Kellen Fraga da Silva
Kellen Fraga da Silva
Introduction
Undergraduate, master's and doctoral degrees in Economics from the Graduate Program in Economics at UFRGS. Professor at the Business School at PUCRS, and coordinator of the undergraduate course in Economic Sciences. She has knowledge in economics, with an emphasis on productive and cluster development, and in the economics of entrepreneurship. She worked with the Federal Government and the Brazilian Export Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil) in the areas of export promotion and internationalization of companies, and productive development of micro and small companies (2007-2011). She developed advisory activities for the PUCRS Innovation Management Support Center (2012-2015) and for startup companies in the Science and Technology Park of PUCRS, TECNOPUC (20015-2020). She researches the economics of entrepreneurship and technology, entrepreneurial firms, startups and innovation ecosystems and their role in regional development.