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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]

As there are many researches on strategies and forms of competition but only a little explanation about strategy as a practice for creating superior performance, this study includes formation of business strategy, by the integration of organizational learning and innovation management. It is necessary that the characteristics of theorganizational environment, reveal the formation of strategies on an ongoing basis, from cycles of continuous learning aimed at innovation. With this understanding, the purpose of this paper is, by a theoretical essay, introduce the proposal of a conceptual model for the formation of business strategy, in which it is possible to find pairs of requirements for innovation based on organizational learning. The discussions presented in this paper show that the innovation requirements based on learning collaborate for the appearance of constant innovations as companies seek to innovate, regardless of their size. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

As there are many researches on strategies and forms of competition but only a little explanation about strategy as a practice for creating superior performance, this study includes formation of business strategy, by the integration of organizational learning and innovation management. It is necessary that the characteristics of the organizational environment, reveal the formation of strategies on an ongoing basis, from cycles of continuous learning aimed at innovation. With this understanding, the purpose of this paper is, by a theoretical essay, introduce the proposal of a conceptual model for the formation of business strategy, in which it is possible to find pairs of requirements for innovation based on organizational learning. The discussions presented in this paper show that the innovation requirements based on learning collaborate for the appearance of constant innovations as companies seek to innovate, regardless of their size. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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]

Companies are realizing the importance of adopting strategic management of sustainable innovation in order to meet the constraints of the globalized world and achieve superior business performance. Thus, this study aimed to analyze the adoption of a strategic management of sustainable innovation in industrial companies from Galícia. The study was characterized as qualitative and understood a study of multiple cases with Galícia industrial companies. Results showed that there is a rigid legislation and market pressure that drives organizations to adopt practices towards sustainability, but this approach is not characterized as strategic, considering they have a greater focus on product innovation aiming at a higher generation revenue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Innovation isn't more an option for organizations, turning to be a mandatory and institutional legitimizing requirement, moving the center of the debate to the need to devise innovative ways of managing organizational knowledge, especially due to the significant increase in the cost of carrying out R & D, which essentially consist in transforming organizational knowledge into products and processes. However it reveals the convergence of knowledge organization of the R & D activities with the effective implementation, what represents dimension of high complexity because of the influence of variables resulting from the organizational culture, represented through symbols, language, narratives, myths, among others. Aiming to offer contributions to the debate was held the theoretical review of themes such organizational culture, the individual identity-building process in the organizational environment, selective perception in social environments, the typology and the transfer of knowledge and innovation management models and knowledge in R & D activities. The dialogue between seminal and contemporaries authors of these issues, evidenced the way in which the process of knowledge management in this technical area is influenced by organizational culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this essay was to theoretically relate two constructions: the motivation of the individual and the types of co-production of the public good. The main theoretical bases used are derived from research in the third sector, specifically the theory of public goods and the theory of interdependence, as well as in public management, with respect to the New Public Governance - NPG. Under the lens of the functionalist paradigm, we seek to link the variables inherent in the two constructions to reach the desired result. This lies in the possibility of raising the levels of citizenship in Brazil, through participation and co-production of the public good. The co-production has brought innovation to management and addresses issues that involve society in general, through the promotion of participation and, therefore, citizenship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]