labThe Pro-Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (PRO-PME) is coordinated by Professor Francisco José de CM Duarte. Its main goal is to provide a research laboratory for the managerial and technological development of MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises), that generate more than a quarter of the country's GDP. It operates along the triad of Teaching, Research and Extension to develop and improve knowledge in production engineering for MSMEs. As part its practice, it enhances its teaching by bringing together students (undergraduate, master's and doctoral) for the study of new business models and economic models for MSMEs, with particular concern for sustainability, which cycles to extension and research projects, aiming at the continuous improvement and improvement of teams and companies.

PRO-PME hosts budding research groups Garagem GetUp and CRIE. Garagem GetUp is concerned with entrepreneurship, technology and innovation, working in Design Thinking for small and medium-sized companies, validating hypotheses and finance for startups and the entrepreneurial process. The CRIE group is a multidisciplinary group for the development of processes, methodologies and products, focusing on the areas of Knowledge Management, Management of Complex Systems, Evaluation of Intangible Assets, Big Data (data-driven decision) and Open Data.

Visit the PRO-PME website.

Visit the Garagem GetUp website.

Visit the CRIE website.