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The acquisition process of knowledge by organizations is not easy and its spread among individuals, organizations and networks is even more complex. The understanding of the mechanisms involved in the knowledge flow between organizations can help to minimize the problems associated with processes in supply chains. In this paper, we present a systematic search of literature, which aimed to identify the relevance of this issue and how it has been studied on the academic literature. We performed an identification and mapping of knowledge flows between two types of organizations (inter-firm level) of Brazilian chain pig farming: industries and producers (farmers). Among the agricultural activities, this activity is one of the most aggressive to the environment. Some factors associated with environmental sustainability and current market barriers in this chain were identified, where it is necessary to consider the dynamics of knowledge flows. For knowledge flows and practices being effectively implemented across organizations, it was noted that issues such as the motivation of the members are key factors which in order to apply valuable knowledge. Considering this, it is necessary that the reasons and benefits for sharing being clearly established. This study contributes to the perception of the importance of identify and map knowledge flows. It also contributes to the realization of further empirical research in order to examine knowledge flows among organizations.

Referência: KURTZ, D. J.; SANTOS, J. L. S.; VARVAKIS, G. Uncovering the knowledge flows in supply chain relationships. iBusiness (Print), v. 4, p. 326-334, 2012.

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Este artigo descreve os aspectos que relacionam criação de conhecimento e design thinking à gestão do conhecimento. A busca pelo embasamento teórico dos termos foi a motivação para este estudo que adotou a estratégia de pesquisa qualitativa (Creswell, 2007). A partir de busca sistemática da literatura e buscas dirigidas obteve-se entendimentos dos termos e suas principais relações. Para verificação empírica foi analisada empresa da área pública que adota programa e práticas de inovação. Foi possível constatar que as práticas e processos de criação de conhecimento e design thinking possuem relações tendo sido identificados os seguintes aspectos: A – A formação de equipes compõe o contexto de um ambiente que propicia inovação; B – A explicitação de conhecimentos pelas equipes caracteriza uma cultura de inovação; C – Um ambiente apropriado de colaboração contribui para que o nível de motivação das equipes seja favorável; D – A liderança desenvolve comportamentos positivos entre as pessoas favorecendo a empatia individual e em equipes; e E – O processo criativo emerge do desenvolvimento de Idéias, Briefing e Insight. Assim, ambos os conceitos contribuem para um ambiente de troca de conhecimento, no âmbito da gestão do conhecimento, e se caracterizam por conceitos relevantes ao impulsionar a organização para a inovação. Destacam-se para estudos futuros a análise das percepções dos diversos níveis gerenciais e a percepção dos empregados. Recomenda-se a comparação entre organizações que tenham implantado práticas e processos semelhantes, pois os resultados poderiam contribuir para a identificação de facilidades e dificuldades visando apoiar outras organizações que se interessem em introduzir novas práticas e processos em seus programas de inovação.

Referência: CARVALHO, I. M. ; ARBEX, D. F.; VARVAKIS, G.; NORTH, K. Gestão do conhecimento – relações entre criação de conhecimento e design thinking. Espacios (Caracas), v. 33, p. 5, 2012.

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Over the last decades there has been a growing interest on developing research and formulating public policy by using the Innovation Systems approach. However, as evidenced on the academic literature there is a lack of systematic, chronological and synthesizing studies indicating how this field has evolved over time. This paper has as main objective to consolidate the state of the art of academic research on IS, based on a bibliometrics study on literature published over the past 35 years. The results are discussed under the following perspectives: general results, chronological distribution, author relevance, articles and cited references of relevance, journals relevance and institutions and countries relevance. The paper ends with a discussion of the main implications and limitations of the study.

Referência: Uriona-Maldonado, M.; SANTOS, R. N. M.; VARVAKIS, G. State of the art on the Systems of Innovation research: a bibliometrics study up to 2009. Scientometrics (Print), v. 91, p. 977-996, 2012.

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O setor brasileiro de distribuição de energia elétrica expandiu a terceirização para toda a cadeia de valor, incluindo serviços diretamente ligados ao core business das empresas. Diante desse cenário, este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar os modelos da gestão da terceirização desenvolvidos por duas distribuidoras brasileiras de energia elétrica. Foram realizadas visitas e entrevistas in loco, com stakeholders das distribuidoras e das empresas terceirizadas. A principal contribuição é que a terceirização requer níveis mais elaborados de gestão, sugerindo a expansão da capacidade técnico-gerencial da empresa.

Referência: SOUZA, L.; Maldonado, M.; Varvakis, G. Gestão da terceirização no setor brasileiro de distribuição de energia elétrica. Revista de Administração de Empresas, v. 51, n.2, 2011.

National Innovation System (NIS) is the term used by scholars and policy makers to describe the emerging scientific and technological structures and processes of a nation that influence economic and social development. The last decade has seen a growing research interest in the innovation systems of different economies in order to better understand the factors that determine their economic and social development. This paper addresses the complex industry-university relationship using as theoretical framework the NIS concepts and as an analytical method, System Dynamics (SD) which is specifically designed to evaluate complex systems. Later, some international comparisons between Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) are introduced in terms of industry-university partnerships.

Referência: Maldonado, M.; Maldonato, M.; Chaim, R.; Pietrobon, R.; Varvakis, G.; Industry partnerships with a focus on BRIC countries: A systems perspective on the good, the bad and the ugly.  The 28th International Conference of The System Dynamics Society, 2010. Seoul, Republic of South Korea.

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The Brazilian government has been promoting innovation initiatives for small, medium and bigsized companies for the past years. Among its initiatives, a benchmarking program – developed by the Euvaldo Lodi Institute in Santa Catarina State, Brazil – was started, aiming that assessing the current performance and practice levels, regarding innovation in Brazilian SME and at comparing them against an international database containing data from more than a thousand firms from 32 countries. In this paper, we report how a small firm faced the challenges imposed by this benchmarking initiative. The firm in study was selected for the pilot project in the State of Santa Catarina, along with four other firms, due to their technology and product development-oriented strategies and for being awarded several times, state and nation-wide, for their R&D and innovation practices. We report the challenges imposed by the benchmarking program the firm needed to overcome and how the company achieved this objective, through bibliographical surveys and on-site visits to the company during the period 2006-2010 and we outline how the firm evolved since then and their current challenges for the forthcoming years. We conclude by assessing the gains of the firm in relation to their innovation management programme

Referência: URIONA, M.; DIAS, N.; VARVAKIS, G.  Initiatives in benchmarking Innovation Management in small high-technology firms: A case study in the Brazilian digital communications manufacturing sector. 3rd International Symposium on Innovative Management Practices – European Research on Innovation and Management – ERIMA, 2010, Wiesbaden, Germany.

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