Prospecting the Impact of New Business based on Project Keywords

In this paper we present and use the ITW-Index – this name was given in reference to the term Technology Watch, which is a technique of observation, analysis and identification of possible opportunities and threats, linked to the method of technological forecasting called Monitoring and Intelligence Systems. The purpose of TW-Index is to provide the user the capacity of monitoring and identifying whether certain terms which are used for defining a technology or research are currently been searched and used in the Internet. For this, we used as a basis the Google Trends. So, in this paper we present three contributions: (i) the concept of the TW-index, (ii) options for evaluating and getting a value for the TW-index applied in two different examples, and (iii) we measure and explain the means of TW-index when it is applied in two ideas for creating new business into the IdeaLAB program at University of Minho, Portugal

Transforming ideas and developing entrepreneurship skills in computing sciences and informatics engineering courses

This paper presents an approach on entrepreneurship education which helps to turn ideas into Minimum Viable Products (MVP) and to capacitate students to become entrepreneurs. In this approach, we integrate development and management project to different business models. Students acquire, in addition to technical competencies, skills on market knowledge and business modeling. This approach has been applied for several years in an informatics engineering course and suggests a set of activities on 18 weeks. Teachers’ perceptions and students’ opinions were collected through direct observations and using a questionnaire in order to evaluate the process behind this pedagogical project which goes beyond the walls of the university. Most of the students are satisfied with the process since they develop projects that have a good fit with the market needs and opportunities and some of them are close to creating a startup.(undefined

SEGURANÇA EM INFRAESTRUTURA PARA INTERNET DAS COISAS

O conceito de Internet das coisas (Internet of Things - IoT) pressupõe que objetos comuns possam estar interligados à Internet, de modo a dotá-los da inteligência necessária para interagir e, de algum modo, auxiliar a vida das pessoas por meio da coleta de dados físicos, processamento e promoção de respostas através de atuadores eletromecânicos. Além do desenvolvimento de tecnologias há de se efetuar a pesquisa e o tratamento dos aspectos de segurança aplicáveis em infraestrutura para Internet das coisas. Dessa forma, este artigo visa primeiro repassar os conceitos teóricos básicos sobre os elementos que compõe a infraestrutura para Internet das Coisas, com destaque para rede de sensores sem fio, middleware e computação em nuvem. Em seguida o trabalho faz um levantamento e discute os desafios e soluções adequadas para a segurança em infraestrutura para Internet das Coisas, em específico a necessidade de manutenção da privacidade dos usuários como também a busca pela interoperabilidade entre os diversos dispositivos inteligentes. Ao final o estudo realiza uma comparação de algumas implementações em infraestrutura para Internet das Coisas em termos de atendimento aos requisitos de segurança da informação: confidencialidade, integridade, disponibilidade, autenticação, controle de acesso e não repúdio e registra os desafios e trabalhos futuros na área

ESTRATÉGIAS DE INOVAÇÃO PARA STARTUPS

Não basta apenas que as organizações reconheçam a importância da inovação para o sucesso e sobrevivência de seus negócios, é preciso também que estejam atentas e aptas a seleção e implementação das melhores estratégias de inovação. Neste cenário, em que inovação e organizações empresariais parecem andar juntas, algumas modalidades de negócios se destacam por seu potencial para implementação de inovações, como é o caso das startups. As startups são empresas de base tecnológica, com amplo potencial de crescimento e desenvolvimento de inovações pela inserção de novos produtos e serviços em negócios replicáveis. Em conformidade com o exposto este artigo, apresentado sob a forma de um ensaio teórico, tem como objetivo propor um modelo teórico que integre seleção de tipologias e estratégias de inovação voltadas a aumentar a prática de inovação em startups de tecnologia da informação

