The Brazilian Journal of Innovation (RBI) is a biannual and interdisciplinary scientific journal that focuses on innovation studies. The aim of RBI is to underpin the academic debate about innovation, scientific and technological progress, and their economic, social, organizational, and environmental impacts, thus contributing to the improvement of knowledge and to public policy-making and management of private organizations.
RBI publishes original and unpublished theoretical or empirical papers, research results and contributions to recover the history of Brazilian institutions in the field of science, technology and innovation. The following areas of scope are covered:
Economics of innovation
Economics of science and technology
Industrial dynamics and manufacturing systems
Economics of knowledge – creation, diffusion, exploration and exploitation
Learning and innovation
Technology transfer
Science, technology and innovation policies
Indicators of science, technology, innovation, R&D
Innovation and sustainability
Organizational competences and capabilities
Strategy and management of innovation and technology
Strategy and management of R&D
Innovation and entrepreneurship
Strategies for products and processes development
Technical and organizational change
Innovation systems – national, regional, sectoral, technological
Innovation networks – R&D alliances, university-firms interactions, value chains
Geography of innovation
Economic development and innovation
Experiences of innovation in developing countries
Productivity studies (multi sectoral and comparative among countries)
Modeling of technical change
Dynamics of competition and structural change
Sociology of science and innovation
History of science and technology
Journal is indexed by
DRJI - Directory of Research Journals Indexing; EconBiz; Latindex; Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory; WorldCat