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1 - Plenary Session Topic: Building The Learning Economy

Chairpersons:

Ramiro Wahrhaftig, Secretary S&T Paraná
Kirk Watson, Mayor Austin
Cassio Tanigushi, Mayor Curitiba

Invited Speakers:

• Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, DK
  "Innovation Policy and Knowledge Management in the Learning Economy " - download paper
• Tadao Takahashi, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação Ciência e Tecnologia, BR
  "Perspectives for information and knowledge policies"

Discussant:

• José Cassiolato, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BR

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2 - SYMPOSIUM - I Topic: Assessing the European Community Innovation Survey Effort

Chairpersons:

Paulo Egler, Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology
Giorgio Sirilli, ISRTI-CNR, IT

Speakers:

• D. Archibugi and Giorgio Sirilli, ISRDS - IT - download presentation
• G. Licht, ZEW - DE
• P. Conceição, F. Santos and F. Veloso, IST - PT
• D. Guellec, OECD

Discussants:

R. Quadros, UNICAMP - BR
Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, DK

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3 - Science and Technology Policy

Chairpersons:

C. Stolp, UT Austin, USA
R. Sbragia, Universidade de São Paulo, BR

• From technology policy for regions to regional technology policy: Towards a new policy strategy in the EU - download paper
  M. Guth
• Regional Innovation Policy at Community level - Evidence from the RITTS Programme to Promote Regional Innovation Systems - download paper
  F. Corvers
• New Cluster Analysis Methods and State Land Technology Policy
  R. R. Stough, K. Haynes, R. Kulkarni
• Building the Knowledge Infrastructure for Policy Development: The Canadian Experience
  R. Kunimoto
• Indian Experiences in Creating Technology and Knowledge Networks in Different Sectors - download paper
  Y.S. Rajan

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4 - Technology Transfer and Commercialization

Chairpersons:

F. Philips, University of Oregon, USA
B. Fossum, IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin, USA

• Corporation Spin-Offs within a Framework of Knowledge and Learning: Factors and Impacts - download paper
  A. Tubke
• Bridging the gap between technological innovation and effective transfer of technology - download paper
  J. C. Assis Dornelas, M. G. Nunes and O.N. Oliveira
• Commercialization of Government-Funded Research Results: Problems and Prescriptions - A Case Study of Pakistan - download paper
  J. Zaidi and T. Naeem
• Knowledge and technology transfer: levels and key factors - download paper
  Tae Kyung Sung
• Marketing Survey for Results of IPPEs R&D Projects
  A.P. Barzilov, D.I. Karymov and V.M. Koupriyanov
• Prospects for incubation of technology companies
  J. Wiggins

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5 - Lessons from Innovating Firms

Chairpersons:

J.C. Barbieri, Fundação Getúlio Vargas, BR
Robert Kimball, Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.

• Long Term Oriented Management Philosophy to Manage Technology Companies - download paper
  S.-C. Yoon
• Best practices in the measurement and management - download paper
  P. Sanchez, L. Canibano, M. Garcia-Ayuso, C. Chaminade, M. Olea and C. G. Escobar
• Innovation characteristics of Brazilian small and medium sized technology-based firms: a preliminary analysis - download paper
  A. C. Fernandes and M. R. Côrtes
• Characterizing cluster innovation: an approach from the wood products sector - download paper
  G. E. Koechlin

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6 - Workshop: Urban Innovation Models : The Case of Curitiba

Chairpersons and discussants:

Paulo Schmidt, Curitibas's Secretary for Education
K. Weber, Softex, Polo International, BR

• Paulo Schmidt, Curitiba´s Secretary for Education
• Maria do Rossio Quandt, Instituto de Planejamento Urbano de CTBA
• Carlos Ceneviva, Governor´s Special Advisor
• Paulo Kawahara, Coordenação Regional Metropolitana de Curitiba.

