Sistema Regional de Información
en línea para Revistas Científicas de América Latina,
el Caribe, España y Portugal

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Considering global society and its characteristics of permanent technological development and consequently the competitiveness, the demands of the market become more intense, requiring professionals that are not only specialized and capable but also flexible. To attend this demand the technological courses at Universities look for new organizational conceptions that allow the management of new disciplines such English in a common theoretical system. This study deals with a case study that demonstrates the flexibility offered by teaching practices involving interdisciplinarity that extend the areas of skills and approach the subjects. The use of specific text reporting the progress of chemistry, for instance, as a science and its influence in the world, favors expansion schemes and cognitive development of new concepts. The more effective participation of the students through seminars and situations of simulation as well as interpretative readings, allows that each student becomes closer to the other ones and also improves the exchange of experiences and cooperation, minimizing the distances between disciplines. Thus, foreign language teaching is optimized, and the students go the professional market better repared to compete with others and meet the current requirements imposed by modern society. 

The Brazil, especially in the last two decades, seems to recognize innovation as a concept well wider than research and development (r & D) and has been developing, explicitly, specific policies of science  and technology (s & T) in order to promote the economic development of the country. This article is an effort to socialize the learning and knowledge about some important aspects of the economics of innovation for productivity growth and competitiveness. It features insights and a critical reflection on the role of actors that compose a process of science, technology and innovation, to justify the urgency and effective integration of Brazilian company, in particular regarding the training of people and the generation of new knowledge, with the theoretical basis the evolutionary approach, inspired by schumpeteriana.

Nowadays, with the need for quick information, increasingly skilled professionals, pushed by the globalization and the integration processes, an experience abroad becomes a major competitive advantage in the job market. The exchange program brings benefits that go beyond learning another language and it becomes a unique experience for each individual who goes through it. Foreign trade is an activity that demands committed professionals who wish to keep in constant movement, in addition to the demands of this area which involve other cultures, languages and procedures that require constant update from those who are in them. Because of these factors, this research aims to analyze the impacts of exchange programs in the foreign trade professional career and the employer’s view about the professionals who have international experience.

The characteristics and behaviors of entrepreneurs are already differentiated, especially when compared to normal individuals. Creativity and innovation are a intrinsic factors of a trader. The creative economy is a term to name the management system or business model adopted by the professional to develop products and / or services from the interface between creativity, knowledge and intellectual capital in the economic process with a view to generate employment and income. This model is one of the fastest growing aspects, standing out as the major engine of world economic development. The objective of the research is to bring historical information about this sector of the economy, as well as its relationship with the Brazilian entrepreneurship. The study was based on exploratory research together with marketing analysis and case studies, showing the subject in a conceptual and qualitative manner. Although the issue is recent, many sectors of the economy have been promoting this concept among their employees. However, it became clear that the entrepreneurial profile is essential for the success of this process.

This paper analyzes the role of the minimum wage in the dynamics of the Brazilian economy by relating it to the performance of the purchasing power of Praia Grande worker in the context of the evolution of the prices of the municipal basic basket. The empirical analysis obtained from field survey data, from April to December 2016, confirms the real loss of purchasing power of the local minimum wage, highlighting the impacts of the Brazilian recession in the Municipality of Praia Grande.