SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICIES FOR INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: DEVELOPMENT MODELS AND INNOVATION SYSTEMS IN ARGENTINA

Abstract

The concept of technological capacities for production permits the evaluation of public policies in science and technology by expounding on the relation between the innovation systems and the productive structure of a country. From the identification of three phases in recent Argentinian history, this article posits a succinct review of the different stages in the configuration of this relation during the development models adopted since 1930, paying particular attention to the formation of scientific and technological capacities in the manufacturing industry. Based on a conceptual review and the analytical proposal particular to the Argentinian case, the article asserts that a relation between the innovation system and the development models led to the formation of cycles of strengthening and divergence, which limited the impetus and the consolidation of a dynamic National System of Innovation (NSI) integrated into the industrial productive forces.