The Sugarcane Complex in Brazil: The Role of Innovation in a Dynamic Sector on Its Path Towards Sustainability

Author:   Felix Kaup
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2015 ed.
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9783319165820


Pages:   280
Publication Date:   08 April 2015
Format:   Hardback
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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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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.

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Author:   Felix Kaup
Publisher:   Springer International Publishing AG
Imprint:   Springer International Publishing AG
Edition:   2015 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   5.797kg
ISBN:  

9783319165820


ISBN 10:   3319165828
Pages:   280
Publication Date:   08 April 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements.- 1 Introduction.- 2 Theoretical Framework - Sustainability and Innovation.- 3 Research Design.- A Case for Methodological Pluralism.- 4 Empirical Research - Setor Sucroenergético in Brazil - from the Experts' Mouths.- 5 Conclusions.- Annex.

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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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