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Objective: This study aims to analyze the organizational processes to verify if there is alignment between sustainable supply chain management and innovation practices in a textile industry in Vale dos Sinos Design/methodology/approach: the methodology employed was a case study with the Lambda Company, which used as a basis a conceptual model on innovation and sustainable management of the supply chain, where data were collected through an open semi-structured interview with the financial manager, non-participant observation and documentary research analyzed through the comparison between empirical and bibliographic data. Results: The results show that the company has been structuring programs and positioning itself in a more sustainable way, but it needs to stimulate activities that align innovation and sustainable management of its supply chain supporting its organizational strategy. Originality / value: the value of this study consists in highlighting the company's existing practices and discussing them in relation to the existing literature to propose a reflection on possible improvements in organizational processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Objective - This research's aim was to understand the practice of innovative management in the retail trade of the city of Sobral, Ceará, so as to provide a contribution to such enterprises' sustainability, representing more than 50% of the municipality's GDP and which have been suffering the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as stimulating new research fronts for the retail trade's areas of innovation. Design / methodology / approach - A field investigation was carried out through unidentified respondents by using a semi-structured questionnaire and working with theoretical creativity categories, innovation and knowledge management, so as to analyze the innovative management process. This work made use of the qualitative method with descriptive goals, and the analysis of data was done by narrative synthesis means. Results - The results show that there is already a favorable climate for innovation management in the retail trade business segment of Sobral. However, it is observed that it is necessary to organize the segment governance and stimulate creativity and knowledge management as innovation factors. Technology transfer, through the university-business partnership, will need to be induced for the impacts and competitive transformations for the sector to be completed. Originality / value - The research is considered relevant since the theme of innovation management in retail trade is relatively new in the scientific area, seeing that it is able to guide future research in other municipali- ties, as well as deepening the elements which enable a university-company approach such as the competitiveness factor which constitute the main limitations of this work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: The objective of this research was to identify the existence of a relationship between intellectual capital, individual absorptive capacity and the innovation performance of the Federal Institute of Santa Catarina's technical-administrative civil servants. Methodology: Self-administered questionnaires were used as a data collection instrument, applied to the institution's technical-administrative staff, resulting in a sample of 314 respondents. In the data analysis, structural equation modeling was used. The final quantitative analysis structure resulted in 28 variables, distributed among the constructs proposed by the research. Relevance: the relevance of the study lies in the fact that individuals play a role in the creation, transfer and absorption of knowledge, thus factors at the individual level represent an antecedent for performance; therefore, at the time when the codification of knowledge occurs or expands, through assimilation, acquisition, transformation and application, a direct contribution to increasing organizational effectiveness also occurs. Results: The results showed that human capital, structural capital and relational capital influence the individual absorptive capacity, from the perspective of the institution's technical-administrative staff, with the most relevant relationship being that of human capital. Originality/Theoretical contribution: The responses indicated that the innovation performance -- analyzed based on the creation and implementation of ideas -- is influenced by the individual absorptive capacity. Therefore, through the results obtained, contributions to management were proposed that could contribute to the influence between the constructs, and consequently, to the individual and organizational performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose – The current study has the objective to understand how young entrepreneurs develop absorptive capacity and innovation from the processes of acquisition, assimilation, transformation and knowledge application acquired from external sources. Design/methodology/approach – The research is identified as theoretical-empirical, with qualitative basis, descriptive, through a field research operationalized with a multiple case study. The survey sample consists of 07 companies run by young entrepreneurs. Data analysis occurred through content analysis. Findings – As main results, some relevant practices were evidenced for each dimension of absorptive capacity. For acquisition, the exchange and search for information, the importance of networking, and participation in events and fairs stand out. Knowledge assimilation happens from holding meetings, incentives in training and opinion formation. Knowledge transformation is accomplished from the structuring and new sources of knowledge. Lastly, knowledge application occurs through the creation of innovative products and services, technological advantages and strategies. Research limitations/implications - The present study has as a limitation the sample size, which may have a bias in the result from the viewpoint of the participants. Originality/value – As main contributions, the study presents how the absorptive capacity process of young entrepreneurs takes place and the main actions and practices carried out by them in the management of their own businesses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: To highlight how the theme innovation unfolds within the scope of project management and how both have been addressed in scientific literature in the last two decades Methodology: This research is a Systematic Literature Review, where procedures were applied in the selection of articles in Scopus and Web of Science databases, for the identification and interpretation of the main publications on the topic in the scientific literature, seeking to understand its relevance and evolution the last twenty years. Findings: The obtained sample, based on the Web of Science (WoS) and Scopus databases, totaled 13 articles from different