Anthropogenic ecosystem disturbance and the recovery debt

Ecosystem recovery from anthropogenic disturbances, either without human intervention or assisted by ecological restoration, is increasingly occurring worldwide. As ecosystems progress through recovery, it is important to estimate any resulting deficit in biodiversity and functions. Here we use data from 3,035 sampling plots worldwide, to quantify the interim reduction of biodiversity and functions occurring during the recovery process (that is, the 'recovery debt'). Compared with reference levels, recovering ecosystems run annual deficits of 46-51% for organism abundance, 27-33% for species diversity, 32-42% for carbon cycling and 31-41% for nitrogen cycling. Our results are consistent across biomes but not across degrading factors. Our results suggest that recovering and restored ecosystems have less abundance, diversity and cycling of carbon and nitrogen than 'undisturbed' ecosystems, and that even if complete recovery is reached, an interim recovery debt will accumulate. Under such circumstances, increasing the quantity of less-functional ecosystems through ecological restoration and offsetting are inadequate alternatives to ecosystem protection

Open innovation in the semiconductor industry: analysis of Brazilian design houses

Purpose – This study aims to understand how Brazilian design houses (DHs) use open innovation in joint development projects for integrated circuits. Design/methodology/approach – As a research strategy, qualitative research using multiple case studies was made. As sources of evidence, semi-structured interviews were conducted with three DHs of Programa integrated circuit [circuito integrado(CI)]-Brasil and with four specialists in the field, as well as analysis of documents. The data were analyzed through content analysis. Findings – The results showed the DHs use sources of external knowledge in their innovation process, to assist the development of new products, to access new knowledge and skills, to attract financial resources and to be competitive in the market of high technology. Originality/value – The study has important implications on the semiconductor industry in Brazil, as the industry is considered strategic for the competitiveness of final goods sector. The importance of encouraging the development of partnerships in the sector, the possibility of using informal agreements to mediate the collaboration between DHs and external agents, and the improvement and long-term continuity of public policies to support the industry are among the implications. In addition to suggestions for new business approaches to assist the strengthening of this segmentPurpose – This study aims to understand how Brazilian design houses (DHs) use open innovation in joint development projects for integrated circuits. Design/methodology/approach – As a research strategy, qualitative research using multiple case studies was made. As sources of evidence, semi-structured interviews were conducted with three DHs of Programa integrated circuit [circuito integrado(CI)]-Brasil and with four specialists in the field, as well as analysis of documents. The data were analyzed through content analysis. Findings – The results showed the DHs use sources of external knowledge in their innovation process, to assist the development of new products, to access new knowledge and skills, to attract financial resources and to be competitive in the market of high technology. Originality/value – The study has important implications on the semiconductor industry in Brazil, as the industry is considered strategic for the competitiveness of final goods sector. The importance of encouraging the development of partnerships in the sector, the possibility of using informal agreements to mediate the collaboration between DHs and external agents, and the improvement and long-term continuity of public policies to support the industry are among the implications. In addition to suggestions for new business approaches to assist the strengthening of this segmen

WISE/NEOWISE observations of Active Bodies in the Main Belt

We report results based on mid-infrared photometry of 5 active main belt objects (AMBOs) detected by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) spacecraft. Four of these bodies, P/2010 R2 (La Sagra), 133P/Elst-Pizarro, (596) Scheila, and 176P/LINEAR, showed no signs of activity at the time of the observations, allowing the WISE detections to place firm constraints on their diameters and albedos. Geometric albedos were in the range of a few percent, and on the order of other measured comet nuclei. P/2010 A2 was observed on April 2-3, 2010, three months after its peak activity. Photometry of the coma at 12 and 22 {\mu}m combined with ground-based visible-wavelength measurements provides constraints on the dust particle mass distribution (PMD), dlogn/dlogm, yielding power-law slope values of {\alpha} = -0.5 +/- 0.1. This PMD is considerably more shallow than that found for other comets, in particular inbound particle fluence during the Stardust encounter of comet 81P/Wild 2. It is similar to the PMD seen for 9P/Tempel 1 in the immediate aftermath of the Deep Impact experiment. Upper limits for CO2 & CO production are also provided for each AMBO and compared with revised production numbers for WISE observations of 103P/Hartley 2.Comment: 32 Pages, including 5 Figure