O Brasil é empreendedor o suficiente?

Abstract

This paper aimed to analyze whether the Brazilian State is an entrepreneurial enough. Therefore, the work is done based on two premises: (i) the creation and execution of public innovation policy instruments, the competence of the National System of Scientific and Technological Development, linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication, as the main actors in the elaboration and execution of sources of investments in Research and Development, in order to promote and encourage the scientific and technological development of the country, and (ii) the Brazilian innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, an interorganizational system, formed mainly by Science and Technology Institutions, industries and government, responsible for creating environments that disseminate the culture of innovation and stimulating entrepreneurship, which contribute significantly to economic and social development. Regarding the first premise, it was found that in the last two decades the Brazilian government has developed public policies focused on Science, Technology and Innovation with actions to promote direct support for innovation and tax incentive programs, deducting the tax burden on research and development activities to strengthen innovation and entrepreneurship throughout the ecosystem. The National Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation is in force until 2022, with priority actions promoting research, laboratory infrastructure, financing of actions, investment in human resources, and business innovation. Among these actions stands out the new Legal Framework for Science, Technology and Innovation that updated the legislation from 1997 to 2019 to facilitate the creation of environments more favorable to Research and Development. As for the second premise, it was found that within the innovation ecosystem and entrepreneurship are the main responsible for the multiplication of innovation and entrepreneurship in Brazil, the strength of its interaction enhances the production of new value-generating knowledge. As main results, it is concluded that even with quantitative evaluations supporting innovation always being positive, Brazil is not an entrepreneur enough, because it cannot advance, problems in regulatory quality, with high taxation, political instability, infrastructure conditions, in the business environment, lack of financial and human resources, lack of management, lack of investments in Science, Technology and Innovation and lack of stimulus to entrepreneurship , are barriers that reduce the capacity to generate innovative results in the country, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Thus, to be an entrepreneurial country, Brazil needs not only to eliminate all these barriers, but mainly to invest in promoting the culture of innovation and entrepreneurship, so that it is possible to shape the people responsible for generating the country.