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THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES: AN ANALYSIS UNDER THE PERSPECTIVE OF ORGANIZATIONAL THEORIES

This article examines the importance of innovation for companies in various industries under the perspective of modern organizational theories. This is a review of the existing literature focusing on the innovative features provided by the organizations and on the major organizational theories. The discussion takes into account the main organizational theories grouped into four perspectives: Contingency, Resource Dependence, Ecological and Neoinstitucional. Besides the literature on the Revista GEINTEC – ISSN: 2237-0722. São Cristóvão/SE – 2014. Vol. 4/n.2/ p.940-954 941 D.O.I.: 10.7198/S2237-0722201400020020 subject, it also develops an analysis of secondary data on innovation presented in the latest edition of the industry research for technological innovation from Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics IBGE, and other publications on the subject to strengthen theoretical propositions. Some sectors of manufacturing and services industries that meet the key features found in innovative organizations are presented and classified.

Development of Engineering Competencies in Brazil and Innovation Policies, an Overview of the Automotive Sector

As consequence of the economic growth, it is observed the increase of the demand for engineering professionals. The problem of scarcity of engineering manpower is being faced as one of the main obstacles to the continuity of the Brazilian economic growth. The natural demands of infrastructure and industry allied to the fact that engineers are also recruited to occupy non-engineering positions constitute, themselves, already a difficult equation to solve. Besides, along the years, the Brazilian’s scientific production in the engineering field has demonstrated to be very shy. Such combination, either in macro or in micro-economy, reflects in the innovation and competitiveness. The objective of this research is to discuss actions to create engineering competencies in micro-economy that could attenuate those structural problems. Additionally, this work aims having an overview of those actions combined with the new regulatory policy for the automotive sector announced in April/12, which integrates the program “Inovar-Auto”.

Development of the Auto Parts Industry in Brazil

The purpose of this article is to demonstrate the evolution of the auto part industry regarding the Brazilian Automobile Industry. In 2013, even as Brazil ranked as the fifth largest producer of vehicles in the world, the commercial balance reached a new level of deficit. The studied hypothesis is that the national auto part industry is producing items of lesser technological value and importing items of greater value. This research highlights the importance of the technological development and the strengthening of competitiveness in the autopart industry for the success of the Inovar-Auto program.

A Macro Sectorial Study of Semiconductor Production

The increasing demand of electronic components has expanded business and investment in research. Noteworthy is the development of materials, specifically semiconductors. This study analyzes the macro sector of semiconductor production and the cyclical growth prospects of international trade and investment in this sector. Through a quantitative exploratory study it was possible to identify in the cyclical context the recent insertion of Brazil in the semiconductor production scenario with a growing view in the industry.

An Overview of Design Tools Applied in Civil Construction Area at Brazilian Southeast Region

The construction area in Brazil have different challenges to become more productive, efficient and sustainability. The objective is analyze the profile of projects offices at Brazil´s southeast region to determine the design tools used for project development and their characteristics in civil construction area. The strategy was a technical review about this issue in periodic papers and a survey, applied online, for project experts. The results shows that CAD – Computer Aided Design – tools still have more presence and BIM – Building Information Modeling – software is gaining space inside offices, but still have problems that need be resolved. Besides, inside the context, BIM tools have qualities aligned with actual demands that put it in evidence to resolve historical problems at civil construction context.

Program Inovar-Auto, Initiatives toward Innovation and Competitiveness in the Automotive Sector in Brazil

This paper aims having an understanding of the actual scenario of loss of competitiveness of the Brazilian industrialized goods, in specific of the automotive sector that has been suffered effects since global financial crisis of 2008. The paper is an exploratory research and seeks having overview of the Program “Inovar-Auto”, a new regulatory policy for the automotive sector, that became decree number 7819 published in 3rd of October of 2012. With the program, it is observed opportunities and counterpart toward actions of innovation, competitiveness and sustainability of the sector in Brazil.

Technological Innovation, Ethics and Legislation as Factors for Quality of Life

The aim of this article is to show that technological innovation, ethics, and the law contribute to an improvement in the quality of life of society, considering also that the major technological changes are followed by economic, social and institutional transformations, requiring legal supports, economic motivation and appropriate political and institutional conditions to be developed. Besides dealing with the concepts of ethics and technological innovation, are also addressed the laws of innovation and industrial property, since both are directly related to the theme of the paper. Quality of life is also conceptualized according to the World Health Organization, being understood that, to achieve advantages in quality of life of society, ethics must be present in all relations. Technological innovation, that generally boosts the economic growth of the country, should be encouraged and, simultaneously, the laws that enforce the relations in society rules must be adequated and improved according to the needs of the citizens and organizations.

Building a Conceptual Model for Analyzing Sustainability Projects Aiming at Technology Transfer: A Terminological Approach

R&DI institutions have adopted solutions based on Portfolio Management Project (PMP) to select the best projects in terms of both cost and strategic results. The candidate projects must meet sustainability requirements, since investments in sustainability have emerged as the most important global issue for business, industry, government, and academia. The objective of this research was to develop a conceptual model for analyzing a portfolio of sustainability projects. Such a portfolio provides descriptors widely recognized to support technology transfer, notably in the agricultural domain. This conceptual model was developed from a case study of Embrapa (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation). Although the proposed model has become a simple tool, the results revealed it is interesting for reclassification of the Embrapa’s projects, pointing to solutions on sustainability with a potential for technology transfer.