Firm Collaboration for Innovation in Brazil: An Analysis Based on the Brazilian Innovation Surveys

In the past two decades, there has been a growing literature on open innovation and global value chains in Brazil. However, most of them are based on case studies or sectoral surveys. At the level of the population of innovative firms located in Brazil, little is known about the features of firm collaboration for innovation, particularly international collaboration. What are the characteristics or patterns of global innovation networks operating in Brazil, regarding the type of partner and object of collaboration? Is international collaboration relevant to Brazilian innovation? This paper addresses such a gap, by exploring data of the Brazilian Innovation Survey (PINTEC) editions of 2014. Besides, the paper uses bibliometric analysis to comprehend and link themes related to open innovation, collaboration to innovation, global innovation network and/or global value chain, and innovation surveys. This methodology is a way to address the discussion and the relevant variable to analyze patterns of collaboration from a sectoral perspective in Brazil.