Capacidade de conversão do conhecimento, inovação tecnológica e o desempenho das IES no sul do Brasil

Abstract

Innovation has become a major source of competitive advantage in the face of competition, identified as the transformation of enterprise knowledge into new products and processes. Caveat-if organizations that manage their knowledge and can combine them and share them among your employees, acquire benefits such as increased competitiveness; aid in decisionmaking; improvement in meeting the expectations of customers and improved efficiency in operations. Based on the review of the literature on the topics of knowledge and technological innovation and performance in impact journals, according to Scopus, was defined the general objective of this thesis, i.e. assess whether technological innovation is a mediator variable between the ability of converting knowledge and performance of higher education institutions in the South of Brazil. The survey was quantitative, exploratory and descriptive character and with lifting of the survey type, with a cross-section. The population was formed by teachers belonging to the permanent staff of the IES South – Brazil. The two-stage sampling was probabilistic. The data were collected through a questionnaire available electronically via Google Doc's ®. The results supported the hypotheses formulated for this thesis. You can check that the dimensions of conversion of knowledge have positive impact on technological innovation. So, as it was found that the capacity of knowledge conversion relates positively to technological innovations. Can also be verified that the technological innovations relate positively with the performance of institutions of higher education. Highlight the positive relationship between the ability of converting knowledge and the performance of institutions of higher education. Important to highlight the findings of this thesis related to Division of performance construct, in technological and intellectual. Finally, the complete theoretical model including control variables. For future studies, it is suggested the application of validated research instrument, in other universities in the country. It is suggested to also analyze the barriers and facilitators of knowledge translation in relation to innovations and technological transfers, comparing the antecedents, consequences, mediators and moderators of innovation and performance. Finally, it is recommended to carry out longitudinal studies that examine the control variables for all Brazilian universities and the evolution of PPG's since the beginning of its functioning.