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7 - Plenary Session Topic: Cooperation and Competition

Chairpersons and Discussants:

Roberto Wilson, UTA - LBJ School - USA
Carlos Pacheco, Ministry of S&T - BR

Invited Speakers:

• Charles Wessner, National Academy of Science - USA
• George Licht, Centre for European Economic Research-ZEW, DE

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8 - Workshop: Changing Government Role in Technology Policy

Chairpersons and Discussants:

Charles Wessner, Nat. Acad. of Science - USA
George Licht, ZEW - DE

• R. Wilson, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• G. Sirilli, ISRDS-National Research Council, IT
• C. Pacheco, Ministério da Ciencia e da Tecnologia, BR
• A. Ibarra, ITESM, Mx - download paper
• Viola Peter, "The European Research Area – A new vision for Europe's future" - download paper

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9 - Workshop: Language and Development

Chairperson and Discussant: Lawrence Graham, UT Austin - USA

• Mercedes de Urriarte, UT Austin - USA - download paper
• Tarcisio Della Senta, UNU, Tokyo - JP
• Regina d'Isolla, Univ. Fed. de Minas Gerais - BR
• Orlando Kelm, UT Austin - USA

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10 - Universities and Economic Development

Chairpersons and Discussants:

Marcio Almeida, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paraná, BR

• Building up Institutional Capacity in Peripheral Economies: the Role of Higher-Education
  C. Rodrigues, A. Rosa Pires and E. Castro
• Universities: Enterpreneurs or Reproductors of Knowledge? - download paper
  M. Morais, F.C. Ednalva, B. Bermúdez and L. Afonso
• Innovative Activity of Russian Higher Education Institutions as a Region Economic Growth Base
  V. Atoyan, A. Stepanov and Y. Chebotarevski
• The role of Universities and Research Institutes for the Technopolis Development: the case of Taedock Science Town - download paper
  Deog-Seong Oh and B.-J. Kang

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11 - Workshop: INDUSTRIAL AND REGIONAL CLUSTERS IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Chairpersons and Discussants:

D. Gibson, IC2 Institute, University of Texas at Austin, US
Antonio Botelho, Instituto Gênesis-PUC Rio and UCAM-Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, BR

• Innovation Clusters in Latin America - download paper
  Isabel Bortagaray and Scott Tiffin
• Globalization, Industrial Restructuring and Clusters in Mexico: The Case of the Automotive and Electronic Industries
  C. Casanueva and F. Brown
• Clusters and the Global Economy: Promoting Regional Development in Central Mexico - download paper
  E. Aragón
• Fostering the Growth of Innovation Clusters for Regional Development: Building a Network of Software Clusters in Paraná - download paper
  L. Spinosa, C. Quandt, F. Pacheco, C. Scheel, D. Gibson, L. Pineda, M. Ogaz, P. Salom and R. Aguilar
• Building the Conditions for Global Competition as industrial Clusters: Case studies in Latin America
  Carlos Scheel Mayenberger

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12 - Corporate Perspectives on Technological Innovation

Chairpersons:

Roberto Almeida, CITS - BR

This Session will consider an OPEN FORUM for corporate sponsors and other institutions to report on current institutional arrangements and technology policies leading to innovation. The detailed program of this session will be announced by the time of the Conference.

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13 - Plenary Session Topic: Sustainability and the Environment

Chairpersons and Discussants:

Lucio Brusch, Instituto Brasileiro da Qualidade e Produtividade no Paraná - IBQP, BR
Antonio Poloni - Secretario de Estado da Agricultura e do Abastecimento

Invited Speakers:

• Stuart Hart, University of North Carolina at Chapell Hill, USA
  "Sustainable Enterprises"
• Tarcisio Della Senta, United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan
  "Perspectives for Zero Emissions"

Discussant:

• C. Stolp, Univ of Texas at Austin
• H. Carter, NewDeal Foundation, USA

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14 - SYMPOSIUM - II Topic: Innovation Measurement Beyond CIS

Chairpersons:

