The Role of a Local Industry Association as a Catalyst for Building an Innovation Ecosystem: An Experiment in the State of Ceara in Brazil

Dafna Schwartz, Raphael Bar‐El · 2015 · Innovation

Summary. An industrial association in Brazil's Ceara state successfully catalyzed innovation ecosystem development where government alone failed. The federation of industries' UNIEMPRE program increased actor awareness, shared knowledge, strengthened firm capabilities, built regional innovation capacity, and created sustainable long-term change through five key mechanisms.

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Schwartz, D., & Bar‐El, R.. (2015). The Role of a Local Industry Association as a Catalyst for Building an Innovation Ecosystem: An Experiment in the State of Ceara in Brazil. Innovation. https://doi.org/10.1080/14479338.2015.1075855

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DOI: 10.1080/14479338.2015.1075855
Countries: Brazil
Regions: South America
Categories: regional-innovation-systems, innovation-networks, policy, general-innovation
Added: 2026-04-28