A política industrial brasileira recente e as estratégias de inovação do setor moveleiro da região oeste de Santa Catarina

This study aims to evaluate the influence of industrial policies carried out in Brazil after 2003 on the furniture industry innovation strategies of the Santa Catarina West Region. As empirical strategy was field research conducted through semi-structured interviews in 14 export companies in the region. The interviews assessed a set of three elements related to the topic: i) characterization of the companies; ii) innovation strategies of enterprises; and, iii) contribution of industrial policy actions on innovations. The main findings relate to that industry is characterized mostly by small business that make residential furniture, and are in the market for over 20 years, do not have a deliberate policy of innovation, although monitor and carry out improvements in products and production processes steadily. The main changes refer to "technological change product" and "technological change in production processes" and to a lesser extent "organizational innovation". In terms of industrial policy, the results showed that they contributed marginally to stimulate their innovation and the improvement of policy should consider training programs to labor and improvement of labor legislation, lines of subsidized credit, tax subsidies and the improvement in infrastructure.