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This study investigates the influence of risk management on collaborative innovation and the intervention of communication intensity in agricultural cooperatives. A survey was conducted with managers of Brazilian agricultural cooperatives listed in the Organization of Cooperatives of Brazil. The structural equation modeling technique was applied to a sample of 103 valid answers. The results show that risk management positively influences collaborative innovation and communication intensity, and that communication intensity positively influences collaborative innovation. Furthermore, a mediating effect of communication intensity was observed in the relationship between risk management and collaborative innovation. Theoretical implications arise from the observation of the intervention of communication intensity in this relationship, mainly by providing insights to expand research in this direction. Practical implications also arise from observing the intervention of communication intensity in this relationship, such as alerts to the managers of these organizations about the relevance of aligning communication and risk management to the purpose of collaborative innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Investments in innovation and quality management systems have long been presented as tools that can boost organizational performance. In Brazil, empirical, systematic, and rigorous research on such relations on such relations is still scarce. Given this context, this study sought to verify, using multiple linear regressions, how investments in innovation, and adoption of the six sigma methodology and ISO 9001 certification, impacted the financial performance, in terms of profitability, of the 101 Brazilian publicly traded companies comprising the study sample in fiscal year 2019. Regression results shows evidence that Brazilian publicly traded companies are having little success in regards to financial results by their six sigma efforts, and that R&D efforts and ISO 9001 certification exert positive and significant impact on profitability, via the ROA index. The interaction between ISO 9001 and R&D came close to significance, indicating a possible synergistic effect to be tested in future studies. Besides contributions to the entrepreneurial field, aiding companies to direct their efforts toward initiatives capable of positively impacting profitability, such findings also help advance academic knowledge. [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]

The purpose of this study is to identify how open innovation variables influence the competitive capability of manufacturing small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in a regional territory in Southern Brazil. The research method is a survey of 67 SMEs in Southern Brazil that provided data for an ordinary least squares (OLS) regression model encompassing seven innovation variables and five competitiveness constructs. The results indicate that most innovation initiatives have a low impact on creating a competitive edge in the surveyed companies. The most remarkable positive impacts are (i) technology trends influencing the shop floor productivity, (ii) flexibility influencing internal aspects, and (iii) customer satisfaction and innovative ideas and customized supplies influencing the market orientation. The study also reports that innovation processes are not safe from failures. Some ill-defined innovation initiatives may jeopardize the competitive edge. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The application of transition theories to the study of alternative food networks (AFNs) have improved the understanding of innovation processes triggered by the networks of actors during agro-ecological transitions. However, these models often reduce the categories of scale and territory as repositories of variables that define the dual relationship between the agro-ecological niche and the corporate food regime. In an attempt to overcome the static and dualistic niche-regime relation and, to capture the multidimensionality of innovation processes implicit in the agro-ecological transition pathway, we present an analytical model based on the precepts of: territorial configurations, social construction of agro-ecological markets, reflexive governance and scale as a social strategy. We applied this model to the analysis of agro-ecological transitions in two municipalities in the Paraíba Valley and in the Northern Coast of São Paulo, Brazil. We show that technological innovations and the generation of new knowledge in the transition process are dependant on the social skills of the actors involved in building broad social coalitions and reflexive governance spaces capable of converting knowledge into practices that result in the inclusion of family farmers in the scaling-up of agro-ecological transitions. [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]

Research, development and innovation (RD&I) projects are carried out in companies with the purpose of promoting high-level economic and technological growth and enabling them to acquire advantages over the competition. Incentives to carry out such projects increase as the need for generation and application of knowledge for new products, processes and technologies increases. In this process, government agencies have encouraged cooperation between companies and institutes that carry out RD&I projects to promote the exchange of knowledge and technology among those involved. In this way, the development of these projects must occur in an integrated way between companies and institutes, aiming to meet the demands of innovation and resource management, filling any gaps in the business sector. To meet these demands, it is essential that institutes present and effective and efficient management model. Thus, the researched presented aims to propose a management model based on a performance evaluation system for RD&I institutes, applying it to an institute in the southern region of Brazil. In order to reach the proposed objective, a bibliographical and documentary research was carried out