research workshop

A Research Workshop was organised by the Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR-UFMG) and Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) on 2-4 May 2011 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

The Workshop was organised as follows:

  • 2-3/05/11: internal workshop to discuss the research that originates from the case studies and to generate policy recommendations for innovation and competitiveness
  • 4/05/11: day open to the public to interact with firms and academics in Brazil and to broaden our understanding on the issues at stake


Presentations (2nd May 2011):

Understanding strategies of R&D offshoring by Northern and Southern firms (WP5)

Strategies of EU and Southern MNCs for offshore outsourcing innovation including North-South matched cases in ICT and automotive (Vandana Ujjual, UoS) ...read more

Strategies of EU and Southern MNCs for offshore outsourcing innovation in the agro-processing sector including North-South matched case studies in agro-processing (Stine Haakonsson, CBS)  ... read more

ICT case studies contributions: headquarters of foreign subsidiaires

The case in South Africa (Tashmia Ismail, GIBS) ...read more

The ICT sector in Estonia (Marek Tiits, IBS) ...read more

The ICT sector in India (Balaji Parthasarathy, IIIT-B) ...read more

Automotive case study contributions: headquarters of foreign subsidiaries

The case of Italy and Brazil (Davide Castellani, LdA) ...read more

The automotive sector in Brazil (Raoni Barros, USP-CEDEPLAR) ...read more

The automotive sector in Turkey (Asli Tuncay, UoS) ...read more

Discussion and synergy session on WP5 (Vandana Ujjual, UoS) ...read more
(Lukasz Grzybowski, FEEM) ...read more


Presentations (3rd May 2011):

The role of competence building in firms in the emergence and evolution of GINs (WP6)

Fragmentation of GINs and capability building (Glenda Kruss, HSRC) ...read more

The case of Brazil (Ana Valéria Dias, DEP-CEDEPLAR) ...read more

The case of Germany (Eike W. Schamp, DIE) ...read more

The case of Denmark (Stine Haakonsson, CBS) ...read more

The case of Estonia (Marek Tiits, IBS) ...read more

The case of India (KJ Joseph, CDS) ...read more

Discussion and synergy session on WP6 (Lukasz Grzybowski, FEEM) ...read more

The role of institutional frameworks and local-global interactions in the emerging countries in the emergence and evolution of GINs (WP7)

MNCs and host countries universities: the case of Brazil (Eduardo Albuquerque, CEDEPLAR-UFMG) ...read more

Local-global linkages between higher education institutions, public labs, and firms in ICT GINs in India (KJ Joseph, CDS) ...read more


Presentations (4th May):

Global Innovation Networks and Multinational Corportations

An innovation avalanche to raise competitiveness (Silvana Rizzioli, Universidade Fornecedores Fiat) ...read more

The internationalisation of innovation, the role of MNEs and the place of Brazil (Andrea Goldstein, OECD) ...read more

Global Innovation Networks and Multinational Corportations (Paulo de Matos, FIAT R&D Department ...read more

Global Innovation Networks and external sources of collaboration

Intellectual property rights and South-North formation of GINs (Maria Comune, FEEM) ...read more

Multinationals and intellectual property rights (Jorge Avila, INPI) ...read more

Global Innovation Networks and public policies

What GIN patterns are forming in the selected sectors? (Heidi Wiig Aslesen, NIFU STEP) ...read more

Policies for industrial development in Brazil (Mauro Borges Lemos and Rosane Argou Marques, ABDI) ...read more

Initiatives from the State of Minas Gerais (Evaldo Vilela, SECTES) ...read more 1 2 3

Open session for the University

Local-global linkages between universities, public labs and firms (Glenda Kruss, HSRC) ...read more

Global innovation networks - how global, innovative and networked are they? (Helena Barnard, GIBS) ...read more


Available for partners only in the private area:

  • Photo gallery


[2-3/05/11] Programme: - [download]


[2-3/05/11] List of participants: - [download]


[4/05/11] Programme: - [download]