R. Quadros, UNICAMP - BR
G. Sirilli, ISRDS - IT

• D. Hamdani
  "Perspectives on Innovation Measurements: the Canadian Experience"
• A. Inzelt
  "Perspectives for Innovation Measurements in Eastern Europe"
• A. Arundel, F. Corvers and M. Hocke
  Trend Chart on Innovation in Europe - An innovative Policy Tool to assess and learn from Europe's Innovation Performance - download paper
• E. M. Pinto da Rocha and M. A. F. Tavares
  Comparative Analysis of the Indicators of Technological Innovation of ANPEI: Reflections Comparing a Group of Privatized Companies and a General Group of Companies - download paper

Discussants:

D Archibugi, ISRDS-National Research Council, IT
R. Sbragia, Universidade de São Paulo, BR

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15 - Workshop: SUSTAINABILITY AND THE EMERGENCE OF INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY - GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES

Chairperson and Discussant:

C Stolp, Univ of Texas at Austin

• A. M. G. de Castro, S. M. V. Lima, A. Maestrey and V. Trujjilo
  Science and Technology in Latin America: perspectives for the future - download paper
• M. T. F. Ribeiro
  The New Organizational Arrangements of Research Face to the Competitivity: The Brazilian Challenge's - download paper
• P. Fisk and R. Ramina
  Industrial Ecology: Case Studies and Global Perspectives - download paper
• H. Carter
  A Model for Sustainable Community Technology Centers
• Maria Lúcia D´Apice Paez
  Embrapa Agribusiness Innovation System: An Applied Model - download paper
• C Stolp, Univ of Texas at Austin

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16 - Workshop: TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLLABORATIVE AND DISTANCE LEARNING

Chairpersons and Discussants:

B. Fossum, IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Guilherme Ary Plonski, Universidade de São Paulo, BR

• Creating a Global Content in a WEB-Centric Commercialization Degree Program
  B. M. Fossum, La V. R. Young, L. Pryzibilla and V.G. Martin
• The Management of a Brazilian Model of Distance Education - download paper
  E. Lobo, A. M. Valente, R. M. Barcia and M. B. Dalmau
• Training in Excellence for the new-Economy Workers. The virtual Campus-Based E-Business Programs - download paper
  A. Hidalgo
• Scientific and Technological Knowledge: Strategies for Virtual Education in Developing Countries - download paper
  A. A. Rocha, A. Habert and P. L. Neto
• Methods for Distance Learning using the Internet - download paper
  V. Flor da Rosa and D. A. Moreira
• Solving Problems in the Network: a Proposal for Motivation Learning
  S. F. A. Barretto, R. Piazzalunga and O. B. Coelho
• Alternative Methodologies for Business Administration Learning and Teaching - download paper
  A. C. Maximiano and A. Gomes de Freitas

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17 - Strategies for SMEs

Chairpersons and Discussants:

William N. Hulsey, Gray Cary Ware & Freidenrich LLP
D. Gibson, IC2 Institute, UTexas, USA

• Can small firms leverage global competition? Evidence from the Portuguese and Brazilian automotive supplier industries - download paper - download presentation
  C. Henry, F Veloso and R Roth
• Technological Cooperation for Learning and Innovation - download paper
  P. R. P. Ribas da Costa and M. A. T. Ferreira
• Technology Acquisition of Aeronautical SMEs in Europe - download paper
  B. F. Dziomba
• Innovation and Industrial Policies for Small and Medium Enterprises in Brazil - download paper
  C. Lemos
• Tacit and Formal Knowledge and Learning in Small Business: an Exploratory Study on the Perceptions of Successful Businessmen - download paper
  L. C. de Sa Carvalho, M. E. Rodrigues and B. D. Paret

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18 - Internet and the New Economy

Chairpersons:

L Mcknight, Tufts University, USA
H. Lastres, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BR

