THE IMPORTANCE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH DEVELOPED IN HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN ANGOLA FOR THE GENERATION OF INNOVATION

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.5582102214047

• Palavras-chave: University education; Scientific research; Competition; Innovation.

• Keywords: University education; Scientific research; Competition; Innovation.

• Abstract:

  The growing emergence of private higher education institutions in Angola, especially in the capital Luanda, evidenced the existence of significant competition between them, since they aim at the same market. Scientific research can be a differentiator between them, since it can generate innovative knowledge in this context, as well as provide subsidies for the formulation of public policies, aiming at economic and social development. The objective was to analyze scientific research as a determining factor for the generation of innovation in the context of private higher education in Angola. This is a descriptive and exploratory study, whose qualitative approach is based on previously carried out research, as well as on existing government laws for the sector. The results indicate an evolution of private higher education institutions in Luanda from 2009 to 2011 and 2016 to 2018, highlighting the high number of students from these institutions compared to public institutions in the same sector. It was observed that some universities lost competitive advantage over others. Public policies to encourage innovation focusing on scientific research were identified based on government decrees. Given the competitive environment, it is concluded that private higher education institutions can adopt organizational models to foster scientific research in their environment, in order to develop innovation, provided that they provide the necessary incentives, in order to create policies in partnership with the companies and the government.

• Número de páginas: 19