%0 Journal Article %T Brazilian industry competitiveness in the recent period: performance of selected categories from the Pavitt¡¯s taxonomy Competitividade da ind¨²stria brasileira no per¨ªodo recente de acordo com a taxonomia de Pavitt %A Camila Hermida %A Cl¨¦sio Louren£¿o Xavier %J Revista Brasileira de Inova£¿£¿o %D 2012 %I Universidade Estadual de Campinas %X The aim of this paper is to analyse the performance and competitiveness of Brazilian export according to Pavitt¡¯s taxonomy, highlighting the behavior of higher technological level sectors in the period between 2001 and 2010. We sought to examine both if there was any change in the Brazilian export specialization pattern in the recent period, and in which industries has Brazil increased its market parcels, through ¡°Market Share¡± indicator, and also ensured Revealed Comparative Advantages, through RCA indicator. The empirical analysis showed that Brazil remains more competitive in the export of goods which demand abundant factors in natural resources. However, some sectors the selected categories revealed that there is an innovative effort to obtain competitiveness gains in the world market for high-tech products. Resumo O objetivo deste artigo ¨¦ analisar o desempenho e a competitividade das exporta es brasileiras de acordo com a taxonomia de Pavitt, enfatizando o comportamento de setores com maior grau tecnol¨®gico no per¨ªodo entre 2001 e 2010. Buscou-se observar se houve mudan a do padr o de especializa o das exporta es brasileiras no per¨ªodo recente, em quais ind¨²strias o Brasil tem ampliado suas parcelas de mercado, por meio do indicador ¡°market share¡±, e quais est o garantindo Vantagens Comparativas Reveladas, a partir do indicador VCR. A an¨¢lise emp¨ªrica demonstrou que o Brasil continua sendo mais competitivo nas exporta es de bens que demandam fatores abundantes em recursos naturais. No entanto, alguns setores das categorias selecionadas revelaram que h¨¢ um esfor o inovativo para obter ganhos de competitividade no mercado mundial de produtos de alta tecnologia. %K Exportation %K Technology %K Competition Palavras-chave: Exporta es %K Tecnologia %K Competitividade %U http://www.ige.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/rbi/article/view/445