| Journal: | Polimeros (Sao Carlos) |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000314274 |
| ISSN: | 1678-5169 |
| Authors: | Coutinho, Paulo Luiz de Andrade1 Bomtempo, J.V2 Antunes, Adelaide |
| Institutions: | 1Petroflex Industria e Comercio S.A., Rio de Janeiro. Brasil 2Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Escola de Quimica, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Season: | Abr-Jun |
| Volumen: | 16 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 12-19 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Analítico, descriptivo |
| English abstract | Currently, studies into the dynamics of technological innovation seem to pay more attention to new sectors capable of bringing about great social and economic change, like biotechnology and information technology, and leave aside those sectors which could be called mature, and which are seen as generating little in terms of innovation. This study investigates the creation of the thermoplastic vulcanizates industry as an example of innovation constructed within a mature industry, in this case, the petrochemicals industry. A characterization is made of this innovation process, identifying the technological and organizational dimensions that are inherent to it as well as the nature of the competencies and resources mobilized by the companies involved in the innovation.The study involves an analysis of both the development of patents concerning the production and use of this material and its market developments in terms of volume, producers and applications. Introduced into the market at the beginning of the 1980s, this product involves a segment of an industry which is considered to have reached its mature stage. The sector study identified data on volumes, market segments involved, main players and the competitive forces at play in the market. The survey of patents filed between 1980 and 2000 provided a basis for identifying how the following factors have changed with time: process, product and application patents; the segments in which TPVs are applied; and the types of companies filing the patents. The findings of this study include the importance of application innovations, placement strategies for new products and even the strategy of market entrants. It is hoped that these findings and the methodology employed may be used as a basis for building up a model for innovation dynamics in mature industries |
| Disciplines: | Química |
| Keyword: | Química de polímeros, Termoplásticos, Vulcanización, Innovación tecnológica |
| Keyword: | Chemistry, Polymer chemistry, Thermoplastics, Vulcanization, Technological innovation |
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