Innovation & Management Review: Volume 16 Issue 3 , Open Access

Exploring the scalability process of social innovation

Larissa Medianeira Bolzan, Claudia Cristina Bitencourt, Bibiana Volkmer Martins

Social innovation is a recent theme, and the practices related to this area are characterized by punctual actions and projects restricted by time and space that make it difficult…

The innovation challenge in micro and small enterprises (MSE): An exploratory study at São Paulo metropolitan region

Davi França Berne, Roberto Coda, Patricia Krakauer, Denis Donaire

This study aims to measure the degree of innovation of micro and small industrial companies in the West and Southwest metropolitan regions of the city of São Paulo, through a…

Guarantees used in refundable financing of innovation in micro, small and medium-sized enterprises: The regional bank for the development of the extreme South Inova program

Richard Cunha Schmidt, Micheline Gaia Hoffmann

Despite the increasing availability of financing programs for innovation, micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) often find it difficult to access credit for their…

Investments in the Brazilian Space Agency and the patenting process: a correlation analysis

Vitor Hugo da Silva Vaz, Jorge Maikel Alves Batista, Ana Eleonora Almeida Paixão

This study aims to analyze the correlation between the investments in the Brazilian Space Agency (BSA) and the patenting process.

Collaborative technology and motivations: utilization, value and gamification

Gustavo Scheffel Adornes, Raquel Janissek Muniz

Instigated by the trend of collaborative economics, taking into consideration the particularities pointed out by Simis (2015), such as a new social, economic and technological…