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Organizational Ambidexterity: A study in Brazilian Higher Education Institutions
Get PDFThe purpose was to understand how the ambidexterity degree (exploration + exploitation actions) can explain the variance of the number of students. As theoretical foundation, it was considered the arguments proposed by March (1991) and Tuschman and O’Reilly III (2004) about organizational ambidexterity (balance of incremental and radical innovation initiatives). About the methodology, a quantitative approach was used, and the sample counted with 79 executives of higher education institutions (HEI). For data analysis, descriptive statistics, chi-square, cluster analysis, correlation analysis and multiple linear regression were used. As outcome, the confirmation that ambidexterity can explain variance of the number of students in 20.6%. However, it was also observed that it cannot explain variation of the main index of teaching quality: General Course Index. Finally, there is a proposition of a maturity degree for ambidexterity, subdivided into four levels: I - Embryonic, II - Structured, III - Semi-developed and IV - Developed
Social Technology Enhancing the Town Centre Management Attractiveness
Get PDFThe article describes the social technology’s role in the TCM attractiveness from the retailers’ perspective. The exploratory research experience in Sweden during different periods between 2012 and 2016 includes contributions of the literature, direct interviews and analysis of the TCM’s websites. The state-of-the-art of social commerce perception by managers and retailers is defined, and specific evidences are given through research. An interpretation of the concept of attractiveness of the TCM is presented to explain how social commerce could affect this property. Dissonance between opinions and statements of TCM stakeholders are discussed, and the will to use social commerce to increase opportunities for TCM is, in general, declared by retailers, but it is not realized in practice in management activities. A comparative empirical exploration between different countries could be conducted in future. This paper explores the actual situation in the use of website sustaining that the social commerce and the social networks are able to go beyond the supporting of commerce activity and they are able to support the TCM attractiveness and place attachment
The State of Markets for Technology in Chile
Get PDFThe purpose of this paper is twofold. First, we show the importance of having a developed Market for Technology and how innovation affects countries’ economic development. Second, using the main innovative indicators, we describe the current Market for Technology in Chile and discuss its possible impact on the country’s economic development
El Papel de las Oficinas de Transferencia Tecnológica (OTT) en las Universidades: Una Perspectiva de la Última Década.
Get PDFIn the framework of a global economy based on knowledge, entrepreneurial universities implement new guiding axes to become generators of knowledge that trigger technological development. In this context, the creation of the Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs) in universities is a vital strategy for the scientific-governmental-business-social ecosystem to subsist with balance and grow simultaneously. In this document, the configuration, performance, and problems of these offices are analyzed, based on a general literature review of the last decade.Keywords: Technology Transfer Offices; University; Company; Innovation; Knowledge Comercialization.--------------------------------------------------------------------En el marco de una economía mundial basada en el conocimiento, las universidades emprendedoras implementan nuevos ejes rectores para convertirse en generadoras de conocimiento que detone desarrollo tecnológico. En este contexto, la creación de Oficinas de Transferencia Tecnológica (OTT) en las universidades es una estrategia vital para que el ecosistema científico-gubernamental-empresarial-social subsista con equilibrio y crezca simultáneamente. En este documento, se analiza la configuración, el desempeño y las problemáticas de estas oficinas, a partir de una revisión general de literatura de la última década.Palabras Clave: Oficinas de Transferencia Tecnológica; Universidad; Empresa; Innovación; Comercialización del Conocimiento
Innovation studies in Latin America: a bibliometric analysis
Get PDFThe article’s objective is to present a quantitative overview of innovation studies developed by Latin American authors. We adopted the bibliometric method to build the study, with data originated from the Scopus and Web of Science databases, covering 30 years (1987-2016). From this data analysis, we found out that innovation studies in Latin America, for long period, did not present a significant volume. However, this scenario has undergone changes, such as: (1) the growth in the volume of publications of the countries; (2) the relevant collaboration between Latin American countries and the United States, Spain, and the United Kingdom; (3) and relevant presence of Brazilian authors and universities as the most productive in the region. Despite these changes, Latin America still falls behind the reference countries in the area, accounting for 2.75% of the worldwide bibliographic production on innovation in the databases analyzed
Calidad de la Relación Universidad-Empresa en una Universidad Pública de Colombia
