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ZUCOLOTO, Graziela Ferrero  e  TONETO JUNIOR, Rudinei. Technical efforts of the Brazilian transformation industry: a comparison with a group of OECD countries. Rev. econ. contemp. [online]. 2005, vol.9, n.2, pp.337-365. ISSN 1980-5527.  https://doi.org/10.1590/S1415-98482005000200005.

This paper analyses technological efforts of Brazilian industry in comparison with a group of OECD countries. The main conclusions are: (a) technological effort of Brazilian industry are lower than the effort implemented in OECD countries; (b) this is true for most industrial sectors; (c) this difference is higher in technology-intensive sectors: chemicals, electronics and computers; (d) the difference between Brazilian and OECD productive structure is also responsible for the relatively low technological effort of Brazilian industry; (e) there is a positive correlation between relative technological effort and commercial performance and a negative correlation between relative technological effort and foreign contROL in operational revenue.

Palavras-chave : technological effort; R&D; competitiveness; industrial sectors.

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