Table I.

Summary of the methodological procedures

StageMethodComments
Approach to the problemQualitativeInterpretation of the opinion of the interviewees
Type of researchDescriptive and exploratoryDescriptive (technology transfer and knowledge exchange process)
Exploratory (Embrapa)
ProcedureDocumentalMarch referential KETT
Social balance 2015
Embrapa's electronic portal on the internet
Single case study (Embrapa)Embrapa's agrobiology unit
Data collectionStructured interviews with researchers in TT (use of structured script) = 4 Hours of InterviewDeputy head of technology transfer (Seropédica, RJ)
Researcher in the KETT department (Brasilia)
Analyst in the TT department (Brasilia)
Analysis of dataTranscription and Analysis of content (Bardin, 2011)Categories of analysis:
The role of KETT (specific objective 1);
The structure of TT area (specific objective 2);
Process: Strategies and forms of delivery technology and methods and tools (specific objective 3);
The role of the government (specific objective 4)
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