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NITEC Seminars: Lecture with Nicholas Vonortas
The second NITEC Seminar of 2017 brings Prof.Dr. Nicholas Vonortas, from Elliott School of International Affairs. The lecture brings the theme “Backbones of the Knowledge Economy? Universities and the Dynamics of Technology Upgrading in a Developing Country”. The lecture will take place on 08/08/2017 (Tuesday), at 10:00 am in room 208 of the School of…
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Seminários NITEC: palestra com Nicholas Vonortas
O segundo Seminário NITEC de 2017 traz o Prof. Dr. Nicholas Vonortas, da Elliott School of International Affairs com o tema “Backbones of the Knowledge Economy? Universities and the Dynamics of Technology Upgrading in a Developing Country”. A palestra ocorre no dia 08/08/2017 (terça feira), às 10h na sala 208 da Escola de Administração da…
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AgroInova Seminar
On July 11, NITEC brings the first Agro Inova Seminar , with the theme “Premium product development”. The event will take place in the Nascente auditorium, in the Centennial building of the Engineering School of UFRGS. The speakers will be announced soon! Registrations: https://nitec.typeform.com/to/d15klA
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Seminários NITEC: Palestra com a Emerald Publishing
No dia 19 de abril, quarta feira, acontece na Escola de Administração da UFRGS a primeira edição do ano dos Seminários NITEC. O primeiro seminário conta com uma palestra com André Jun e Isabela Daneluci da Emerald Publishing. “A Emerald é uma editora global que une pesquisa e prática para benefício…
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The Evolution of Innovation Capabilities in Industrial Business
The project aims to reapply the model of innovation capabilities in the sample of companies available in the bank data from the project “Paths of innovation in the brazilian indutry” and to evaluate the evolution of its innovation capacities over the last four years (2014-2018) . In this way, it will be possible not only…
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The Paths of Innovation of Brazilian Agribusiness
In the State of Rio Grande do Sul, agribusiness plays a key role. All activities related to this sector, from the producer to the industry, generate approximately 45% of the economic wealth produced in the State. However, Brazil still figures as a country that focuses its activities on the production and sale of commodities and…
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Bonito: ecology and socio economy of Katsuwonus Pelamis fishing in the Rio de Janeiro coast for stock assessment, sustainable management and use in school feeding
The project is a partnership between the institutions FURG, UFRJ, UFRGS, UNICAMP, UFF and FIPERJ, funded by FUNBIO. It is divided in three steps: (i) Marine and Offshore Environments’ Ecological Characteristics, (ii) Identification and Analysis of Fish Populations, (iii) Social Economy of the Fishing Process. NITEC works on the third step of the project (Social…
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STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF NANOTECHNOLOGY INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF NEW PRINCIPLES AND DRUGS BRAZILIAN PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR 2004-2007

This project aims to identify the feasibility of incorporating the analysis of social, environmental and regulatory dimensions (beyond the traditional economic and technological dimensions) in the current stage of nanoscience in drugs in Brazil, and to verify if this incorporation, in a context of transposition Of patents in the research institutes for the laboratories, in…
