The Role of Public Policy in the Development of Technological Capabilities of Companies in the Wind Energy Sector and the Impact on Social and Environmental Performance

JosÃ© Maria Gonçalves Nunes de Melo; Samuel Façanha CÃ¢mara; FabÃ­ola Gomes Farias; FÃ¡bio NÃ³brega de Lima; Ana Augusta Ferreira de Freitas

The Role of Public Policy in the Development of Technological Capabilities of Companies in the Wind Energy Sector and the Impact on Social and Environmental Performance

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JosÃ© Maria Gonçalves Nunes de Melo Universidade Estadual do CearÃ¡ - PPGA - Programa de PÃ³s-graduaçÃ£o em AdministraçÃ£o http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1161-828X
Samuel Façanha CÃ¢mara Universidade Estadual do CearÃ¡ - PPGA - Programa de PÃ³s-graduaçÃ£o em AdministraçÃ£o http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8333-6997
FabÃola Gomes Farias Universidade Estadual do CearÃ¡ - PPGA - Programa de PÃ³s-graduaçÃ£o em AdministraçÃ£o http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9129-4988
FÃ¡bio NÃ³brega de Lima Universidade Estadual do CearÃ¡ - PPGA - Programa de PÃ³s-graduaçÃ£o em AdministraçÃ£o http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2999-6791
Ana Augusta Ferreira de Freitas Universidade Estadual do CearÃ¡ - PPGA - Programa de PÃ³s-graduaçÃ£o em AdministraçÃ£o http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2741-6968

Abstract

The object of this study was to analyze the role of public policies in the development of technological capacities in firms of the wind energy sector and the impacts of this development in social and environmental performances of these firms. The investigation was organized through semi-structured interviews with ten professionals of political policies in different Brazilian states and seven professionals of wind energy corporations in Brazil. The main implications in the field of public policies reveal they were fundamental for the sectors development, but were inefficient regarding the transfer of technology to Brazil, training and qualification of the workforce, development of the infrastructure to the wind energy sector, and the development of technological capacities of the firms.Keywords: Wind energy policy. Technological capacity. Social and environmental performanceJEL Classifications: Q42, Q48, Q55, Q56

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2017-07-18

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Melo, J. M. G. N. de, CÃ¢mara, S. F., Farias, F. G., Lima, F. N. de, & Freitas, A. A. F. de. (2017). The Role of Public Policy in the Development of Technological Capabilities of Companies in the Wind Energy Sector and the Impact on Social and Environmental Performance. International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 7(3), 58–65. Retrieved from https://econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/4494

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Vol. 7 No. 3 (2017)

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