O ambiente de inovação como base para o desenvolvimento: uma avaliação para o município de Governador Valadares-MG

Abstract

The present work develop an analysis of the local innovation environment and its potential for the socioeconomic development of Governador Valadares – MG, based on the Neo-Schumpeterian theory and the Triple-Helix model. To this end, statistical analyzes of employment, income and human capital formation data were carried out, as well as a document analysis of the legislation and public interest programs developed at the national, state and municipal regions. The data related to the productive sphere indicates potentialities observed in the sectors of financial services, education services and locally provided information and communication services. With regard to the knowledge sphere, the data indicates growth of the high education and post-graduate body, as well as the higher education network, which presents relatively well structured for human capital formation in strategic areas for the local innovation environment. Only the local government sphere showed week dynamism, revealing few policies to foster regional based innovation and entrepreneurship, when compared to the variety of possible policies pointed out in the literature. In this way, it can be concluded that the Triple-Helix model can be an alternative to ensure sustainable socioeconomic development for Governador Valadares, but some efforts, in order to create and strengthen the network of interaction between agents, need to be launched.