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Governance structure promoting innovation: an exploratory study in Brazilian habitats
Get PDFThis research aimed to investigate how the governance structure of innovation habitats may contribute to the development of innovation in resident companies. An exploratory study was conducted in INOVAPARQ and CELTA incubator, in Brazil. The empirical contexts were investigated by applying qualitative method with NVivo software. Critical success factors of governance were found: managerial relationships with different stakeholders; national and international training networks; and boosted resident companies monitoring by specific assessment tools. It was concluded that these factors are crucial to the innovation process of resident companies mostly by creating new products and services; sharing of inter-company knowledge; and motivating employees to work in a creative environment
Digital planning of the city of Barcelona and its relations with the strategic digital city
Get PDFThe demand for new ways of managing cities requires faster, more technological and more digital means of interaction and communication. In this context, the strategic digital city applies the resources of information technology in municipal management, based on its strategies. The objective is to analyze the digital planning of the city of Barcelona and its relations with the strategic digital city. The methodology of the selected research is a unique case study in Barcelona, through the research protocol. The results obtained through the analyzes have shown that the digital planning of the city of Barcelona provides information technology and strategy resources that promote practices intrinsic to the strategic digital city, showing that the city of Barcelona applies these resources to the benefit of its inhabitants, making with which this city is increasingly democratic and digital. The analyzes demonstrate how digital planning can be aided by the strategic digital city project, confirming that the population would be increasingly benefiting from the technological and strategic resources. The conclusion reiterates that digital planning makes it possible to have an interface between the population, government and organizations in public passenger transport
Object and Means of University-Firm Technology Transfer
Get PDFGreater demand for food and the scarcity of natural resources reinforce the importance of research at universities and the transfer of their technologies to firms, particularly in the case of crops. In this context, the general aim of this study is to analyze the alignment of the object and means of university-firm technology transfer in Brazilian and American agriculture schools. The research is qualitative in nature, with multiple case studies of two American universities and a Brazilian university, selected using criteria such as excellence, accessibility and technological similarities. Among the results and contributions to the field, the innovations that were generated and the identification of the differences and similarities in formal and informal processes of university-firm technology transfer may be highlighted
Innovation models and technological parks: interaction between parks and innovation agents
Get PDFTechnological parks are strategic innovation places for the stimulation of synergy among different agents. Current theoretical study identifies forms of interactions between technological parks and agents mentioned in interactive models of innovation. Foregrounded on triple, quadruple e quintuple helix models, current analysis investigates interactions of parks with companies, universities, government, civil society and the natural environment. One of the main contributions of current study is the integrating approach of interactions between parks and agents mentioned in innovation models. Overall interaction, provided in the results, favors the visualization of the parks´ management dynamics and the implementation of innovation models. Its practical contribution comprises subsidies for the construction of strategies, definition of stakeholders´ management and elaboration of good practices for technological parks
Exploring Knowledge Transfer at UC Engineering School
Get PDFI explore the degree to which patents represent magnitude of knowledge transferred from University to Industry. Building on the Agrawal & Henderson (2002) framework, I compare two MIT engineering departments and the School of Engineering of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (UC Engineering). Based on quantitative and qualitative data I estimated the relative importance of patenting as a knowledge transfer mechanism. I found that in UC Engineering patenting and publishing activity have increased steadily, in line with faculty size increase. However, patenting is perceived by academics as a relatively less important technology transfer channel, and in terms of production counting it appears much less relevant. Although in terms of relative importance of publishing over patenting as a technology transfer channel both are relatively similar, in the perception of faculty; in terms of production counting there is a substantial difference. I suggest some plausible explanations, proposing new avenues for research
Team collaboration capabilities as a factor in startup success
Get PDFThis paper discusses the role of team collaboration as a building block for cultivating capabilities in technology-based startups. This conceptual framework draws on a literature review of innovation and entrepreneurship research to understand the intra-organization collaboration mechanisms among team members in technology-based startups. Introducing the concept of team collaboration capabilities represents a new approach to understanding the interaction conditions that give rise to new capabilities from a venture team as its organizational base. Rapid new capability building represents a competitive advantage in environments characterized by innovative technological change, known as dynamic capabilities
R&D investment and the arrangement of innovation capabilities in Brazilian manufacturing firms
