Creating an environment capable of responding to its users and organizations in real‐time is a challenging task. However, with the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, a new perspective about creating an intelligent and interconnected world has become a reality. The goal of the present study aims to explore the relationship between IoT and Knowledge Management (KM) when generating a Smart environment. Herein, we conducted a Systematic Literature Review and present a discussion about the evolution of the IoT concept and the IoT ecosystem. More specifically we focused on the main IoT elements that serve as the foundation of the IoT ecosystem and the relationship between the IoT and KM. Although there is a lack of studies about KM supporting the IoT, our study provides evidence that the IoT is composed of a set of technologies that enable KM and KM processes can facilitate the development of IoT Smart environments. Thus, there is an opportunity to study how to generate more intelligence and connectivity, which will support the players of the ecosystem, promote interactions among objects and people and ultimately add value to organizations and users.

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess how technology transfer offices (TTOs) of a public university of the state of São Paulo use patent valuation methods in the process of using developed technology value and transferring technology to industry. Design/methodology/approach This study is an exploratory qualitative investigation based on a case study conducted in a public university in the state of São Paulo. The university has a TTO and an internal structure for technology transfer. In-depth interviews were conducted with the TTO manager about patent valuation and the answers given were analysed. Findings The results on how TTOs use patent valuation methods in the process of assigning value to technology indicate which factors facilitate and which factors hinder the valuation of patents in technologies developed at universities. Research limitations/implications The possible lack of data disclosure due to confidentiality regarding royalties and trading fees makes further comparisons between Brazilian public universities difficult. Therefore, this study recommends that further studies on patent valuation and technology transfer process at private universities, research institutes and public and private companies should be performed. Practical implications In the practice, this study contributes to companies and TTOs by increasing their synergies in licensing negotiations, as well as by reducing the gap of information, between the business parties for assignment and transfer of technologies. With regard to theoretical contribution, this study can cite advances in the methods to measure the financial benefits arising from the valuation of technologies embedded in the patents. Originality/value Owing to the lack of research on the methods of valuation used by TTOs of Brazilian universities, the present study can be useful in serving as a theoretical source for future research and in supporting future TTO negotiations in the process of transferring technologies to productive industry.

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In recent decades, project management has become more permeable to influences from other areas of knowledge, such as marketing. This influence led to project-based companies becoming marketoriented in their projects to achieve more success. However, the convergence of project management and marketing is still controversial. In this context, this study aims to assess the relationship between the vision of marketing, through conscious and unconscious processes, and its influence on the success of projects. Conscious processes deal with controlled and deliberate cognitive evaluations of anything, while unconscious processes are those that occur without one's control and awareness. These mechanisms occur in parallel and influence our beliefs and behavior. Forty-five professionals working on projects participated in the survey. We collected the data through a structured questionnaire, to the conscious process, and a computerized task for the unconscious data using an instrument called Project Marketing Implicit Association Test. Thus, the study presented analyzes on how project managers conceive their conscious and unconscious perception of how marketing and project management can reconcile into a theoretical and practical convergent concept. The results provide evidence of a positive and significant influence of conscious and unconscious processes on project success. It was also revealed that these processes act independently, enhancing the project's success. INDEX TERMS Cognitive process, market orientation, project management, success in projects.

The constant evolution and dependence of technologies on corporate business activities and processes brought an increase in electronic transactions in company processes and, consequently, a need for transformation in the project portfolio of the Internal Audit area. Based on these needs, technological tools such as Data Analytics appear as technical support options for audit project managers to extract, model, improve and optimize the analysis and scope of the data. The purpose of this report was to present how the implementation of technological Data Analytics tools contribute positively to increasing the efficiency of the internal audit project portfolios. The results showed that the implementation of this type of technology during internal audit projects and processes could reduce the intensity of the work, expand its reach in the results and increase the efficiency of production in time and cover the cycles of audited processes. The use of Data Analytics has positive advantages for the AI ​​project portfolio and for the future of the area, such as better project planning, greater resource management, more comprehensive scope definition, agility in the execution of audit work, traceability and record of analyzes performed and performance increase.