Práticas de inovação colaborativa nas empresas

• Autor(a) principal: Cilínio, Pedro Miguel Ferreira Jorge
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10071/15811
• topic: Open innovation; Collaboration; Practices; Firm; Gestão de empresas; Inovação; Cooperação entre empresas; Transferência de conhecimentos; I&D - Investigação e desenvolvimento; Indústria automóvel

Collaboration has been used by companies as a response to the open innovation paradigm, promoting complementarity between partners by sharing resources and knowledge across their borders, in order to overcome its individual limitations. This research combined a survey with case studies, allowing the identification and characterization of collaborative innovation practices, based on AFIA's associated automotive component companies. The physical presence in clients, the development of supplier clubs, the participation in clusters, the approach to the university through and R&D consortia or the hosting of research projects or through the participation of collaborators in academic activities, are examples of these practices. The valuation of external knowledge also depends on collaborative innovation within the company, where the main practices involve the use of transversal teams, open to external partners, supported by digital platforms that facilitate communication and where the generated knowledge is available. The results point to the relevance of aligning the practices of collaborative innovation with the strategic priorities of the company. In what regards the relationship with universities, this alignment often requires a joint governance involving top management. The deepening of the practices of collaborative innovation, seems to occur as they generate positive results that feed the process, consistent with the theoretical framework. In this context, the disclosure of results becomes relevant, particularly at the level of dissemination of these practices within the company and its partners.