Geographical proximity and innovation: Evidences from the Campos Basin oil & gas industrial agglomeration-Brazil

Technovation

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 546-561

  Silvestre, Bruno dos Santos ^a,b,c   Dalcol, Paulo Roberto Tavares ^d  

^a Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S A ELETROBRAS   (Brazil)

^b Centre for Policy Research on Science and Technology (CPROST)   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Capability acquisition; Clusters; Developing countries; Innovation systems; Knowledge system; Oil gas; Technological learning

Indexed keywords

BRAZIL; CAPABILITY ACQUISITION; CLUSTERS; INNOVATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGICAL LEARNING;

AGGLOMERATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; GASES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; OIL FIELDS;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 67349270862     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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