sectors and areas of knowledge, with a predominance of publications linked mainly to the research and development area, with greater progress in innovation projects. Practical Implications: This research contributes to improving the understanding of the benefits of the practice of managing innovation projects. Social implications: The findings of this research will contribute to the understanding of how the management of innovation projects can contribute to maximize success in the dealings practiced in these projects. And due to the particular characteristics of innovation, focus on management efficiency and focus on results. Originality: This research addresses current and very broad themes - project management and innovation - involving several disciplines (human and social capital, teams, strategy, conflict management, knowledge management, governance, innovation, integration, research and development, intellectual property, behavioral theory), in an unprecedented way and seeks to define the new paradigm of development called Innovation Project Management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose - The changes that occurred in the market, resulting from technological advancement, made companies pay attention to innovation in their processes, products or services, as a way to stand out. To enhance innovation in companies, focusing on leadership is an effective way. In this sense, the present study aimed to develop a model in order to list the priorities related to leadership and its interface with innovation, under the top management perspective of a telecommunications company. Design/methodology/approach - For the development of the model, the Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (Fuzzy-AHP) method was used to identify such factors and the best alternatives so that the investigated company can make consistent decisions. Thus, the criteria chosen by the Manager and Director were discovered, as well as the alternatives that they cherish, contributing to the development of innovation within the company. Findings - The results showed that the perception of the two interviewees was similar, however, it is emphasized that they should better choose how to apply innovation within the company. Originality/value - This study opens the way to highlight the importance of the theme of leadership and its interface with innovation for professionals in the management area, favoring decision making, in addition to contributing to the literature, deepening the debate on the theme of leadership and innovation, which is still incipient and needs development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose -- The objective was to reveal reflections on how the managers of industrial cosmetic companies deal with the challenges related to the innovation process. Design/methodology/approach -- Exploratory qualitative research. The present research uses a combination of methods: theoretical-conceptual, bibliographical survey and the multi-case study, by means of the following procedures: semi-structured interview, observation route and document analysis. Findings -- I concluded that the main challenges faced by the management of the innovation process in the small business are related to the non-development of a culture focused on innovation and not planning the capacity to decentralize. In the case of the medium sized company, the main challenge related to the innovation process is to manage, simultaneously, the growth of the company on the one hand, and the managerial practices aimed at the use of the knowledge of its team, on the other, in the process of innovation. In the case of the large company, I concluded that the challenges of maintaining the integration of the innovation process and, at the same time, the flexibility to transform the way things are done, are well orchestrated by management because there is constant discussion and shared vision, in a spirit of trust and teamwork. Research limitations/implications -- The data cannot be generalized because it is a multi-case study. Practical implications -- As soon as the challenges were identified, the assumption was confirmed that the achievement of innovation implies knowing how to integrate resources and capacities, manage periods of instability or irregularity and regularity, based on a culture focused on strategic learning, learning to learn and, systemic learning. Originality/value - This exploratory qualitative research contributes with evidences and analyzes on the management of the innovation process in three companies of different sizes, in which are revealed the managerial actions in relation to the innovation requirements that have been explored from the theoretical bases that support the integration of the learning organizational and management of innovation, and the reflections on how manifest the management of the challenges faced in each company. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this qualitative study was to analyze the elements that influence the process of innovation management in a public university in southern Brazil. It was conducted semi-structured interviews with 19 questions to three groups: six university managers; six researchers with only scientific production (articles) and seven researchers with also technological production (patents). After transcribing the interviews, the content analysis was performed in MAXQDA 12 software (Verbi GmbH, Berlin, Germany). The lack of understanding of the legal part (17.6%) and bureaucratization in the transfer process (14.7%) were the most frequently reported difficulties in the process of technology transfer. After identifying the main elements of innovation management in a public university, we proposed a new model in which the research projects are developed in conjunction with the productive sector since the beggining of technological development. Public policies and management measures to facilitate the interaction between academia and the productive sector can facilitate technology transfer and, consequently, management of innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research aims to analyze the organizational practices related to innovation present in the Brazilian electric sector companies. This is a descriptive study with a quantitative approach. The research comprised managers and / or responsible for the activity of R&D. The results show that the index processes all statements had means significantly positive while the index results was presented the lowest value compared to the others, which indicates that companies in the industry still has a lot to invest in the development of competence in the management of the results of their R&D programs and the generation of innovations from them. It was possible to conclude that in the twelve years after the regulation of the activity of R&D in the electricity sector effort was concentrated on practical knowledge, learning and innovation strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]