Innovation Management
Coordinator: Felipe Mendes Borini, PhD
Coordinator: Guilherme Ary Plonski, PhD
Assistant Coordinator: Carlos Augusto Vargas, PhD
Temas e Líderes:
Ways of stimulating creativity for innovation. Behavioral challenges derived from the risks associated with innovation. Managing organizational changes. Organizational culture and innovation. Managing multidisciplinary teams. Diversity management and innovation. Innovation in times of social media. Other cutting-edge topics related to the theme.
Knowledge management and intellectual property in companies and scientific-technological institutions (ICTs). Transfer of technologies produced in academia to other organizations, including strategies and contractual aspects for licensing and commercialization of technologies, creation of spin-offs from ICTs, as well as other forms of technology transfer. Role of Technological Innovation Centers (NIT) and other actors in the technology transfer process. Other cutting-edge topics that connect these key elements.
Theoretical foundations and methodologies of innovation in project management; Theoretical foundations and methodologies of innovation in process management; Tools and practices for managing innovative processes; Tools and practices for managing innovative projects; Management of processes and projects in R&D&I centers and units; Management of CT&I programs and projects; Innovation in projects and processes; Innovation projects and continuous improvement; Other emerging topics related to Integrated Approaches to Innovation Projects and Processes.
Strategies for the creation, diffusion, or adoption of Science, Technology, and Innovation (CT&I). Competitive context of CT&I. Models, tools, and methods to support decision-making processes in various types of innovations (e.g., technological or non-technological, radical or incremental, disruptive or non-disruptive, local or reverse, open or closed, etc.). Political and institutional context of CT&I. National and subnational policies, incentives, and funding for promoting CT&I. CT&I in business and international relations. Other cutting-edge topics related to CT&I strategies and/or policies.
Collaborative arrangements of ST&I institutions and businesses. Public-private partnerships for innovation. Open innovation models (e.g., coproduction, co-design, co-creation). Dynamics of innovation areas (e.g., incubators and accelerators; parks, technology poles, and districts). Smart cities. Creative economy. Management of Innovation Ecosystems. Other cutting-edge topics related to the theme.
