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Explorando Distintos Tipos de Innovación en Micro y Pequeñas Empresas Peruanas
Get PDFThis article explores the innovation phenomenon, from a multidimensional perspective, in two groups of micro and small enterprises of traditional sectors. The analysis considers demand-driven innovations such as product, marketing and market innovations as well as innovations intended to operational efficiency which include administrative and production process innovations. Data were collected from 50 businesses. In terms of demand-driven innovations, the results show that the group of furniture manufacturers mainly focuses on product innovations relegating marketing and market innovations. In contrast, the group of Pisco producers has greater diversification among these three types of innovation, and at the same time, higher concentration on each of them. Regarding efficiency-oriented innovations, both groups showed similar behavior with more introductions of production process innovations
Conception and Execution of an Energy Innovation Program: Top-down and Bottom-up Analyses of the Brazilian National Program for Production and Use of Biodiesel
Get PDFThe National Program for Production and Use of Biodiesel aims to partially replace petroleum diesel consumed in Brazil by biodiesel. PNPB costs are subsidized by government and diesel consumers, based on economical, environmental and social benefits. Rules and incentives have been created in order to create a sectoral innovation system congruent with PNPB´s objectives. Nevertheless, PNPB didn´t reach its goals, especially social policy goals. The paper analyzes PNPB by applying public policy analysis methodologies. Top-down and bottom-up approaches have been adopted. Top-down approach investigates PNPB´s conception, focusing Program´s rules and results expected by formulators. Bottom-up approach investigates PNPB´s execution, focusing public/private actors enrolled on PNPB. Shortcomings identified are mainly related to the coordination of public/private actors and the Program´s goals
Services for People Innovation Park – Planning Methodologies
Get PDFThis article aims to identify appropriate methodologies for the planning of a Services for People Innovation Park-SPIP, designed according to the model proposed by the Ibero-American Network launched by La Salle University of Madrid. Projected to form a network, these parks were conceived to provoke social change in their region, improving quality of life and social welfare, through knowledge, technology and innovation transfer and creation of companies focused on developing product and services to reduce social inequalities. Building a conceptual framework for the identification of planning methodologies compatible with the SPIP problemátique, this article analyses the theories of complex systems and adaptive planning, considering the particularities presented by Innovation Parks. The study deepens the understanding of the problems inherent in park planning, identifies the key issues to be considered during this process, and characterizes the SPIP as active adaptive complex system, suggesting methodologies more appropriate to its planning
Percepción de los Estudiantes de Ingeniería, Tecnología y Curso Técnico sobre Responsabilidad Social Empresarial
Get PDFThis article identifies the perceptions of students in Engineering, Technology and Technical Course at the Federal University of Technology, Paraná (UTFPR), Campus Ponta Grossa, on Social Responsibility (SR) using a structured questionnaire in three areas: i) perception of CSR in companies, ii) in relation to UTFPR, and iii) RS about themselves. Actions should be shared with the government\u27s actions in promoting social welfare and development. Companies should be accountable and solve their social problems. Actions and projects of the institution are perceived with a positioning responsible socially in the formation. There is RS in shopping quality and the best practices are those that preserve the environment, recycle and respect human rights
El Comportamiento Innovador en Valor Agregado del Sector Agrícola en el Estado de Sinaloa
Get PDFIn the study on Mexico´s states competitiveness published in 2008 by the Instituto Mexicano para la Competitividad (IMCO), noted that the state of Sinaloa is a national leader in the production of food, in this state where nearly 30% of the total food production in the country. However, in the state recognized weaknesses that undermine the competitiveness identified by the same IMCO, such as lack of added value in the products sold. Sinaloa is an excellent producer of food, but their marketing is at the primary level, low value-added. This has generated a farming culture in harvesting market the product without any intermediate step towards industrialization. Another weakness is the lack of patents, most of the research is not marketed, not transformed or transferred to the business sector. In this sense, the generation of patent-based companies or leverage a type of intellectual property is extremely low. Moreover, Sinaloa is one of the states that started business in the country, reflecting a culture conducive to entrepreneurship, however, these businesses in more than 95% are traditional companies, according to the Department of Economy, companies where technology integration is not a key factor. It is seen, therefore, a low migration towards industrialization of products and the generation of technology-based companies. The aim of this paper is to analyze the innovative behavior of Sinaloa´s agricultural sector and its effects on product improvement. This work is based on the experience of implementing an innovation model in a regional company, recognized for its type, size, products handled, profile market and participation in projects. The task is to generate the registration of a case showing a new innovative behavior focused on the generation of value-added products through a combination of market intelligence and technology transfer
Tutorial on "How to Publish in a Refereed Journal"
Get PDFTutorial on how to publish in a refereed journal. Talk given by Professor David Bennett at IAMOT´s International Conference, Porto Alegre-Brazil, April 2013.Available thanks to a joint activity of Journal of Technology Management and Innovation (JOTMI) and the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT). All copyrights reserved to the International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT)
ALTEC y la Gestión Tecnológica en Iberoamérica: Investigación y Gestión en las Empresas
Get PDFThe seminars of the Latin Ibero-American Association of Technology Management (ALTEC) they are one of the most important spaces in this region for the discussion of the research in the discipline of innovation and technology management. This article presents a brief panorama of the main thematic areas approached in 14 seminars carried out by that association from 1985 until the year 2011. In this context, a group of 18 articles is presented, which discuss in this volume the technology and innovation management in Latin American companies of diverse size, from an individual and sectoral focusThe seminars of the Latin Ibero-American Association of Technology Management (ALTEC) they are one of the most important spaces in this region for the discussion of the research in the discipline of innovation and technology management. This article presents a brief panorama of the main thematic areas approached in 14 seminars carried out by that association from 1985 until the year 2011. In this context, a group of 18 articles is presented, which discuss in this volume the technology and innovation management in Latin American companies of diverse size, from an individual and sectoral focus
A Study on Alternative Approaches to Instill Environmental Concerns in the Domain of Production Management of Industrial Firms
Get PDFThis article presents a comparative analysis of alternative models of production with environmental concerns that may lead to higher effectiveness in initiatives undertaken by industrial firms towards the development of more sustainable operations. The objective is to organize the knowledge on the subject of such models and provide guidelines that may help managers in selecting the most fitting approach for their business, according to the strategy and conditions of the firm. Among the presented models, the Cleaner Production model stands out for promoting the approach of nurturing the concurrent strengthening of quality, productivity, and sustainability in the existing manufacturing processes by dealing more comprehensively with factors internal to the firm that may be directly controlled by the managers
CALL FOR PAPERS: Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability in Natural Resource-Intensive Economies.
Get PDFBackgroundIn facing the challenges of reducing detrimental environmental and societal impacts created by unsustainable business practices, the development of innovations and entrepreneurship for sustainability has gained special attention. They are recognized as the engine in the transformation of current business processes and key factors in creating sustainable prosperity (Hall et al. 2010).------------------------------------------------------Important dates• Final date for submissions: 1 September 2014• Notification to author: Last Week of October 2014• Online Publications: 3rd Week of November 2014
Barriers and Facilitators of Collaborative Management in Technological Innovation Projects
Get PDFDiscussions about innovation tend to a more systemic and cooperative approach in which those networks focused on scientific and technological development are considered. This article aims to identify the barriers and facilitators in the collaborative management process of technological innovation projects and a study has been carried out by the cooperation action for innovation with 17 industries in Brazil. The primary evidence refers to the crucial role of project managers when leading the structural demands, and clarity on the relevance of the communication of strategic guidelines among the organizations involved for the achievement of the results in the industries