Ecossistemas de inovação : uma análise da integração e funcionamento a partir do design organizacional

Abstract

In the innovation ecosystem context, Technology Transfer Organizations (TTOs) are considered important players. It is through their organizational design that the interests and actions of the different players are synergistically articulated. Each TTO defines its own organizational design, which requires a different structure from that of the organizations it supports. At the same time, the innovation ecosystem has an organizational design, aimed at establishing a common vision, articulating the strategic objectives of the innovation ecosystem and its partners, as well as indicating the direction of actions to achieve these objectives. In this way, this research aimed to analyze how interactions occur in the organizational design of TTOs in relation to the contextual demands of a young innovation ecosystem. In order to meet the proposed objective, a single, exploratory and qualitative case study was carried out, with multiple units of analysis. Propositions relating to governance, indicators, processes, structure, alignment and connections were tested. The results revealed the existing connections between the innovation ecosystem, universities and technology transfer organizations. The combination of domain activities, structural dimensions and elements of the Star Model made it possible to identify and critically evaluate the organizational design of the TTOs in focus in the innovation ecosystem, as well as to assess the relationships between the (re)organizational design of the TTOs and the ecosystem.