Get PDFEl presente estudio tiene como objetivo identificar el papel de la función de marketing en los procesos de transferencia tecnológica universitaria, mediante la definición de hipótesis fundamentadas en el conocimiento científico del marketing y basadas en el caso de una universidad pública colombiana. Se ha diseñado un modelo de hipótesis que refleja la calidad de la relación, analizando constructos como satisfacción, confianza, compromiso y lealtad en la relación Universidad-Empresa, mediante un análisis confirmatorio. En los resultados, se evidencian los constructos más relevantes para gestionar y establecer relaciones de largo plazo entre la universidad analizada y las Empresas, lo que permite pasar de una transferencia tecnológica transaccional a una vista desde lo relacional.Palabras Clave: Relación Universidad-Empresa, transferencia tecnológica universitaria, marketing relacional.---------------------------------------------------------------------Title: University-Industry Relationship Quality in a Public University of ColombiaThe objective of this study is to identify the role of the marketing function in university technology transfer processes, through the definition of hypotheses based on the scientific knowledge of marketing and the bases in the case of a colombian public university. It has been designed a hypothesis model that reflects the quality of the relationship, analyzing constructs such as satisfaction, trust, commitment and loyalty in the University-Industry relationship, through a confirmatory analysis. In the results, the most relevant constructs for the management and the long-term relationships between the university and the companies are evidenced, which allows to pass from a technological transaction to a relationship view.Keywords: University-Industry relationship, university technology transfer, relationship marketin
Defining functional roles for research institutions in helix innovation networks
Get PDFThis paper presents an empirically grounded case-based analysis of quadruple helix innovation networks. On the basis of qualitative interviews with representatives of 16 heterogeneous networks, we investigate the functional network roles of 172 actors from the fields of academic research, business, government and society. In this article we focus on universities and research and technology organisations, which face the challenge of having to redefine their functional roles and unique value in the face of increased diversification of knowledge sources within current quadruple helix innovation systems. We delineate both existing and potential future roles for academic actors using a typology of functional roles, and present the challenges research establishments must meet in order to fulfil these roles successfully. Finally, we outline the implications of this analysis for the strategic positioning of research institutions, so as to ensure the future inclusion of their innovative capacity in collaborative innovation networks
Biodiesel in Brazil: Agricultural R&D at Petrobras Biocombustível
Get PDFThe expansion of the use of biofuels is based on the implementation of public policies to support production, technological development and the market. In Brazil, the National Program for the Production and Use of Biodiesel (PNPB) seeks to articulate these incentives and attract private initiative in promoting sustainable production. Investigating the business actions for the development of new technologies in the face of public stimulation motivates this article that aims to analyze the Research and Development (R&D) strategies of Petrobras Biocombustível in the production of biodiesel. The case study is based on the theoretical arguments of the Entrepreneur State and on a case study accompanied by a qualitative analysis. The results indicate that the formation of agricultural research networks favored the construction of knowledge, research infrastructures and training of people, but did not innovated the production of biodiesel
Interrelación entre riesgo e innovación: percepción del riesgo por gestores de proyectos
Get PDFTitle: Relationship between risk and innovation: Risk perception by project managers In an environment of uncertainty in the organizations, risk aversion from decision makers can be a rational behaviour, but reduces the ability to obtain innovate and then risk of failure increases. This paper analyses under an exploratory approach, the perception of the risk identified by Mexican innovation project leaders, in multinational companies. The results obtained from thirteen cases indicate that, there is no risk aversion and that the association between a higher level of profitability and greater risk is recognized, but that simple or intuitive methods are often used to manage risk. This highlights the need to train managers and executives with a wide risk and risk management overview, innovation and its relationship
Overview Case Analysis Applied to Evaluate Technology Transfer Projects of a Mexican Public University
Get PDFThe objective of this work is to propose a rapid methodology called Overview Case Analysis (OCA) to analyze in a synthetic and simple form, the tremendous amount of information that is created through the years in a technology transfer project. Using OCA analyst can rapidly detect the project highlights along its critical path of the technology transfer project. At the end of the evaluation process, qualification of the project performance is performed using a coarse scale to measure the technology transfer capacity of the participant organizations. To prove the methodology proposed, we explore the economic and social impact results of some technology transfer projects developed by academic groups of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM, by its Spanish acronym). The conclusion is that in order to have a successful TTP, at least three conditions are necessary: (a) the project must be handled by an efficient technology transfer team (T3); (b) the technology transferred must be mature; and (c) the technology transferred must have economic and social impacts for the final organization or other users inside the receiver country