INTERAÇÃO UNIVERSIDADE-EMPRESA NO BRASIL EM 2002 E 2004: UMA APROXIMAÇÃO A PARTIR DOS GRUPOS DE PESQUISA DO CNPq

Abstract

The present work investigates university-industry interactions in Brazil using CNPq's research groups as a proxy. The data were collected in CNPq's Research Groups Directory collected in Census 2002 and 2004. Although limitations intrinsic to information collected, the database supplies some evidence from recent university-industry interactions in Brazil. The results point that in 2002 relationship reflected low sophisticated academic inputs, towards adaptations, and in 2004 a closer relationship between universities and firms are observed, showed in relationships based in scientific research and technology transference. This result were in accordance with Brazilian's National System of Innovation, but also suggests that much more can be done fostering academic knowledge transference to firms in the country.