THE SPATIAL CONCENTRATION OF THE NEW ECONOMY:

A STUDY ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN BRAZIL

Authors

  • Professor Departamento de Geografia, Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Pelotas https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7954-7417
  • Michel da Silva Knuth Departamento de Geografia, Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis30355

Abstract

The study, focusing on the New Economy, aims to analyze the location of Information Technology (IT) activities in Brazil. Discusses this service sector and its installation in cities and analyzes the presence of companies and employees in Brazil in a comparison on a national scale between the federation units; and between municipalities; while, on a regional scale, it addresses the state of São Paulo. The work uses, above all, the official databases of the Annual List of Social Information (RAIS), linked to the Ministry of Labor and Employment of the federal government, managing to reveal the entire Brazilian territory. The theoretical basis is related to studies of innovation and territory, pointing out that the transformation of the technological base with global contours, from the second half of the 20th century, led to the emergence of a New Economy, which has an emphasis on information, knowledge, learning and innovation. As a result of the study, the presence of IT in Brazilian capitals is presented, especially in the South and Southeast of the country, with the supremacy of São Paulo and its metropolitan region. The study highlights a large concentration of IT activities in large centers, demonstrating the permanence or deepening of territorial inequalities in Brazil.

 

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Author Biographies

Professor, Departamento de Geografia, Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

PhD Professor in Geography, with emphasis on Urban Geography, Economics and Urban Environmental Sustainability, at the Department of Geography at the Federal University of Pelotas. Professor in the Graduate Program in Geography. Performing, 2023, Post-Doctoral Internship at UFRGS, in the Graduate Program in Sociology.

Michel da Silva Knuth, Departamento de Geografia, Instituto de Ciências Humanas, Universidade Federal de Pelotas

Bachelor in Geography from the Federal University of Pelotas. Scientific Initiation Scholarship FAPERGS. Collaborator in the New Economy Research group.

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Published

2024-03-13

How to Cite

Oliveira, G. M. de, & da Silva Knuth, M. . (2024). THE SPATIAL CONCENTRATION OF THE NEW ECONOMY:: A STUDY ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN BRAZIL. Finisterra, 59(125), 3–17. https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis30355

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Vol. 59 No. 125 (2024)

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