NARRATIVES OF ORGANIZATIONS IN THE BRAZILIAN INNOVATION SYSTEM IN HARDER TIMES: IDEAS ABOUT THE PURPOSE, ORIGIN AND PLAYERS OF INNOVATION

This study analyzes the narratives of organizations that make up the Brazilian Innovation System amid the country's economic crisis, exploring their ideas about the purpose of innovation, its origins, and the actors considered relevant. The National Innovation System can be defined as a set of organizations and institutions that interact with each other within the historical and evolutionary context of each national economy. It is assumed that discourses are contingent and can redefine convergences and antagonisms between agents, thereby affecting the system's integration. The study methodology involves data mining techniques collected from news websites and from the organizations themselves. The sample of organizations is made up of institutions from different institutional spheres and are characterized as collective representations that express the National Innovation System. Among the main findings, the antagonisms present in the narratives stand out, such as the idea that the purpose of innovation is related to greater competition and economic development versus the idea that the purpose of innovation involves a focus on social and sustainable development. Regarding the origins of innovation, the antagonism between organizations that advocate for strengthening domestic industry and those that prioritize the adoption of innovations through technology transfer from abroad stands out. Finally, the antagonism between the idea that entrepreneurs play a central role in innovation and the argument that collaboration among diverse actors is the best path to innovation development is noteworthy. Based on the analysis of the organizations' discourses, it is concluded that the system struggles to articulate narratives, which exposes the precariousness of discursive integration among the organizations addressed in the new context.