A centralidade do conceito de inovação tecnológica no processo de mudança estrutural

This text discusses the centrality of the technological innovation concept within the neo-schumpeterian approach. This concept is not tied to the dissemination of new products and processes only, but it is associated to new forms of firm organization and new social habits that allow the establishment of new technological paradigms. Therefore, it is a concept that deals teoretically with the process of technological change and its economic and social effects. This vision stands against the traditional neoclassical approach, where the emphasis in such a process does not exist. Technological innovation has simultaneous and conjugate effects in two economic activity spheres: when it dissiminates in the firm "microeconomic" environment it propagates itself aiso in an enlarged scale, allowing the establishment of a "macroeconomic" environment for the new technological paradigm to arise.This text discusses the centrality of the technological innovation concept within the neo-schumpeterian approach. This concept is not tied to the dissemination of new products and processes only, but it is associated to new forms of firm organization and new social habits that allow the establishment of new technological paradigms. Therefore, it is a concept that deals teoretically with the process of technological change and its economic and social effects. This vision stands against the traditional neoclassical approach, where the emphasis in such a process does not exist. Technological innovation has simultaneous and conjugate effects in two economic activity spheres: when it dissiminates in the firm "microeconomic" environment it propagates itself aiso in an enlarged scale, allowing the establishment of a "macroeconomic" environment for the new technological paradigm to arise