The use of public procurement as an instrument to stimulate the demand for innovation: The case of MagLev Cobra
Innovation policies; Demand; Government Procurement; Snake MagLev
This project aims to analyze the use of public procurement aimed at innovation and the acquisition of R&D as policy strategies aimed at stimulating innovative demand, through the construction of a Case Study on the MagLev Cobra project, developed by COPPE/UFRJ. This policy instrument leads to the overcoming of barriers linked to the interaction between producers and users (information asymmetry) and the high costs of transition to new technologies, seen as the main factors that prevent the demand for introduction and dissemination of innovations. According to PINTEC data, Brazil has suffered a worrying decline in its innovation rate in recent years, which arouses the need to rethink the way in which the public sector applies its resources in this area, since to date, strategies at national levels have been developed considering favoring to a large extent only the offer for innovations. To comply with the stipulated objectives, the methodological instruments chosen were: bibliographical research based on policy reports, articles by theorists recognized for their solid trajectory in the approach of this theme; analysis of data from PINTEC, the main research of innovation carried out in the country and the structuring of a Case Study that aims to relate the development and implementation of the train within the limits of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro the conception of pre-commercial purchases in the European way, as well as to highlight how the purchasing power of the public sector can allow the transfer of this technology to the market.