Get PDFThis paper aims at identifying the different arrangements of innovation capabilities for firms with different levels of R&D investment. The four innovation capabilities model (development, operations, management and transaction) by Zawislak et al., (2012) was crossed with the three level – low, medium and high – R&D intensity classification by Legler and Frietsch (2007). A multiple regression was applied on data from a survey of 1,331 Brazilian manufacturing firms, results clearly show different arrangements of innovation capabilities for each level of R&D investment. Operations capability does not generate innovation performance in any level. Development capability becomes increasingly relevant to performance, as R&D investment increases, on the other hand, management and transaction capabilities turn to be less prominent
Marketing Myopia in Brazilian Public Universities: An Empirical Study Involving Academicians
Get PDFThe objective of this study was to understand the role of marketing, from research to commercialization of technologies in Brazilian public universities. To that end, an online survey was conducted, involving 236 academicians associated with in Brazilian public universities. The data obtained were subjected to exploratory factor analysis and descriptive statistics. The results revealed the low utilization of proactive market analyses in Brazilian public universities, as well as the limited integration of marketing through interaction with companies. The strategic orientation prevalent in BPUs was geared to technology, at the expense of relationships with society and the market. An entrepreneurial orientation was not observed. The actions to promote or encourage the transfer of Brazilian public universities technologies to the market proved timid. Finally, there were several obstacles to the implementation of marketing in Brazilian public universities, characterizing the so called marketing myopia
A leadership competency model of science and technology parks: the case of Chungbuk Techno Park in Korea
Get PDFGiven their significant regional economic benefits, science and technology parks (STPs) have attracted continuous academic attention. To understand the predictors of performance of STPs, this study focuses on the critical impacts of leaders and develops a leadership competency model specialized for public STP leaders. The competency model identifies the qualities and conditions of an effective leader of public STPs, emphasizing management skills, bottom-up approach, and boundary spanning skills. To provide empirical support, this study adopts the case study approach and performs a behavior event interview with one of the most successful leaders of public STPs in Korea
Enseñanza superior y sociedad: un estudio exploratorio sobre prácticas de la tercera misión en la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp)
Get PDFResumen: Este artículo presenta los resultados del estudio realizado sobre la tercera misión en la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), así como presenta un esbozo conceptual de la tercera misión, con base en estudios de referencia en ese campo, especialmente enfatizando los enfoques que posibilitan una visión multidimensional de la relación universidad-sociedad. Se utilizaron fuentes primarias (entrevistas y cuestionarios) y secundarias (informes institucionales, anuarios estadísticos y bibliografía especializada). Se concluye que la Unicamp está involucrada en diversas actividades de la tercera misión, sin embargo, los resultados también indican que la falta de comunicación y de intercambio de informaciones, las visiones estrechas de la relación universidad-sociedad y las reducidas concepciones de la extensión universitaria y de la tercera misión están entre las realidades que limitan e impiden el establecimiento de una comprensión holística de la tercera misión.Palabras clave: tercera misión; extensión; desarrollo regional; compromiso social; transferencia de tecnología.----------------------------------------------------------Abstract: Higher education and society: an exploratory study on practices of the third mission at the University of Campinas (Unicamp)This article presents the partial results of a study that investigated the third mission at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), as well as a conceptual outline of the third mission, based on reference studies in this field, especially emphasizing the approaches that would allow a multidimensional view of the university-society relationship. We used primary sources (interviews and questionnaires) and secondary sources (institutional reports, statistical yearbooks and specialized bibliography). It is concluded that Unicamp is engaged in several activities of the third mission, however, the results also indicate that the lack of communication and exchange of information, the close visions of the university-society relationship and the narrow conceptions of university extension and the third mission are among the realities that limit and hinder the establishment of a holistic understanding of the third mission.Keywords: third mission; extension; regional development; social engagement; technology transfer.Este artículo presenta los resultados del estudio realizado sobre la tercera misión en la Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), así como presenta un esbozo conceptual de la tercera misión, con base en estudios de referencia en ese campo, especialmente enfatizando los enfoques que posibilitan una visión multidimensional de la relación universidad-sociedad. Se utilizaron fuentes primarias (entrevistas y cuestionarios) y secundarias (informes institucionales, anuarios estadísticos y bibliografía especializada). Se concluye que la Unicamp está involucrada en diversas actividades de la tercera misión, sin embargo, los resultados también indican que la falta de comunicación y de intercambio de informaciones, las visiones estrechas de la relación universidad-sociedad y las reducidas concepciones de la extensión universitaria y de la tercera misión están entre las realidades que limitan e impiden el establecimiento de una comprensión holística de la tercera misión