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The Sugarcane Complex in Brazil

The Role of Innovation in a Dynamic Sector on Its Path Towards Sustainability

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  • © 2015

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Authors:
  1. Felix Kaup

    1. Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

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  • Illustrates the links between innovation systems and sustainable development
  • Offers comprehensive insights into the Brazilian sugarcane sector and its unique character
  • Includes a detailed case study that demonstrates how innovation systems work

Part of the book series: Contributions to Economics (CE)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction

    • Felix Kaup
    Pages 1-12

  3. Theoretical Framework: Sustainability and Innovation

    • Felix Kaup
    Pages 13-44

  4. Research Design: A Case for Methodological Pluralism

    • Felix Kaup
    Pages 45-61

  5. Empirical Research—setor sucroenergético in Brazil—From the Experts’ Mouths

    • Felix Kaup
    Pages 63-260

  6. Conclusions

    • Felix Kaup
    Pages 261-272

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 273-280
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About this book

This book offers an in-depth analysis of the Brazilian sugarcane complex with a special focus on technological advances that promote sustainable development. It first examines the question why sugarcane-based ethanol from Brazil is considered a superior alternative to fossil fuel compared to other biofuels produced on an industrial scale and subsequently analyzes the most dynamic areas within the sugarcane sector with regard to relevant actors, technologies and markets in order to determine if the sector can be considered an innovation system. The empirical research presented here is based on multiple research methods and derives its data from interviews with Brazilian experts of the sugarcane sector and by a thorough literature review. The book will be of special interest to researchers and practitioners interested in understanding the key mechanisms in successful innovation systems that promote a transition towards sustainable development and mobility.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Potsdam, Germany

    Felix Kaup

About the author

After finishing his Diploma in Business Administration, Felix Kaup worked more than four years for several associations and as an international project manager within bioenergy projects in Latin America and South Africa. During his employment with the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research he worked as a researcher on biofuels and wrote his doctoral thesis. For more than eight years Felix Kaup has been working in interdisciplinary and intercultural teams.

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