Desenvolvimento local e gestão de recursos naturais em São Miguel do Guamá (Pará/Brasil): aprendizagem territorial, cooperação e inovação no arranjo produtivo local de indústrias ceramistas

Abstract

The paper aims to examine the ability of red ceramic companies in São Miguel do Guamá/PA - largest ceramic polo in the north and northeast of Brazil -with regard to potentiate the effects of the formation of clusters in order to catalyze its results. Thus, an element of fundamental importance was the understanding the degrees of intensity of cooperative relations, seen as decisive to generate technological spillovers. As greater the intensity of these relationships, greater the possibility of transmission of technical knowledge, and hence the greater the possibility of technological innovations dissemination with potential for promotion of local development processes. This way, were used techniques of qualitative and quantitative research through multivariate statistical analysis in order to detect and identify factors capable of influencing the possibilities of firms reach a greater or lesser degree of inter-organizational integration. The descriptive analysis showed that companies in the cluster of red ceramic in São Miguel do Guamá/PA have indicators extremely low in the dimensions of Learning and Innovation, and absolutely null indicators in cooperation dimension. The results are quite disappointing when consider the possibility of structuring a dynamic and productive group which may give rise to a local innovation system.