This article presents an analysis of indicators of business technological innovation. The methodology is based on broken down analysis of the data produced by the IBGE Industry Research on Innovation and Technology, according to the country´s regions. Analysis of these indicators confirms the idea that innovation involves not only primarily economic elements. The Southeast region, despite being the national leader in terms of economical capacity of production, is not ranked first in technological innovation. Companies from the Northeast, North and South regions are those that show more innovative effort, compared to other regions, and are also the ones showing more innovation. The results suggest that in those regions where companies invest more in R & D there is an increased concern with the protection of knowledge through patenting (South and Southeast). Finally, the results indicate that the existence of governmental supporting instruments for industrial development tends to encourage more of the industries to innovate, which can be illustrated by cases in Southern and Southeastern Brazil.
Innovation; Indicators of innovation; Management of information and knowledge; Technological innovation business
