Cooperation: elements for a competitive strategy

Abstract

The transfer of technology through cooperation between the research centers, universities and the productive sector is of crucial importance for public policies. The establishment of alliances between the agents involved in the generation and diffusion of technological innovation is one of the instruments used in the quest for competitive advantage. The technological activity attained through cooperative models is, nowadays, one of the options increasingly employed worldwide by the organizations. The different forms of partnership are helpful to overcome some of the obstacles which hinder the establishment of innovative capacity.