Resumen

SAENZ, Tirso W  y  SOUZA PAULA, Maria Carlota de. Considerações sobre indicadores de inovação para américa latina. INCI [online]. 2002, vol.27, n.8, pp.430-437. ISSN 0378-1844.

This article underlines the growing importance of having adequate innovation indicators for countries like the Latin American ones. In the first place, some concepts are presented as a base for the discussions on the question of innovation and its measurement. Next, some considerations are presented on the capacities and the internal efforts necessary for innovation; the particularities that should be taken into account for the identification and construction of the indicators; the differences between developed and under developed countries regarding the S&T and innovation activities; the economic, social and environmental impacts of innovations; the technology transfer from abroad; patents; the importance of the gathering of data in the production entities; and the introduction of the Bogotá Manual, an initiative considered by the authors as an important step to attend this necessity.

Palabras clave : América Latina ; Ciencia e Tecnologia ; Indicadores ; Inovação .