Title :
Technological management for sustainable development and competitiveness in the internationalization context
Author :
Gomes, Clandia Maffini ; Kruglianskas, Isak
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Bus. Adm., Santa Maria Fed. Univ., Santa Maria
Abstract :
The study seeks to understand how management practices of technological innovation that take social and environmental responsibility into account influence the internationalization process of Brazilian companies. The case study approach was chosen as our research method. The results of this study add important elements to an emerging knowledge area in the field of management sciences. Moreover, the implications of this studypsilas thematic axis - comprising innovation management practices and the management of the internationalization process of Brazilian companies - contribute to the integration of these two themes, which are recognized as having high strategic importance in the current Brazilian economic and technological context.
Keywords :
competitive intelligence; innovation management; sustainable development; technology management; Brazilian companies; competitiveness; internationalization process; management sciences; sustainable development; technological innovation; technological management; Availability; Costs; Environmental economics; Globalization; Innovation management; Investments; Production; Sustainable development; Technological innovation; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Management of Engineering & Technology, 2008. PICMET 2008. Portland International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-890843-17-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-890843-18-2
DOI :
10.1109/PICMET.2008.4599802