Purpose The purpose of this paper is to argue in favor of the open hardware philosophy (open-source hardware – OSH) as a technological innovation and academic entrepreneurshipmodel in Brazil. Design/methodology/approach This argument is based on three pillars. The first one refers to a...

The present economic situation has necessitated the acquisition of competent tools and technologies such as CRM by organizations to enable them to monitor and optimize each customer interaction in order to maximize return on investment, to improve customer retention and to gain customer loyalty....

The article analyzes the role of appropriate technologies for mechanization and innovation in small-scale farming in the mountainous and hilly areas of Italy's Piedmont region. Our approach to appropriate technologies focuses on mountain farmers whose needs have not been met by advances in...