Political economy of Brazilian startups: a new order in a turbulent scenario

Vol. 41 No. 3 (2021)

Jul-Sep / 2021
Published July 20, 2021
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How to Cite

Kon, Anita. 2021. “Political Economy of Brazilian Startups: A New Order in a Turbulent Scenario”. Brazilian Journal of Political Economy 41 (3):611-32. https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-31572021-3082.

Political economy of Brazilian startups: a new order in a turbulent scenario

Anita Kon
Professora Titular da PUC/SP. Coordenadora do Grupo de Pesquisas em Economia Industrial, Trabalho e Tecnologia do Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Economia Política da Pontifícia Universidade Católica, São Paulo/SP, Brasil.
Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 41 No. 3 (2021), Jul-Sep / 2021, Pages 611-632

Abstract

The article investigates the conditions that enable the creation and evolution of Brazilian startups in the context of uncertainties and instability of the country’s economy since 2010. The paper examines the premises of Complexity Theory and Chaos Theory applied to Economics. The study outlines the conditions for the emergence and evolution of these disruptive business models in the 1990s world scenario of crises and uncertainties. The last section deals with the evolution of these companies in Brazil until 2019, seeking to explain these services’ dynamic behavior, in the country’s conjuncture of instability and disorder.

JEL Classification: O; O14.


Keywords: Innovation startups technology complexity Chaos Theory