Innovation in industrial clusters: a survey of footwear companies in Brazil

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributorCentro Universitário de Franca
dc.contributorUniversidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-02T13:00:40Z
dc.date.available2016-03-02T13:00:40Z
dc.date.created2016-03-02T13:00:40Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifierJournal of Technology Management & Innovation, v. 8, n. 3, p. 48-56, 2013.
dc.identifier0718-2724
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/135322
dc.identifier2068042414626399
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study is to characterize the relationships in innovation and business clustering processes in the productive chain of small and medium enterprises (SME) of Brazil. The object of study are SMEs the local procuctive cluster of the shoes in Franca, State of São Paulo. The conceptual model developed is based on the following constructs: vertical integration, innovation and characteristics of the cluster, and it is focused on identifying the agents that act predominantly in product innovation processes in the cluster. A survey was conducted. It was found that there is cooperation between the companies in the productive arrangement studied, and that shoe manufacturers are those who, predominantly, stimulate innovation within the cluster.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationJournal of Technology Management & Innovation
dc.relation0,271
dc.rightsAcesso restrito
dc.sourceCurrículo Lattes
dc.subjectInnovation
dc.subjectCluster
dc.subjectFootwear sector
dc.titleInnovation in industrial clusters: a survey of footwear companies in Brazil
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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