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Luan Carlos Santos Silva

Luan Carlos Santos Silva is an Associate Professor (since 2016) at the Faculty of Business Administration, Accounting and Economics of the Federal University of Grande Dourados (UFGD), Brazil. Coordinator of the Innovation and Technology Transfer Research Laboratory (LABin/UFGD). Postdoctoral Researcher in Technology Transfer at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Spain. Postdoctoral Researcher in Innovation at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Production Engineering at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil. Master's degree, Production Engineering at the Federal University of Paraná (UTFPR), Brazil. Master's degree, Entrepreneurial Development and Innovation at the University of Salamanca (USAL), Spain. Bachelor's degree (Undergraduate degree), Business Administration at the Faculty of Discovery (FACESCO), Brazil.

Publications

Perspectives on Innovation and Technology Transfer in Managing Public Organizations

Perspectives on Innovation and Technology Transfer in Managing Public Organizations is a solution-oriented book that addresses the challenges faced by public organizations in...

Innovation and Technology Transfer Policies in the Brazilian Public Sector

This chapter examines innovation and technology transfer policies in the Brazilian public sector, identifying their main challenges and opportunities. Brazil, as a developing...

Technology Transfer as a Mechanism for the Internationalization of Higher Education in Brazil

Technology transfer plays a fundamental role in enabling Brazilian institutions to access world-class knowledge and innovation while contributing to the country's economic...

Sustainable Technologies Development: An Analysis of the Brazilian Green Patents Program

The objective of this study was to describe the Brazilian green patents pilot program from the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI) by mapping the national scenario...

Technology Transfer Process in Brazil: An Overview of the National Context

The objective of this study is to analyze the technology transfer flow in Brazil from 2000 to 2014, considering the domestic and foreign markets, and also the activities carried...

Technology Transfer and Innovation Management: The Brazilian TTOs Challenges

The goal consisted in analyzing the innovation management process and the technology transfer between Industry-University in the TTOs of the public universities in the state of...