on the characteristics of the sector, performance evaluation systems and elements that finally originated a management model. Through the analysis of the results, it is possible to verify the efficiency and effectiveness of the model, providing better planning and control of the projects, optimization of the use of resources, control of organizational risks and agility in the identification of failures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Open Innovation (OI) is a growing trend as a practice to improve the Product Development Process (PDP). It is changing the way companies create new products and technology. The automotive industry is not an exception to that trend. This industry began to implement this concept many years ago but not in a homogeneous way. Now, more than ever, innovation is playing a vital role in this industry due to the technological revolution it is facing, and new innovation tools are needed. This study aims to compare OI practices in the PDP of French companies at their headquarters and at their subsidiaries located in Brazil. It presents multiple case studies based on interviews with experienced professionals from four different companies. Public documents were also used in the analysis of the innovation process in these companies. A literature review of PDP and OI is presented to ground the questions that guided these interviews. This study reveals that, in addition to stronger technology development, headquarters in France have more structured OI practices than subsidiaries in Brazil. It was found that automakers in Brazil perform some OI practices while suppliers have few to no product development. Furthermore, in both countries and industries, outside-in OI practices are much more common than inside-out ones. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Considering the importance of innovation for the productive, academic and governmental segments, this article presents an analysis of the public policies of innovation in Brazil with regards to the promotion of systemic and open innovation, envisioning opportunities and challenges that are presented to all those involved the generation of innovation in the country. Through the application of the 'Content Analysis' method, these policies were analyzed about the presence of culture of innovation focusing on the knowledge and integrated action of agents of the innovation system. It was observed that public policies promote cooperation between organizations that are part of the innovative system, but there is no evidence of incentive or guidelines for the participation of people not linked to organizations, certainly a challenge for both policymakers and all those who dedicate themselves, to promote the broad participation of organizations and individuals in innovative activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper examines the changing strategies of developmental states using Brazil's oil-based industrial policy as a case study. We analyse the relationship between the state, Petrobras and industrial elites in the context of Brazil's renewed emphasis on sector-specific industrial development strategy. Taking stock and re-examining the developmental state model, we suggest that developmental states are inherently political, particularly their bureaucracy and state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and that money politics is intricately woven into state-guided high growth regimes. Given the difficulty of privatisation as a solution to SOE (mis)governance, the challenge for Brazil is to mediate extreme political interventions that have eroded Petrobras' autonomy in the past and to sustain institutional capacity to direct rents towards investment and innovation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article makes three key contributions to debates surrounding the effectiveness of democratic innovation, deliberation and participation in representative political systems. In the first instance, it argues that more attention should be paid to the role that participation actually plays in governance. The literature on democratic institutional design often neglects concern about the effects of innovative institutional designs on more traditional representative fora, at the expense of concerns about their internal procedures. Second, the article argues that despite limitations, replicable systematic comparison of the effects of institutional design is both necessary and possible even at the level of national governance. A comparative analysis of 31 cases of National Public Policy Conferences (NPPCs) in Brazil is presented. Finally, the article shows that popular deliberative assemblies that vary in their familiarity and their policy area of interest, and that organise their structure and sequence deliberation in different ways can be associated with differential effects on both option analysis and option selection stages of the policy process, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the goals, instruments and characteristics of Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) enabled innovations in the Brazilian software industry emphasizing technologies, transmitting channels, learning processes, and organizational changes required by advanced digital tools. The methodology steams from the adaptation of an existing taxonomy for our specific purposes and the development of a field research in Brazil, with the help of the software Atlas.ti. We found that ICTs enabled innovations are not isolated events, since they affect existing processes, the relationship with clients and suppliers, and require greater integration of organizational functions. Important differences were observed due to the firms' size, internationalization level, technical capabilities and access to proprietary technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The research of Sawhney, Wolcott and Arroniz (2006) shows that when a company wants to innovate its business, people should look at the organization in 12 dimensions called Innovation Radar. The research question used for this article was: Which dimensions of innovation capability are adopted by