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This theoretical essay aims to investigate how Practice-Based Studies (PBS) contribute to the understanding of Open Innovation (OI). We used a literature review about these themes. We sought to reflect on the assumptions, concepts, definitions and elements that constitute the PBS and OI After studying both approaches, it was possible to verify that OI can be understood through the epistemological assumptions of PBS, considering the great diversity of possible actions involved to OI, organized by structures and surrounded by material arrangements. Possible identified practices are evidenced when considering the search for external knowledge, the interactive relationships between the agents involved, the commercialization of inventions covering the generation and acquisition of ideas, the selection and decision-making practices on the best ideas and partners for the productive arrangements and practices that occurred later, involving planning practices, new techniques, new products and new services. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Innovation management plays an important role in organizations due to the capacity to transform uncertainties into knowledge. Thus, to analyze how innovation strategy and practices adopted by the companies is a necessary step to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage. The present work sought to capture the perception of the employees of a Brazilian bank in relation to the innovation management in the institution. We applied a questionnaire validated by Tidd, Bessant and Pavitt (2008) through a case study of a descriptive nature, which proposes to analyze the innovation management in five dimensions: strategy, processes, innovative organization, relationships and learning. The results of the analysis point to the need to improve management strategies and routines, as well as to expand a communication on actions related to innovation, seeking to disseminate the innovation culture in the organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Due to the importance of innovation in companies, and especially in the Brazilian Agricultural Research Company - EMBRAPA, this article sought to portray a case study in Embrapa Mandioca and Fruticultura in response to the expectations created about innovation in its strategic planning, in the period of 2008-2014. The article verified how the model of innovation management is structured and organized, as well as the perception of employees regarding the model used. In this context, the work was divided into five chapters: introduction, addressing the purpose of the proposal; A review of the literature, dealing with strategic management and innovation management; The methodology, contextualizing the format of the research; And the results and discussions, where a diagnosis of the current situation of Embrapa Mandioca and Fruticultura regarding innovation was obtained, creating an expectation that this research contributes effectively to the management of the Unit and, consequently, promotes improvements in its planning strategic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]