EVOLUÇÃO E INOVAÇÃO NO SETOR QUÍMICO BRASILEIRO: UMA VISÃO DOS ÚLTIMOS QUARENTA ANOS

The Brazilian chemical community shows positive characteristics that improved significantly during the past forty years: the scientific output is substantial, it contributes positively to the position of this country in the innovation rankings, the chemical companies create and export technologies and the larger share of post-graduates employed by the Brazilian industry works in chemical or chemistry-based companies. The chemical sector is thus an exception within the country, together with agrosciences. These facts are unexpected, considering that chemical companies do not occupy leading posi...