Marco Antonio Silveira

Organizational Ecosystems: Interaction and Alignment Towards Innovation

The decrease in the time required for the introduction of innovations in the marketplace, the increasing technological complexity of these innovations, the requirement of diverse competencies for its development and the high costs implied in the introduction of new products and processes in the marketplace have made unviable the single development of innovations in any public or private organization individually, especially those small and medium-sized (De Pellegrin et al 2007). Because of this, multiorganizational arrangements have often had the role of joining competences and resources of heterogeneous organizations aiming to develop conjointly costly and complex innovations. In most cases, the organization of these arrangements are integrated to sectoral development policies headed off by State entities, who consider the introduction of innovations as a safe path to competitive insertion of regional and national industries in the markets of high added value products and with the potential of generating high-level jobs.

Strategic Management of Innovation Towards Sustainable Development of Brazilian Electronics Industry

This paper presents and discusses the baselines of a nationwide project whose objective is to support the economic, social and environmental sustainability of Brazilian electronics industry. This project encompasses a complex and innovative articulation of a large number of multidimensional variables and includes some innovative solutions. It foresees the execution of a pilot project with the participation of nine companies producers of electro medical equipment. Its implementation occurs by coordinating innovation of products and processes with the integrated management of the marketing mix of products, by means of the integration of the company’s management systems. It is presented the theoretical and methodological foundations of this pilot project, its structure and organization, and the main results obtained so far.

Academic Research In Technology Innovation Management and Related Thematic Areas in Brazil

This paper presents a profile of a Brazilian academic research group in areas related to the management of technology innovation. Keywords searches have been chosen to generate a database composed of information about research groups, projects that are funded by Brazilian Federal Government and scientific journals. Data analysis allowed the following conclusions: 1. Most research groups have been established in the 2000s, when innovation Policies have been settled in Brazil; 2. Most of the research is located in regions which have better science and technology infrastructure; 3. There is low interaction between researchers and public/private companies; 4. Federal Agencies tend to support projects related to innovation policy instruments (technology parks, local production systems, technology transfer centers in universities and research institutes).

Contributions of Social Networking for Innovation

This paper investigates the role of virtual social networks as a mechanism complementary to formal channels of technology transfer represented by ICT and by private centers of R & D in industry. The strengthening of Web 2.0 has provided the expansion of collaborative tools, in particular the social networks, with a strong influence on the spread of knowledge and innovation. To evaluate the potential of virtual networks, a survey had been conducted to identify and describe the characteristics of some of the major social networks used in Brazil (LinkedIn, Orkut and Twitter). Even this phenomenon is not mature, the study identified the potential and benefits of social networks as informal structures that help in generation of knowledge and innovation diffusion, as a field to be explored and developed.

Technological Innovation in the Electro-Medical Equipment Sector: Analysis in Latin America

It is an exploratory study of technological innovation in the electro-medical equipment sector, encompassing an analysis of trends in Latin America. The methodological bases for the study are the procedures and indicators used in bibliometric studies and it uses as its body of analysis the invention patents available in the European Patent Office. The research study made it possible to perform qualitative analyses aimed at understanding the technological innovation behavior of institutions operating in the area. It also allowed us to show the relative position of each company, sector or country in relation to the potential competition. It is hoped that these results will be able to provide support for public policies which underpin innovation in this sector.

Dynamization of Learning for Sustainability in the Electronics Industry: Studies in Electromedical Equipment Manufacturers

Abstract This paper proposes the promotion of learning in companies involved as a mean to overcome the challenges that exist in todays markets, which are dynamic, competitive and demanding environmental requirements. Strategies that value the intellectual capital can provide the means to generate sustainable competitive advantages necessary to overcome these challenges, while contributing to the enhancement of human capital. The paper presents the TCD approach (acronym for “Work, Training and Personal Development” in portuguese), with theoretical contributions that aim to integrate organizational learning to work in order to humanize organizations towards their economic and social sustainability.