Rrevisão exploratória sobre sistema nacional de inovação e ecoinovação: quando as trajetórias de desenvolvimento encontram os limites ambientais

Abstract

This monograph examines the relationship between the National Innovation System (NIS) and eco-innovation, based on the understanding that technological change arises from learning processes and interactions among firms, universities, research institutions, government, the financial system, and other organizations. Its objective is to analyze how capabilities built within NISs can support the generation and diffusion of eco-innovations and why such capabilities, by themselves, do not ensure positive environmental outcomes. The study is qualitative and exploratory and was conducted through a literature review. The review indicates that innovation and eco-innovation rely on common knowledge, skills, financing mechanisms, and cooperation networks, while the double externality of eco-innovation increases the relevance of regulation and public coordination. It also shows that a developed NIS does not automatically become environmentally sustainable, since its capabilities may remain tied to resource- and pollution-intensive production paths. The study concludes that the environmental direction of the system is as important as its overall innovation capacity and that further theoretical integration between the two fields is still needed.