CLUSTER OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) IN THE SOUTHWEST OF PARANÁ: PARADIGMATIC CHANGES OF INNOVATION TO THE SOCIAL DIMENSION

• Published in: Redes (Santa Cruz do Sul, Brazil) Vol. 20; no. 3; pp. 241 - 254
• Main Authors: Rafael Henrique Mainardes Ferreira, Nilvania Aparecida de Mello, Miguel Ângelo Perondi, Gilson Ditzel Santos
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade de Santa Cruz do Sul 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Arranjo Produtivo Local. Tecnologia de Informação. Inovação Social
• ISSN: 1414-7106; 1982-6745
• DOI: 10.17058/redes.v20i3.3938

This article proposes the analysis of the concepts of innovation and design of the social aspect in the construction of possible models of social perception, contributing to the building of technological knowledge and changes to environmental rationality.. You can see the construction of new ideas and knowledge from the social dimension strongly associated with innovative processes, fostering the development with the construction of a democratic and participatory environmental dynamics. From this analysis, allows itself to be a case study of the Cluster of Information Technology (IT) in the southwestern region of Paraná, checking the main axes of social dimension can contribute to regional development. It is realized that contextualization innovation unfolds gradually, providing opportunities new approaches and directions of the central objectives, assuming roles in the development of sustainable processes and environmental constitution, turning the rationality of processes interconnected networks of information technology in a wide scope of complexity allowing evaluation of the main changes in the social and human capital.