EFFICIENCY OF INNOVATION PROCESSES FOR PROCESSING INDUSTRY: AN ANALYSIS IN THE STATE OF PARANÁ

Abstract

In 2011, the industry accounted for 27.28% of GDP in the State of Paraná, representing in 2013, 5.84% of Brazil's GDP, highlighting the segments of automotive vehicles, food and petroleum refining. However comes up watching in recent years, an industry decrease of participation in the economy, the process of de-industrialization, where it turns out that the challenges related to globalization and increased competitiveness are directly linked to innovation processes. The objective is to verify that the activities implemented innovations in the manufacturing industry are more efficient in relation to its financial return in the state of Paraná. The research is exploratory, which applies to linear programming technical data envelopment analysis (DEA - Data Envelopment Analysis) from the series of data collected for the years 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008 and 2011 we used the BCC model with orientation outputs, considering returns scale variables holding constant the resources and increasing output. In this scenario, it appears that the activities that will innovate not necessarily have the highest net revenues due to standard issue for each sector, related to higher investments in research and development of products with high added values, but even with a size less than or producing industrial goods with lower unit value, by stimulating innovative activities, become benchmarks, making the most of its resources in order to maximize their revenue, making profitable and competitive industry.