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.
technological effort; R&D; competitiveness; industrial sectors