four companies in the auto parts industry located in Sorocaba? The aim was to identify the dimensions that comprise the construct of the capacity of innovation in this segment. The research was qualitative and exploratory. The method used was a multiple case study. The instrument for data collection was interview, secondary data and institutional data. The results obtained from this study allowed the understanding of innovation capacity and made it possible to build the conceptual theoretical structure and also to adapt the Innovation Radar to the companies' reality in the auto parts industry. In addition, the study also identified three new dimensions: people, organizational learning and quality of life at work. Finally, the study of the Innovation Radar in three companies of the auto parts industry, located in Sorocaba, permitted the identification of the sustainability axis permeating all the other radar dimensions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Open innovation is the systematic integration of collaborative, sourcing and revealing practices into a firm's business strategy. Its implementation does not happen at once, but through a journey. This paper investigates this subject in an emergent economy context, the Brazilian aerospace industry, presenting the critical analysis of a questionnaire-based survey performed by means of personal in-company interviews in 22 firms. It comprises a wide range of practices associated with open innovation, connected to a conceptual model. We find open innovation elements in the sample, with no open business strategy behind them, though. Deficiencies regarding funding, R&D maturity and intellectual property protection prevent the cluster from being fully open innovator. Nevertheless, the culture company in the sample is very prone towards openness. From that, we conclude that open innovation in the cluster is still "unfreezing", but with great potential to emerge, once these problems are solved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Researching on the expertise as a guiding tool for planning allows to explore the dimension of epistemological authority in defining policies. In the field of Social Studies of Science and Technology, there are few studies on the expertise when it comes to the Social Sciences and Humanities. This paper explores this relationship through the analysis of texts produced by a Brazilian government Think tank: the Institute for Applied Economic Research (IPEA). The study was guided by the following question: what are the elements that characterize the IPEA institutionalized knowledge of science, technology and innovation? The theoretical concepts articulate Sociology of Science and Political Theory. The research methodology combined field and bibliometric analysis. The literature review revealed: the continuity and discontinuity of topics, research priorities; theoretical referentials and hegemonic and disciplinary approaches, as well as the authors profile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For the generation of innovations occur, it must be considered both internal and external factors to the company to it. Taking into account that external factors are not controlled by organizations, it is necessary to determine which variables of this environment can influence the emergence of innovations. Thus, the aim of this study is to raise the indicators of the Brazilian states, which are considered exogenous factors and correlate them with the number of registered patents per capita in each one. To reach it we carried out a descriptive research with quantitative method, analyzed by correlation, among other. As a result, it was found that the variables: Internet, processing industry, transport, financial intermediation, information services, trade, service repair and real estate activities, had positive and significant correlation with the number of patents per capita. It was clear also that the processing industry accounts for 49.20% of patent filings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper aims to identify differences in the way in which managerial and operational level deals with the process of management knowledge in a Brazilian metal-mechanical industry. This study was based on the idea of Gold, Malhotra e Segars (2001) that the knowledge process phases are: creation, conversion, utilization and protection. Through a qualitative research, was observed that: both levels consider the importance of knowledge management, but only the creation phase occurs at operational level (through tacit knowledge) and there is no action to protect knowledge (in both levels). So, the study concludes that knowledge management process has focused only at management level in this organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the technological capability in the Brazilian Official Pharmaceutical Laboratories [OPL]. The technological capability analysis could contribute to organization strategies and governmental actions in order to improve OPL basic tasks as well to incorporate new ones, particularly concerning the innovation management. Inspired in Figueiredo (2000, 2003a, 2003b) and Figueiredo and Ariffin (2003), a framework was drawn and adapted to pharmaceutical industry characteristics and current sanitary and health legislation. The framework allows to map different dimensions of the technological capability (installations, processes, products, equipments, organizational capability and knowledge management) and the level attained by OPL (ordinary or innovating capability). OPL show a good development of ordinary capabilities, particularly in Product and Processes. Concerning the other dimensions, OPL are quite diverse. In general, innovating capabilities are not much developed. In the short term, it was identified a dispersion in the capacitating efforts. Considering their present level and the absorption efforts, good perspectives can be found in Installations, Processes and Organizational Capability. A lower level of efforts in Products and Knowledge Management could undermine these capabilities in the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]