Tesis
Mensuração da capacidade absortiva mediante conjuntos fuzzy: uma aplicação para a indústria de transformação com dados da PINTEC
Fecha
2018-03-15Autor
Silva, Uxi Maia da
Institución
Resumen
This research presents a study on the absorptive capacity within the firm. Therefore, it is
based on the conceptual analysis of the neo-Schumpeterian firm to understand the relationship
between technological knowledge and innovation in a dynamic competitive environment.
From this approach the absorptive capacity is considered as a dynamic capacity. In this
context, the relationships between innovation, learning, productive skills and interaction in an
environment with rapid technological changes can develop the capacity for the firm to absorb
new knowledge and, if this happens, it will help in identifying new technological
opportunities and trajectories, increasing its innovative capacity and, consequently, its market
performance. In this sense, to measure the absorptive capacity, two methods of fuzzy sets are
proposed, one of comparative analysis of causal combinations and the other by means of an
inference system. Thus, the methods fsQCA and the Mamdani system are presented to
measure a set of antecedent data, through fuzzy logic and "If ... Then" rules, which result in a
set of consequential dimensions of the absorptive capacity. In order to test the operability of
the measurement propositions, the Mamdani system of inference was applied in the analysis
of data from the Innovation Survey (PINTEC) for the Brazilian manufacturing industry for
the years 2011 and 2014. With this procedure it was possible to measure the absorptive
capacity for the 24 sectors of the manufacturing industry in terms of low, medium and high
capacity, with values between 0 for no absorptive capacity and 1 for total absorption capacity.
The results indicated that the textile manufacturing sector had the highest absorptive capacity
for the analyzed period, this means that this sector has a combination of potential and realized
capacities that allows a high absorption of new knowledge aimed at innovation.