• The Internet and the New Economy: the Case of Austin, TX
  A. Angelo and J. Roberts
• Redefining Competitive Capabilities in E-Services: New Challenges and Opportunities in the Virtual Market Space - download paper
  P. Oliveira and A. V. Roth
• E-Commerce for the Service Industry - download paper
  M. Sarmento
• Digital Money: A Review of The Economic Literature - download paper
  J. Dias and M. J. da Silva
• Assessing costs for the next generation of Internet Backbone Providers: A Cost model for all-Optical Networks - download paper
  P. Ferreira and B. Cossa

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19 - Plenary Session Topic:Logistics and Infrasctructures for the Information Society

Chairpersons and Discussants:

F. Xavier
D. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, USA

Invited Speakers:

• John Kasarda, Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise, USA - download paper
  "New Logistics Technologies and Infrastructures for the Digitized Economy"
• Margot Weijnen, Delft University of Technology, NL
  "Perspectives on Critical Infrastructures for the Learning Economy"

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20 - Workshop: Critical Infrastrucures for the Learning Economy

Chairperson and Discussant: Margot Weijnen, Delft University of Technology - NL

• C. Braga, Director of InfoDev, Worldbank
• J. Bauer, Institute of Public Utilities, Michigan State University, USA
• J.-P. Chamoux, Université du Havre, FR
• A. Turk, Delft University of Technology, NL
• L Mcknight, Tufts University, USA

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21 - Workshop: BUILDING NETWORKS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF BRAZIL

Chairpersons and Discussants:

J. Schmandt, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin, USA
A. R. Magalhães, The World Bank

• Sergio Cavalcante Buarque, Coordinator of the Aridas Civil Society Consultation
• Ricardo Lima, IPEA, Sao Paulo
• Carlos Miranda, International Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, Brasilia
• Sergio Braga, Ministry of the Environment, Brasilia
• S. McKaughan, Avina Foundation for Sustainable Development, FL, USA
• A. R. Magalhães, The World Bank and J. Schmandt, LBJ School of Public Affairs, UT Austin and Houston Advanced Research Center, USA

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22 - Workshop: How Science Comes to Life: An Investigation of Regional Biotechnology Clusters in Latin America

Chairperson and Discussant:

R. Wilson, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

• H. Madeira, TECPAR, Curitiba, Brazil
• M. Fonseca, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BR, J. Silveira, UNICAMP, BR, and S. Salles-Filho, Instituto de Geociencias, BR - download paper
• A South-North Relevant Knowledge Networking Trend: Pharmacognosis and Biodiversity interlinks into the USA-Mexico Relationships - download paper
  S. Almanza
• Forms of governance, learning mechanisms and innovative strategies in the Tobacco agro-industrial cluster in Rio Pardo Valley - Brazil - download paper
  M. A. Vargas

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23 - Workshop: Innovative Decison Support Approaches For Development

Chairpersons and Discussants:

Carlos Bana e Costa, London School of Economics, UK
J. Rosenhead, London School of Economics, UK

• J. Rosenhead
  "Problem Structuring Methods: Decision Aiding with Multiple Stakeholders "
• C. Bana e Costa
  "Qualitative Decision Support with Multiple Criteria: MACBETH"
• L. Autran Gomes
  "Multicriteria Management of Risk"
• Flor Brown-Grossman and Lilia Domínguez-Villalobos
  "R&D decisions in a semi-industrialized economy: the case of México" - download paper
• Uthai Chareonwong
  "Policy Evaluation Using Stakeholder Analysis and Multi-Attribute Utility Technology Methods : A Case Study of Intellectual Property Protection Policy in Thailand" - download paper
• K. Galanakis and B. Yazdani
  "Modelling Innovation Systems Using a Systems Thinking Approach" - download paper

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24 - Plenary Session Topic: New Perspectives in Technology Investment

Chairpersons:

Luc Menard, Renault - BR
Eduardo Sciarra, Secretary for Industry - BR

Invited Speakers:

