Interação universidade-indústria: um modelo para transferência de tecnologia

Abstract

Collaboration between university and industry faces significant challenges. While university functions are primarily teaching and creating new knowledge, private companies are focused on capturing the valuable knowledge that can be tapped for competitive advantage. Brazil is a country in transformation, occupying a prominent position among the major world economies. Although it is a country with several competitive advantages and an important country in the generation of knowledge with an extremely creative population, it is a country that is not still ready, hence the need for government, industry, society in general and academia to unite in this effort to improve this country. For a number of reasons, Brazil has a low rate of technological innovation in many sectors, and this needs to be improved. Studies associated with university-industry interface management demonstrate many difficulties in carrying out projects involving cooperative research and technology transfer. Barriers associated with university-industry interaction processes were researched from theoretical experiences and models applied in countries whose interactions reached enviable levels. With data from literature review and field research conducted in Brazil and France, a model was proposed for technology transfer at the university-industry interface for application in Brazilian universities. New methods and resources were defined based on gaining trust from partners through the provision of services. A framework was also proposed to support the actions required by the model. In order to validate the model, questionnaires were applied to academic experts in the management of university-industry interaction.