De Institutos a Fondos Tecnológicos: la transformación del Estado argentino en la década de 1990

Abstract

the incentive for technological change for the competitiveness of local companiesis one of the objectives pursued by states when they support science and technologyinstitutions. throughout history, the argentine state assumed different strategies todeal with this issue. the objective of this paper is to analyze the transformation in thestrategies adopted by the argentine state in response to this question in the 1990s. asmany scholars of the subject point out, by the end of the 1950s, the argentine statewas equipped with the capacity to execute and disseminate technologies through thecreation of technological institutes. However, starting in the 1990s, this orientation wasmodified and the issue was addressed through the creation of technology funds whoseobjective is to promote technological change in companies through financial instru-ments. the article studies the consequences of this transformation in the structure ofthe argentine state and the way in which the relationship with companies wasrethought for the purposes of technological development.