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Describing a new model implemented by Butantan Institute - a centenary Brazilian public research institute - to develop a new molecule as a therapeutic agent with public and private funding. Different from the creation of a new technology-based enterprise, this model proposes to internalize the scale up process in the research institute in order to develop the trials, and then transfer all the technology...
Despite there is more than ten years since the Open Innovation concept was presented for the first time, companies still demonstrate some difficulties in its implementation. The main challenge refers to the change process from closed to open model. Understanding how these companies adopt the open innovation in practice, which involves identifying the organizational adjustments necessary for such,...
This study analyzes the Fuzzy Front End (FFE) management process of a multinational company of high-tech services. We evaluate the adherence of the enablers reported in the literature of FFE management in this company's innovation process. We choose, from literature, a framework of FFE's management in order to guide the interviews with managers. The interviews provide information could be possible...
This research focuses on the innovation system of a large service corporation and its evolution over the last ten years. This corporation has business companies such as property insurance, health insurance, a clinic, and business capitalization. It is the largest insurance corporation in Colombia. Different from other service firms with comparable size, this corporation has centralized its innovation...
In this paper, we distinguish “crisis management” from “disaster management”. We employ “disaster management” when human lives are lost. “Crisis management” refers to the solution of an operations crisis without lost lives. Our empirical illustration will be a 2010 Brazilian Airline operational crisis, which had its origin in the crew schedule planning, analyzed through the extended case method. We...
Embedded Software is becoming a key buying criterion for new vehicle customers. Workshops, Conferences and Presentations worldwide are showing that SCRUM methodology is increasing software development speed. So far SCRUM has seen little application in automotive industry where V-model, a more rigid methodology, is dominant. Scientific journals have not been sensitive to the opportunity of speeding...
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