SPE Value to Brazilian Business

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SPE Value to Brazilian Business

• Why should Brazilian engineers join SPE?
• Why should Brazilian companies support their
  engineers in joining and participation in SPE?
• What sets SPE apart from other professional
  societies?

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SPE Value to Brazilian Business

• Growth of Brazilian business will be in
• Domestic markets
• Global markets
• As Brazilian market grows it will become more
  attractive to foreign competitors
• Success will depend on price/value ratio
• Price/value ratio is influenced by innovation in
  materials and processes

3
CIOs and CTOs Recognize Innovation as the Most
Important Capability for Growth
Ability to innovate
Ability to allocate the best talent
Ability to manage a global organization
Ability to allocate capital
Ability to manage increasing regulation
costs
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10
20
30
40
50
60
Source March 2005 McKinsey Quarterly survey of
9,345 global executives
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SPE Value to Brazilian Business

• How can businesses increase rate of innovation?

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Top source of new ideas and innovation
Employees and Collaboration sparks innovation
Employees
Business Partners
Customers directly
Consultants
Competitors
Associations
Internal Sales Service Units
Internal RD
Academia
Think-tanks
Labs and/or other institutions
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
IBM Institute for Business Value, CEO Study 2006
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SPE Value to Brazilian Business

• SPE offers
• Education for employees
• Contacts with potential business partners and
  customers worldwide
• Volunteering
• Working with other volunteers strengthens
  relationships - worldwide
• Practical information created by practitioners
  for practitioners
• Not only academic learning