Explorando a internacionalização das empresas brasileiras e sua relação com a inovação tecnológica

Abstract

This paper has studied some Brazilian companies with the purpose of verifying the existence of any relationship between the degree of internationalization and the practice of technological innovation. The selection of the companies studied involved the intersection of the most internationalized firms according to the research carried out by the Fundação Dom Cabral with the most innovative firms as per FINEP. From this sample of Brazilian companies who are going international, we analyzed the data related to the internationalization and innovation. The findings showed that there is a relationship between the degree of internationalization and the practice of technological innovation. Moreover, results indicated that this relationship could be considered as a determinant of global competitiveness. We also identified that this relationship is valid for all companies analyzed, even though they have different internationalization trajectories and innovation foci.

Keywords

• Inovação Tecnológica
• Competitividade
• Internacionalização