Upon addressing the gaps left by the first incentive laws, the new code throws a new light on the complex web of inter-relationships, which is a particular characteristic of innovation enterprises and initiatives. The aim is therefore to create opportunities for a better access to scientific infrastructure by companies, as well as to make the use of existing stock of knowledge in academia more flexible, especially when it comes to public institutions, which were usually subject to a number of legal restrictions, necessary to contain abuse and fraud. The resolution of these well known conflicts of legal order regarding the use of infrastructure and intellectual capital makes of the S&T code a major step towards the consolidation of a new approach to science and technology-based innovation in the country.

Now it remains for us to know if this door which has been opened will take effect also in the way in which institutions and companies operate. In addition to establishing partnerships, we must achieve a new way of working, in whose context the research institution would cease to think only of its natural vocation, but would also acquire an enterprise vision in the process, and, similarly, the company would not think just as a company any longer but would also acquire a vision towards the future by investing in expertise, in order to achieve sustainable competitive advantage, which far surpasses the immediate results usually obtained.

The very well renowned R&D programme of the national electric energy agency, “Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica” (ANEEL), whose methodology has evolved a lot throughout its existence, provide the opening necessary for the creation of innovative enterprises in the sector. However, in practice, we can still notice the segregation between the "business side" and the "academic side" in the way the projects are conducted, which tends to hamper the effectiveness of its results. In projects of this nature, a new attitude on the part of entrepreneurs still appears to be necessary, so that these two sides can approach each other, allowing for an interaction capable of providing a new innovation dynamics in the sector.

Science and technology-based innovation projects can even comply with the current business model, where there are two very well-characterized roles, the client and the supplier, but they will surely be able to produce much better results by adopting a model based on a real and effective interaction between players. The new law will certainly promote formal partnerships, but only a new mentality where there is a kind of symbiosis between the participants will be able to produce the desired results, namely those which constitute the necessary ingredients to make the country emerge as a potential source of innovation in the global context.