DYNAMICS OF THE DIFFUSION PROCESS OF ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES BY BRAZILIAN SCIENCE

Abstract

The research effort requires financial resources, which are, partly, public. Enhancing the efficiency in the use of public resources could provide some compensation to Society for this kind of investment. For this reason, it is relevant to understand the specific dynamics of academia. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the knowledge diffusion process in the Brazilian Scientific field. To carry out the research, we applied bibliometric and sociometric analysis to address the evolution of the data envelopment analysis (DEA) technique, largely applied in the public sector. It consists of an objective, quantitative and, longitudinal study, with descriptive and explanatory purposes. Our main result is the relevance of the master’s and doctoral programs for DEA's diffusion. Finding this result was possible due to the methodological path adopted, different from other researches.