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"ref": "2007, Ram Charan, Know-how: as 8 competências que separam os que fazem dos que não fazem, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 74:",
"text": "É necessário ter know-how para penetrar no caos organizado que existe na maior parte das empresas e concentrar-se no conjunto de elementos cruciais.",
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{
"ref": "2007, R. Kelly Rainer Jr., Casey G. Cegielski, Introdução a Sistemas de Informação: Apoiando e transformando negócios na era da mobilidade, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 130:",
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"2": "know-how",
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"know-how"
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},
{
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{
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},
{
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"ref": "2006, Daniela Zaitz, Direito & know-how, Jurua Editora, →ISBN, page 31:",
"text": "Outro tipo de conceitualização é aquela dada por François Magnin, que tenta sistematizar as diversas definições de know-how analisando a quais elementos a expressão se aplicaria. O autor conclui que podem ser objeto do know-how quatro tipos de elementos, considerados isoladamente ou em conjunto: a habilidade técnica, a experiência técnica, os conhecimentos técnicos e os processos.",
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{
"ref": "2007, Ram Charan, Know-how: as 8 competências que separam os que fazem dos que não fazem, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 74:",
"text": "É necessário ter know-how para penetrar no caos organizado que existe na maior parte das empresas e concentrar-se no conjunto de elementos cruciais.",
"type": "quote"
},
{
"ref": "2007, R. Kelly Rainer Jr., Casey G. Cegielski, Introdução a Sistemas de Informação: Apoiando e transformando negócios na era da mobilidade, Elsevier Brasil, →ISBN, page 130:",
"text": "O conhecimento é criado conforme as pessoas determinam novas maneiras de fazer as coisas ou desenvolvem know-how. Algumas vezes, acrescenta-se conhecimento externo.",
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"know-how"
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"know-how",
"know-how#English"
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{
"word": "saber-fazer"
},
{
"word": "savoir-faire"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
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"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
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{
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"tags": [
"Brazil"
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"Brazil"
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{
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"know-how#English"
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]
}
],
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}
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