Banca de DEFESA: Maria Luiza Nogueira Rangel

UNIVERSITY-COMPANY INTERACTION: A look at new professions and innovation in Industry 4.0.

Industry 4.0, Innovation, Skills, University, Professions

This thesis aims to analyze innovation policy in Brazil based on existing interfaces in university-company interaction, revealing their tensions and possibilities in light of professions and industry 4.0. The methodology adopted for analysis is a case study in three Universities in the country. The study favored an approach qualitative seeking answers to the conceptual questions of implementing the policy to be based on the empirical evaluation of its results and their impacts on the promotion of activities innovative activities within these universities. Taking as a reference the approach systemic innovation. The study sought to contribute to the debate on the national innovation system seeking answers to the following research: What are the challenges of university-business interaction in supporting innovation and its relationships with the management process and how contradictions appear, primarily in relation to the identification of new professions and innovation in Industry 4.0 within Universities.