POLÍTICAS DE C,T&I: UMA ANÁLISE REFLEXIVA A PARTIR DAS INFORMAÇÕES ORÇAMENTÁRIAS E CONTÁBEIS DA EMBRAPA

Abstract

For some time there is a strong and justified perception that investments in science, technology and innovation act as a lever, ultimately, for economic and social development of the people. In Brazil this perception is no different, given the official position expressed in the form of laws that were published mainly in the last decade, in order to encourage scientific and technological research in various environments. The response of agents, however, may not occur at the expected speed. Based on the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, a public company dependent on the federal budget and high concept in its field of operation, the assessment to be carried out related to the analysis of the effectiveness of official regulations to modify its funding profile and analysis of budget allocation as an instrument of strategy allocative. The company also assumes a speech frankly worried about the prospect of partnerships that encourage the inflow of funds due to other non-governmental sources. The facts related shape the issue to be evaluated, i.e., have used editions in the last decade, the legal provisions in order to promote innovation, to make the company operates more systemic and therefore to modify their funding profile. Study results appear to show the company’s tendency to behave in incremental budgeting decisions and invariability in its funding profile. Other hidden variables may be interfering, making it difficult to assess the effectiveness of the legal environment. Although this is a case study, where only quantitative variables were assessed, and resulting there from major limitations, it was possible to conduct a more comprehensive prototype for experiments that can be complemented by other studies, i.e., the qualitative.