Strategies in innovation policies: A comparative study

Abstract

Public policies are fundamental to innovation because they establish guidelines to encourage the development of a region and nation. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the differences and similarities between two policies of global development - the Goal 9' of Agenda 2030 and the Brazilian National Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy 2016-2022. We focused on the presence or the absence of incentives for open innovation, especially with the adoption of Hackathon, Bootcamp and Crowdfunding practices. The methodology involved a comparative study between Goal 9' of Agenda 2030 and the Brazilian National Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy 2016-2022. We used the Content Analysis method to evaluate both of those policies based on the Categorical Analysis technique. As a result, we found that both policies encourage open innovation practices, but Hackathon, Bootcamp and Crowdfunding strategies are not explicitly discussed in these policies.