Capítulo 7: Acciones para mejorar la práctica de valores morales
V. Análisis y discusión de resultados
5.1 Factores que influyen en la práctica de valores morales en los estudiantes de 7mo
Centro de Empresas e Inovação da Madeira and Madeira Business Innovation Center
www.ceim.pt
Established in 1997 and currently under the tutelage of the Regional Government’s Vice-Presidency, BIC Madeira (Madeira Business Innovation Center) is responsible for the development and application of the European Commission’s Business Innovation Centres Program (EC-BIC´s) in Madeira. A strategic partner for regional development, BIC Madeira encourages small and medium venture creation by bringing entrepreneurship to life, highlighting modernization and business innovation. CEIM | BIC Madeira’s prin- cipal mission is to give a full range of support to promoters of innovative projects and ideas and hi-tech products and services, providing assistance at each phase of development: feasibility studies, business plan development, financial engineering and start-up, as well as continuous follow-up during the first years of the new activity.
CEIM is full member of EBN - European Business and Innovation Centres Network. The integration of CEIM in the EBN Network, with more than 140 BICs throughout Europe, allows additional support in the development of innovative projects, in such important matters as entering foreign markets, internationalization/ transnational cooperation, exchange of experiences, transfer of know-how and technology, and being part of the BIC network, and its links to other European Union programs.
Established in Madeira Tecnopólo, CEIM reflects a broad-ranging consensus and mobilizes local potential within the framework of a global approach. It optimizes public and private resources to support initiatives that contribute, through their innovative nature and economic relevance, to wealth and job creation and to activity diversification. At the same time, CEIM helps interface results and connections between research and development entities and entrepreneurial activity. As a true strategic partner, CEIM helps support the creation of micro/small businesses, by bringing to life entrepreneurship, modernization, and business innovation.
INOVISA
Technical University of Lisbon www.inovisa.pt
INOVISA (Association for Innovation and Business Development) is a private non-profit association promoting the valorization of knowledge and technology developed at the School of Agriculture / Technical University of Lisbon (www.isa.utl.pt) and facilitating the relationship between the university and the business sectors in the fields of agriculture, food, forestry, biotechnology and environment. In addition, INOVISA gathers skills for the development of start-ups and spin-offs, creating an innovation and entrepreneurship culture in academia. In this context, INOVISA acts on two complementary activities:
● Entrepreneurship and business development
● Innovation and technology transfer.
INOVISA is involved in several projects aiming at promoting university-enterprise partnerships:
● Rede INOVAR – The Portuguese Agro, Food and Forest Innovation Network
● RED-ITAA - a professional network for the agro and food sectors in Portugal, Spain and France
● Benchmarking projects on internationalization and innovation in the agro-food sector
● Several activities of Cooperation for Development in Angola and Mozambique focused on innovation, technology transfer and entrepreneurship.
INOVISA is also a partner of OTIC/UTL (the TTO of the Technical University of Lisbon).
IPN – Instituto Pedro Nunes
https://www.ipn.ptInstituto Pedro Nunes provides the main link between the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and the business sector. IPN’s mission is to leverage a strong university/ industry relationship to promote public and private innovation, rigor, quality, and entrepreneurship, by targeting three complementary areas:
● Research and technological development, consultancy and specialized services
● Business and ideas incubation
● Highly specialized training and promotion of science and technology.
IPN has technological infrastructures that include six R&D laboratories (Automation & Systems, Information Technologies, Materials, Electro analysis & Corrosion, Pharmaceutical Studies, and Geotechniques), as well as access to a network of researchers in the scientific and technological system, particularly from the University of Coimbra, mainly through the Faculty of Sciences & Technology. It is active in national and international networks including TII, EARTO, Incubator Forum, EBN and Proton Europe (Gate2Growth).
In 2010, IPN Incubator was awarded first place worldwide as “Best Science Based Incubator,” at the 9th Annual Incubator Conference and Awards on Best Practices
in Science Based Incubators. The figures that made this
result possible are the following:
● Total firms supported: > 180 (in 15 years)
● % of firms in activity: > 80%
● Annual aggregated turnover of incubated firms (2011): > 75 M euros
● Job creation: > 1.700 jobs (direct-high qualified)
● Self-sustainable business model
● High return on Public Investment
ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute
http://www.iscte-iul.pt/en/home.aspxhttp://audax.iscte.pt http://mitportugal-iei.org/
ISCTE - Lisbon University Institute is an institution of public higher education, established in 1972. ISCTE- IUL develops programs in education and training, research, and service to the community. Located in the University Campus of Lisbon, ISCTE-IUL currently offers 15 degrees in three major areas: Management Sciences, Social Sciences, and Technology-based Sciences. With approximately 8,400 students, 400 faculty and 200 non-teaching staff, the institute’s priorities are innovation, quality and diversity, in both education and academic research. With great recognition in the labor market, ISCTE-IUL has a high rate of employability of its graduates, in some areas reaching 100% results. AUDAX is the Entrepreneurship and Family Owned Business Center of Lisbon University Institute and offers:
● Specialized training courses in entrepreneurship, business start-ups, and family business
management
● Development and support to research projects regarding entrepreneurship and family business; and promotion of conferences and publications related to entrepreneurship
● Promotes investment vehicles to support early stage businesses originated in universities
● Provides consultancy services in areas such as corporate finance, marketing, strategy, human resources, technology, innovation, production and lean management.
AUDAX has a flexible structure for technology transfer activities, and a strong multi-disciplinary team of PhD’s, MBA’s and Engineers with a proven industry track record and a broad range of technical skills.
The Building Global Innovator’s Venture Competition (BGI VC) is an initiative that results from the partnership between ISCTE-IUL, MIT, Sloan Business School, Deshpande Center for Innovation and MIT | Portugal (a collaboration of the leading 12 engineering and science universities in Portugal).
Madan Parque
www.madanparque.ptMadan Park was founded in December 1995, with the associated members Faculty of Science and Technology of the New University of Lisbon (FCT-UNL), the rectory Universidade Nova de Lisboa (UNL), the Municipality of Almada (CMA) and UNINOVA (Institute development of new technologies), and has partnered with Seixal City Council (CMS) since 2002. The institution is located in Almada, one of the regions with the highest population growth in recent years in Portugal, with one of the latest scientific institutions in the outskirts of Lisbon, University of Nova Lisboa, consisting of five faculties, three institutes, and one business school.
Since its founding, Madan Parque’s focus on entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology transfer has grown continually through programs in incubation process development and entrepreneurship support. With new incubation infrastructures that host more than 50 entrepreneur projects, Madan Parque was recently named third Best Science Incubator worldwide. The Madan Park plays an important role in the interactions between science, technology, and society, with a demonstrated ability to facilitate and interface the necessarily varied connections between universities, markets, and companies that comprise the “Madan Parque” Ecosystem.