• Jean Guinet, OECD
  "FDI, Economic Growth and the New Economy"
• Richard Locke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, USA
  "Fostering Entreperneurship in the Globalizing Economy"
• B. Petrazzini, International Telecommunications Union; ARG
  "Perspectives for Telecom in Latin America: towards a new economy"

Discussant:

• C. Stolp, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

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25 - SYMPOSIUM - III Topic: Measurement of Industrial Innovation in Latin America

Chairpersons:

P. Conceição, IST, PT
D. Hamdani, Statistics Canada, CA

Invited Speakers:

• R. Quadros and A. Furtado, UNICAMP - BR
• T. Andreassi and R. Sbragia, Universidade de São Paulo, BR
• G. Lugones, ARG
• Octavio Rios, CONACYT - MX
• J. Jaramillo, Colombia

Discussants:

G Sirilli, ISRTI-CNR, IT
D. Guellec, OECD

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26 - Workshop: Institutions and Networks for the Learning Society

Chairpersons and Discussants:

José Cassiolato, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, BR
Bengt-Ake Lundvall, Aalborg University, DK
D. Archibugi; ISRDS-National Research Council, IT

• Networks, national innovation systems and self-organisation - download paper
  P. Saviotti
• The nature of the networks of Innovation and Technological information diffusion in a region in the initial stages of industrial development - download paper
  D. E. do Nascimento
• Passive and Active National Learning Systems - A Framework to Understand Technical Change in Late Industrializing Economies and Some Evidences from a Comparative Study of Brazil and South Korea - download paper
  E. B. Viotti
• Innovation Policies in the knowledge Era
  H. M.M. Lastres and J. E. Cassiolato
• The Age of Knowledge and the Growing Relevance of Human and Social Capital - download paper
  A. J. de Hoyos Guevara and V. C. Dib

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27 - Industrial and Trade Policies

Chairpersons and Discussants:

A. Ibarra, ITESM, MX
Jean Guinet, OECD

• Export Growth and Path-Dependence: The Locking-in of Innovations in the Software Industry - download paper
  A. P. D'Costa
• Technological Capability in the Telecommunications Industry in Brazil: Development and Impacts of the Structural Reform in the 90s - download paper
  M. H. S. Szapiro
• Global Product Development: Some Case Studies in the Brazilian Automotive and Telecommunication Industries - download paper
  A. V. C. Dias and S. V. R. Galina
• Trade-Related Intellectual Property Rights and Technological Capability in Developing Countries - The Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Plants Industry
  P. Reddy
• Analysis and Design of Regulatory Regimes for Utility Sectors: the Possible Contribution of Gaming-Simulation - download paper
  M. de Jong, M. Kuit and I. Mayer
• Economics of unbundling the local loop through provision of DSL - download paper
  A. S Kelkar

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28 - Managing Innovative Firms

Chairpersons and Discussants:

M. Spinosa, CITS, Paraná, BR
J Wiggins, Austin Technology Incubator, IC2 Institute, Austin, USA

• Self-organizing Enterprises - download paper
  R. Bauer and T. M. Barbosa de Macedo
• A Knowledge Theory of the Firm and the Meaning of Organizational Boundaries
  F. M. Santos
• Isomorphism and the Limits of Normalization - download paper
  F. C. Vasconcelos and I. F. Vasconcelos
• Barriers and Facilitators to Knowledge Capture and Transfer in Project-Based Firms - download paper
  J. Hall , K. Williams and J. Sapsed
• From Integrated Systems to Serviçes: Building Capabilities in Complex Product Systems - download paper
  A. Davies
• Evolution of Financing of NTBVs in India -Towards sustainable Development - download paper
  V. Kumar and P K Jain

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29 - Plenary Session Topic:Learning Networks and the New Economy

Chairpersons and Discussants:

Lelio Fellows Filho, R&D Council, BR
R. Locke, Massachussets Institute of Technology, USA

Invited Speakers:

