data |
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Session 6. skills and employment |
May 12th
09:00 |
Jacques Mairesse, Yanyun Zhao and Feng Zhen |
Employment Growth and Innovation in China: A Firm Level Comparison across Provinces and City Districts |
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Dea Guerra Fioravante and Wilfredo Fernando Leiva Maldonado |
Impacts of technological innovation on employment: the Brazilian manufacturing case |
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Jose Mauro de Morais, Lenita Maria Turchi |
Motivation to innovate among Brazilian entrepreneurs |
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Session 7. FDI and internationalization |
| May 12th 10:45 |
Fernanda De Negri and Mariano Laplane |
Technological efforts in Brazil, Argentina and Maxico: The role of foreign companies |
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Anja Schmiele |
Drivers for International research and Innovation Activities in Developed and Emerging Countries |
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Paulo N. Figueiredo, Klauber N. Brito and Rosilene F. Andrade |
Tapping into Local Knowledge Systems and Policies to Compete in a Latecomer Context: Capability Building and Knowledge Leveraging in MNE Subsidiaries of the ICT Industry in Brazil |
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Session 8. Skills, employment and technological search |
May 12th
10:45 |
Jun Hou and Pierre Mohnen |
Complementarity between internal knowledge creation and external knowledge sourcing in developing and least developed countries |
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Eduardo Pontual Ribeiro and Paulo de Andrade |
A Closer Look at the recent Skills Labor demand Increase in Brasil |
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Bruno César Araújo, Francesco Bogliacino, Joao Alberto De Negri and Marco Vivarelli |
The role of the skill enhancing trade in increasing domestic inequality in Brazil: some evidence from microdata |
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Session 9. Innovation Strategies |
May 12th
14:00 |
Jaan Masso, Tõnu Roolaht and Urmas Varblane |
The Diverse Impact of Internationalisation on Innovation Inputs and Outputs in the Context of Small Economy of Estonia |
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Vanderleia Radaelli, Carolina Andrade and Joao Furtado |
Trajectory of Development Based on Innovation: The Pharmaceutical Sector in Brazilian Industrial Policy |
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Lucas Navarro |
Plant level evidence on product mix changes in Chilean manufacturing |
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Session 10. Innovation Policies 1 |
May 12th
14:00 |
Joao Alberto De Negri, Bruno Cesar Araujo and Luiz Esteves |
BNDES, technological innovation and performance of Brazilian industrial enterprises |
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Gianmarco I.P. Ottaviano and Filipe Lage de Sousa |
The effects of BNDES loans on the productivity of Brazilian manufacturing firms |
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Ana Paula Avelar |
Impact of Fiscal Incentives to R&D: Evaluating the Effects of the "PDTI" in Brazil |
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Session 11. Innovation Policies 2 |
May 12th
15:45 |
Pedro Cerdan-Infantes, Alessandro Maffioli and Diego Ubfal |
The Impact of Agricultural Extension Services: The Case of Grape Production in Argentina |
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Julio Raffo |
The technological divide between public and private sector in developing countries |
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Session 12 – PhD session |
May 12th
15:45 |
Janaina Pamplona da Costa |
Impact technology policy on regional network creation |
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Flávia Carvalho |
"Brazilian Outward FDI: The Role of Technology in the Expansion of Emerging Multinationals" |
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Yilin Wu |
The analysis of innovation efficiency and non-technological factors of manufactory companies in the Pearl River Delta of China |
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