THE RELATIONAL VIEW ON SCIENCE POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY: THE CASE OF THE CI BRAZIL PROGRAM

Abstract

The literature point of view on interorganizational cooperation has brought to the academic debate, especially in the last two decades, a reflection on the results of the joint efforts of various actors to achieve common goals. This way of thinking of the means to achieve its intended purpose was named by Dyer and Singh (1998) "relational view". According to the relational view, the collective strategy creates an inimitable source of resources through a network with access to information, knowledge sharing, complementarity of resources and governance. This study aims at understanding how governments use the relational view in order to more effectively develop their public policies science and technology. The research strategy used was the case study. The empirical object of study is the CI Brazil Governmental Program, which was created with the goal of developing the semiconductor industry in Brazil. The paper presents evidence on how public policy, in a complex area of science and technology, can be put into practice in an emerging country. The article shows the importance of reciprocal relationships between university, industry and government to make the implementation of the public policy happen.