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BA (Business Administration), Centro Universitário Ibero-Americano, Brazil MA (Innovation Management), Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, France PhD (Engineering & Knowledge Management), Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Biography:
Jamile Sabatini-Marques holds a PhD degree in Engineering and Knowledge Management from the Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil, where she spent the final year of her PhD study at QUT under the supervision of Prof Tan Yigitcanlar. Following her PhD study, she took up two consecutive postdoctoral research appointments at the University of São Paulo and Federal University of Santa Catarina. She is currently the Director of Innovation and Development of ABES (Brazilian Association of Software Companies), a member of the Brazilian Chamber of Information Technology, and a board member of the technology company Chipus. As an active member of the Australia-Brazil Smart City Research and Practice Network, she collaborates with QUT researchers.
PhD Thesis Title:
Reforming Technology Company Incentive Programs for Achieving Knowledge-Based Economic Development: A Brazil-Australia Comparative Study
PhD Research Summary:
The PhD thesis aimed to demonstrate the importance of incentives to technology-based firms as a strategy to promote knowledge-based economic development. The study was designed as an exploratory and descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Surveys were carried out with national trade associations that represented technology-based firms both in Brazil and Australia. After analysing the survey data, structured interviews were conducted with government representatives, trade associations and business people who had used financial support offered by the federal government. When comparing both countries’ incentive schemes, the study found that direct incentives through tax benefits are less bureaucratic, quicker and more direct process for firms, and hence the most effective support mechanism for the technology-based firms. The thesis work made a contribution to the conceptual framework of knowledge-based urban development, by including incentives as one of the pillars that contribute to knowledge-based economic development.