Targeting economic development with science and technology parks and gateway cities: Schumpeterian possibilities of new developmental states in fostering local and global development

Mirando o desenvolvimento econômico com parques científicos e tecnológicos e cidades gateway: possibilidades schumpeterianas do novo desenvolvimentismo na promoção do desenvolvimento local e global

ABSTRACT

In this paper, we investigate how innovative environments as a local strategic policy with particular features of the new entrepreneurial developmental state associated to what we call a Schumpeterian-style of policy can transform regions of middle-income countries, like Brazil. In particular, we sought to answer the following research question: how the São José dos Campos Science and Technology Park (STP-SJC) has been used as a tool to promote regional development? To answer it, having a logical model of this policy in perspective, we focus on this environment’s main objectives and empirically we performed a case study applying process tracing methodology.

KEYWORDS:
São José dos Campos Science and Technology Park; science, technology and innovation; global production network; local buzz and global pipelines; development