%0 Journal Article
%T Vencendo os desafios do crescimento: o m¨¦todo ¡°aprender a crescer¡± para pequenas e m¨¦dias empresas brasileiras
%A NORTH
%A Klaus
%A SILVA NETO
%A Emilio da
%A CALLE
%A Guillermo D¨¢vila
%J Navus : Revista de Gest£¿o e Tecnologia
%D 2013
%I 
%X Both, in Europe and Latin America, SMEs are the most important source of job creation and development in increasingly knowledge based and turbulent economies. To sustain competiveness SMEs have to overcome the challenges of growth in ever more competitive markets. This requires to develop ¡°dynamic capabilities¡± to integrate new knowledge, technology and competencies for qualitative and ustainable growth. Based on an analysis of selected challenges of growth, this paper presents the methodology 'Learning to Grow', which has been successfully implemented in German SMEs and is being transferred to Brazil. The first results of its application in Santa Catarina State are reported in this paper. The research is part of an ongoing research project funded by the European Union ¡°Sustainable competitiveness of SMEs in turbulent economic and social environments¡± carried-out by Engineering and Knowledge Management Program (EGC) in the Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - Brazil, Universidad Nacional de Rosario - Argentina, Universidad Aut¨®noma deMadrid - Spain and Wiesbaden Business School - Germany.
%K Innovation
%K Brazil
%K SMEs
%K Learning to Grow
%K Germany.
%U http://navus.sc.senac.br/index.php/navus/article/view/100/80