TOOLS FOR PROMOTION OF TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN PARANÁ: AVAILABILITY AND USE IN COMPANIES OF THE SOFTWARE CLUSTER IN CURITIBA.

Abstract

This research aims to identify if companies from the Local Productive Arrangement Software of Curitiba know and use the tools to promote technological innovation that are available in Paraná. Thus, the intention is to understand if the demand and supply mechanisms for encouraging and supporting technological innovation are in harmony. The research has verified, through a structured questionnaire and documentary survey, that the percentage of companies in Local Productive Arrangement that know and use the instruments. We also listed the support mechanisms for technological innovation available in the state. As a result, thereâs a study on the promotion and support of technological innovation in companies of the Software Cluster in Curitiba.