Slides presented at School of Computing of Napier University on April 27th 2018.

1. 5
IS Research at Polytechnic School
of the University of São Paulo
PhD Student Hugo Watanuki
School of Computing seminar
Napier University, UK
27th April 2018

2. About myself
Hugo Martinelli Watanuki
– PhD student
– Research interest: team collaboration
in virtual workplaces
– BSc: Mechanical Engineering
– MSc: Production Engineering
– ~12 yrs as IT consultant:

3. A little bit more about me ...

4. Some highlights about Brazil ...
https://www.hofstede-insights.com/product/compare-countries/
“… power holders have more benefits than the less powerful in
society.”
“... integrated into strong, cohesive groups ...”
“... balance between success and quality of
life...”
“… bureaucracy, laws and rules are very important to
make the world a safer place to live in.”

5. Some highlights about Brazil ...
Brazil is the world’s:
Fifth largest country by both population (~ 210
million, half the entire population of South America)
and geographical area (3,287,597 square miles)
Eighth largest economy by GDP (US$ 2,054,969
million)
... but Brazil also has:
The world’s best beach – according to TripAdvisor
– is Baia do Sancho in the archipelago of Fernando
de Noronha
At least 70 uncontacted tribes in the Brazilian
Amazon
The largest number of Japanese descents
outside Japan (some 1.5 million-2.5 million of
descents)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/south-america/brazil/articles/brazil-fascinating-facts/

6. São Paulo metropolitan area
São Paulo was stablished in 1554 and has the largest
economy by GDP of any city in the Southern Hemisphere
(~US$ 570 M)
http://www.newgeography.com/content/003054-evolving-urban-form-s%C3%A3o-paulo

7. The University of São Paulo
The largest university in Brazil
• Est. 1934
• 42 research units
• 58,823 undergraduate students in 312
courses
• 30,000 graduate students in 222
graduate programs
• 5,866 faculty members
• 14,866 non-teaching staff
• 11 campi located in different cities
• ~3,000 PhD’s awarded per year
• 13 former Brazilian presidents
graduated here
http://www.usp.br/internationaloffice/index.php/midia/numeros/

8. The São Paulo Campus
Polytechnic
school
http://jornal.usp.br/universidade/em-meio-ao-cinza-da-capital-usp-conserva-trechos-de-mata-atlantica/
http://www.jornaldocampus.usp.br/index.php/2017/12/8-coisas-para-fazer-na-cidade-universitaria-antes-de-se-formar/
1,5 mile

9. Polytechnic School of Engineering
Key numbers:
• Est.1893
• 15 departments
• 466 faculty members
• 466 non-teaching staff
• 4,964 undergraduate students in 16 courses
• 1,830 graduate students in 12 courses
• 12,000 candidates for 750 undergraduate places
http://www.poli.usp.br/pt/a-poli/poli-em-numeros.html

10. Production Engineering Department
First Production Engineering course in Brazil (Est. 1958)
Prof. Ruy
Leme

11. Vanzolini Foundation
Fundação Carlos Alberto Vanzolini (FCAV):
• Non-profit organization created in late 60’s by the professors of
Production Engineering department
• Deliver specialization courses (MBA’s), consulting services and in
company courses

12. IT Management Research Group
Research group est. 1998 dedicated to IS research
within PRO.
Main research areas:
• Strategy and Planning of Information Technology
• Implementation of Information Technology Systems
• Decision Support Systems
Faculty members:
Prof. Dr. André Leme Fleury (http://lattes.cnpq.br/1299755265131677 )
Prof. Dr. Fernando José Barbin Laurindo (http://lattes.cnpq.br/0842211346277294 )
Prof. Dr. Marcelo Schneck de Paula Pessôa (http://lattes.cnpq.br/2786908563513258 )
Prof. Dr. Mauro de Mesquita Spinola (http://lattes.cnpq.br/2571665347578383 )
Prof. Dr. Renato de Oliveira Moraes (http://lattes.cnpq.br/6265785942463928 )

13. LETICIC
University's Centre for Strategic Management of
Information Technology, Knowledge, and
Competitive Intelligence
• Est. 2009 by Prof. Fernando and Prof. Renato
• To foster teaching, research and extension
activities on topics related to the IS field
• Undergraduate and graduate disciplines, funded
research projects, supervision of dissertation and
thesis, and extension activities
Prof. Dr. Fernando Laurindo
(fjblau@usp.br)
Prof. Dr. Renato Moraes
(remo@usp.br)

14. LETICIC
Our group
7 PhD students
5 MSc students

15. LETICIC
Our group
CIO competences
Social media usage
IT project management
Knowledge management
IT capability
e-Government
Health Informatics
Virtual collaboration
Big data

16. LETICIC
Our publications

17. LETICIC
Our seminars:
• Showcase staff research
• Exchange experiences and
network with researchers and
practitioners
• Attract people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYwcwB0TlGk
20172016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6JxK6Tk0Yc&t=1945s

18. LETICIC
Our conference contributions:

19. Contact
Hugo Watanuki
• http://lattes.cnpq.br/8871662215636083
• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hugo_Watanuki
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugo-watanuki-82ba53a/
• hwatanuki@usp.br
• +44 (0) 794 419 1980
• +55 (11) 94142 0218

20. 5
IS Research at Polytechnic School
of the University of São Paulo
PhD candidate Hugo Watanuki
School of Computing seminar
Napier University, UK
27th April 2018

21. 5
Backup slides

22. Recent publications
MATTOS, C. A. ; KISSIMOTO, K.O. ; LAURINDO, F. J. B. The role of information
technology for building virtual environments to integrate crowdsourcing mechanisms
into the open innovation process. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, v.
129, p. 143-153, 2018.
MATTOS, C. A. ; LAURINDO, F. J. B. . Information technology adoption and
assimilation: Focus on the suppliers portal. Computers in Industry, v. 85, p. 48-57,
2017.
WATANUKI, H. M. ; MORAES, R. O. . Does size matter? An investigation into the
role of virtual team size in IT service provisioning. Industrial Management + Data
Systems, v. 116, p. 67, 2016.

23. Contact team members
• Antonio Francisco F. de Castilho
– PhD student
– Research interests:
• Social Media, Project Management, Virtual Teams
– francisco.castilho@usp.br
– http://lattes.cnpq.br/0312554121267085

24. Contact team members
• Henrique Takashi Adati Tomomitsu
– PhD student
– Research interests:
• IT capability
• Business Process Model
• Organizational Agility
• Monitoring Process
– Master Degree (Information Technology Management)
• The relationship between information technology and knowledge management: a quantitative approach
– henrique.tomomitsu@usp.br
– http://lattes.cnpq.br/9754706222974743

25. Contact team members
• Marcelo Dias Junqueira da Silva
– MSc student
– Research interests:
• CIO Characteristics
• Strategic Grid (Nolan & McFarlan)
– marcelo_junqueira@usp.br
– http://lattes.cnpq.br/9706812544719702

26. Contact team members
• Leandro Ramos da Silva
– PhD student
– Research interests:
• e-Government (Management, Dynamic Capabilities)
• Serious Games (Education, Health Informatics)
– Recently published in:
• Non-Functional Requirements in Digital Games with Scrum. In: I Latin American Games Symposium, Araranguá.
Proceedings of the 1st Latin American Symposium on Games.
• Knowledge Sharing Using Web Mining for Categorization and Disambiguation of Structured and Unstructured Data. In: 15th
European Conference on Knowledge Management, Santarém. Proceedings of 15th European Conference on Knowledge
Management.
– lramos@gmail.com
– http://lattes.cnpq.br/7632954114291323