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To conceive, implement and evaluate a method with specific techniques and agents (technological extension agents) that will emerge the needs of companies, especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), transforming them into effective demands to meet them.

Study of proposals for strategies and management tools for mature technology companies in RS. The objective of this work is to present a typology of proposals for formal instruments for managing the problem solving process in companies with stabilized technology, by evaluating the productive, administrative and technological capacity of companies.

This project has as general objective the identification and evaluation of technologies available for the recycling of plastic waste, with a view to the design of an energy production process and its economic and environmental implications.

Research carried out with 25 companies from the automotive industry in the state of Rio Grande do Sul to identify the use of different innovation management tools and the impact on the competitive development of these companies.

The project, demandedby FEE, analyzed the potential of local productive agglomerations or clusters to promote asustainable economic development of tehir respective regios and, as a consequence, of the State. Through the study of 6agglomerations, it was possible to understand their operation dynamics and to identify obstacles to their competitiveness. The research also looked on how…

To be considered  a Premium food, the product must not only offer high quality, but also add value for both  consumers and producers.  Those willing to offer premium products must know what their own company can produce, as well as understand how external links such as science and technology and government institutions can contribute to…

The central assumption of this project is that, in order to justify a change in the competitive condition of Brazilian companies, they are adopting a model of coordination different from that of international companies. This model does not discuss whether technological and competitive competences should be developed and sustained autonomously (internally verticalized), but rather what…

Innovation has been gaining increasing participation in economic and industrial development studies. Today, the role played by innovation in the industrial capacity building process of firms is being increasingly discussed, being considered as a key factor to reach and sustain a competitive position in the market, both nationally and internationally. However, although it has long…

Despite the importance of small companies for the country’s economic and social development, they are not very dynamic as generators of technologies and new products, which explains, in part, their low participation in GDP and exports. The development of products together has great potential to circumvent this problem. However, in previous studies, there were different…