Desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta de busca para fomentar a inovação aberta entre empresas do segmento têxtil e a pesquisa acadêmica na UTFPR - Campus Apucarana

Abstract

Technological advancements, combined with increasingly demanding consumers, have made the market highly competitive, creating a necessity for companies to innovate in order to stand out. In the city of Apucarana and its surrounding region, few companies in the textile sector have innovation laboratories, which hinders the development of new research. The Open Innovation model presents itself as a viable solution for these organizations, promoting the research and development of products or processes through the sharing of information with other companies, research institutes, startups, and universities. Currently, the Federal University of Technology - Paraná (UTFPR) provides all information about the research conducted on its campus on its website, but this information is often presented in scientific language, which is not always accessible to business owners. Therefore, this work aims to develop a web application that will function as a search tool, allowing the localization of research developed in the Textile Engineering course at UTFPR - Apucarana Campus, using accessible language. As a result, this tool will enable the identification of collaboration opportunities between the university and the private sector, facilitating companies' access to academic research and, consequently, promoting innovation and technology transfer.