@article{29094,
      recid = {29094},
      author = {Blundi, Domenica;},
      title = {Technology Appropriation and Technology Transfer in the  Brazilian Mining Sector.},
      pages = {30 pages ;},
      abstract = {This paper focuses on the competitive dynamics, strategic  challenges, technological needs and institutional  innovation-promoting arrangements in Brazil's mining sector  in order to identify the ways in which mining firms and  mining equipment, technology and services suppliers (METS)  handle innovation appropriation and technology transfer in  the country. As the main sample consisted of resident and  non-resident companies, the key technological areas of  mining-related patenting in Brazil and the main patent  stakeholders have been identified. The analysis of  technology transfer among firms and to other mining  industry stakeholders, mainly universities, drew on import  contracts and highlighted the role played by foreign METS.  A case study of Vale S.A., Brazil's largest mining  enterprise, has been included, with emphasis on Vale's  strategies to mitigate external challenges and to meet  technological needs through innovation.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/29094},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.34667/tind.29094},
}