• Leslie Young, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, CH
  "Institutions and Knowledge networks: the chinese experience "

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30 - Workshop: INNOVATIVE CLUSTERS: CASE STUDIES IN BRAZIL AND PARANÁ

Chairpersons and discussants:

C. Quandt, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Paraná, PUCPR, BR
Scott Tiffin, IRDC, Canada

• Beyond the National: Regional or Local Innovation Systems
  António José Junqueira Botelho
• Does Social Capital Determine Innovation? To What Extent?
  R. Landry, N. Amara and M. Lamari
• An Analysis of the Supply and Demand of Specialized Technical Services in Londrina Envisaging the Strengthening of the Technological Competencies and Structuring a Regional Innovation System - download paper
  Mauro Ruiz , Paulo Oliveira, Rosa Alves, João M. Guimarães and José Tadeu Felismino
• The Emergence of an Innovation Cluster in the Power Energy Sector: the Case of LACTEC in Paraná, Brazil
  Mauricio Aguiar Serra
• Competitiveness of Local Enterprises in the Automotive Chain of Paraná - Brazil - download paper
  Fernanda De Negri, Ricardo D. Torres and Hermílio Santos

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31 - Workshop: Towards a Research and Educational Agenda on Technology Policy and Management

Chairpersons and Discussants:

D. Hastings, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, USA
M. V. Heitor, Instituto Superior Técnico, PT

• D. Hastings
  Technolgy, Management and Policy: the MIT experience on research, teaching and organization - download paper
• E. Paté-Cornell
  Managing Technology in the Information Age: The New Department of Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University - download paper
• M. Weijnen
  Technolgy, Management and Policy: the experience of Delft
• R. Quadros
  Technolgy, Management and Policy at UNICAMP
• M. Lima and F. Dolabela
  Enterpreneurship Learning in Brazilian Institutions of Higher Education - download paper
• P. Conceição and M. V. Heitor
  Towards a University Agenda on Engineering Policy and the Management of Technology - download paper - download presentation

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32 - Innovation in Traditional and Mature Industries

Chairpersons and Discussants:

F. Veloso, MIT, USA
D. Hamdani, Stats Canada, CA

• New products development in product-oriented SMEs - download paper
  M. G. Guedes
• Challenges for the New Northeastern Shoewear Productive Chain
  M. Y. Une and V. Prochnik
• Information Technology: Subcontracting of Development Processes - download paper
  F. C. de Oliveira and C. A. P. Neiva Santos
• Innovation in Mature Industries: The case of Brasilata S. A Metallic Packaging - download paper
  J. C. Barbieri and A. C. Teixeira Alvares

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33 - Knowledge Networks

Chairpersons and Discussants:

A. Angelo, Angelou Economic Advisors Inc., USA

• Network Building Between Research Institutions and Small & Medium Enterprises(SMEs): Dynamics of Innovation network Building and Implications for a Policy option - download paper
  J. Kim
• The emergence and development of systems of innovation: the role of technological capabilities
  E. Dantas
• Joint Product Development and Cooperation in Networks in Brazil and UK: Marrying Internationalization of Knowledge and Regional Development - download paper
  A. Faria
• Principles for the design of management control systems in knowledge networks: Experiences Involving the European Technology - download paper
  J.C. Fernandez de Arroyable and N. Arranz Peña
• Knowledge is Power! Is Passing on Knowledge a Loss of Power? Social Success Factors of Knowledge Networks in Research and Development - download paper
  A. Michalski
• Lessons in knowledge creation, information sharing and relationship maintenance: Opportunities and obstacles in establishing links with regional SME development projects and international mentoring institutions
  J. Nordskog and J. Burtner

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34 - Closing Session

Closing Remarks:

• R. Wahrhaftig, Paraná Secretary of State for Science, Techn. and Higher Education, BR
• D. Gibson, IC2 Institute, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• C. Stolp, LBJ School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
• M. Heitor, Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IST, PT

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