Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer Among the Innovation Ecosystem Actors

Authors

  • Sandro de Freitas Nascimento Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM, São Paulo, (Brasil). https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1077-9199
  • Manolita Correia Lima Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM, São Paulo, (Brasil).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24023/FutureJournal/2175-5825/2022.v14i1.660

Keywords:

Knowledge Management, Innovation Ecosystem, Knowledge Transfer, Collaboration Level

Abstract

Objetivo: O propósito deste estudo é investigar como a colaboração entre os atores do ecossistema de inovação se relaciona com a transferência de conhecimento entre as instituições.

Referencial Teórico: Utiliza-se a teoria da gestão do conhecimento, agregando os modelos das hélices (tripla, quádrupla e quíntupla) e os conceitos de ecossistema de inovação.

Método: As unidades de estudo são os polos de inovação dos Institutos Federais de Educação, credenciados pela Embrapii. A abordagem metodológica da pesquisa é qualitativa, o método utilizado é o estudo de caso múltiplo, a coleta de dados foi realizada por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados foram apurados com análise de conteúdo.

Originalidade/ Relevância: A pesquisa realizada pretende suprir a carência de investigações sobre a compreensão da participação dos atores e dos fatores envolvidos no processo de transferência de conhecimento.

Resultados: Os principais resultados revelaram que, a colaboração entre os atores se relaciona com a transferência de conhecimento por meio da criação e ampliação das parcerias estabelecidas e da gestão do conhecimento que emerge dessas relações. 

Contribuições teóricas: A principal contribuição teórica do trabalho é a proposição do modelo conceitual que permite comparar os casos estudados conforme critérios definidos na revisão de literatura.

Contribuições gerenciais: A contribuição prática do estudo, é a identificação de aspectos fundamentais para aprimorar a relação de colaboração entre os atores do ecossistema de inovação e da transferência de conhecimento.

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Author Biographies

Sandro de Freitas Nascimento, Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM, São Paulo, (Brasil).

Doctor in Business Administration from the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM/SP. He holds a master's degree in Administration from Fundação Instituto Capixaba de Pesq. in Accounting, Economics and Finance - FUCAPE, specialization in Strategic Management and a degree in Business Administration. He is currently a professor at the Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology-IFES / ES, teaches in the areas of Fundamentals of Administration, Introduction to Economics and Entrepreneurship. He also acts as Coordinator of the Vitória Campus Incubator Nucleus. He has extensive experience in the administrative area, having worked in financial institutions, in the commercial and import areas, and in activities related to logistics.

Manolita Correia Lima, Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing - ESPM, São Paulo, (Brasil).

egree in Social Sciences - Universite de Paris III (Sorbonne-Nouvelle) (1984), Master's in Sociology of Built Spaces - Universite de Paris VII - Universite Denis Diderot (1984) and PhD in Education from the University of São Paulo (2003). He was once a topic leader in the “Teaching and Research in Administration and Accounting” division of ENANPAD. He is currently the leader of the theme “Research Methods and Techniques” at SEMEAD/FEA-USP, of the Theme “Teaching, Research and Teacher Training” at ENANGRAD and of the theme “University, Business Schools and Society in Contemporaneity” at EnANPAD in 2019. He is currently leader of the Research Group: “SOCIUS - Research Group on University Institutions” (CNPq): http://dgp.cnpq.br/dgp/espelhogrupo/382891. Member of the editorial board of the journals: RAEP da ANGRAD and INTERNEXT. She is currently a reviewer for the following scientific journals: RAI (Journal of Administration and Innovation); RAM (Mackenzie Administration Magazine) and Ibero-American Strategy Magazine. Professor at the Graduate Program in Administration at Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing – ESPM. Coordinator of the Research Group “Mobility: the international academic experience”, registered at CNPq. She has extensive experience in the area of ​​Administration and as a researcher, she works and publishes mainly on the following topics: higher education, internationalization of education, university, administration, research methodology and teacher training.

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Nascimento, S. de F., & Correia Lima, M. (2022). Collaboration and Knowledge Transfer Among the Innovation Ecosystem Actors. Future Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies, 14(1), e0660. https://doi.org/10.24023/FutureJournal/2175-5825/2022.v14i1.660

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