A Evolução Tecnológica do Biodiesel no Brasil e o Desempenho Social de Suas Empresas. O Caso da Petrobras Biocombustíveis

• Main Authors: Samuel Façanha Câmara, Francisco Roberto Pinto
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul 2016-01-01
• Series: Desenvolvimento em Questão
• Subjects: innovation; social performance; biodiesel; biofuels
• Online Access: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=75247943010

The overall objective is to analyze the relationship between technological and social performance of Petrobras Biofuels (PBio). For this purpose, we performed a field research with qualitative treatment. PBio presented three types of evolution in this relationship, namely: i) more social: relationship between agricultural technology and family farming; ii) more technical: relationship between industrial technolo- gies and shareholders (private and government), and industrial technologies and environment; iii) balanced: relationship between industrial technology and family farming. We found that the evolution of technological capabilities and Corporate Social Performance (CSP) occurred in PBio in a balanced way, when considering the dimensions of industrial technology and family farming; and in an unbal- anced way, in the combination of other dimensions analyzed. The results confirmed the need for PBio seek more balance in the relationship between technological development and social performance.