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Ao constatar que os empreendedores são indivíduos com características inovadoras, proativas e com facilidade em identificar novas oportunidades, surge a necessidade de entender como eles desenvolvem tais competências. Visitando a literatura percebe-se que existem evidências da inter-relação entre os processos de desenvolvimento de competências empreendedoras e de aprendizagem empreendedora, que os sustentam. Assim, torna-se imprescindível compreender como ocorrem esses processos. Dessa forma, o objetivo do presente estudo é contribuir para o avanço na literatura de empreendedorismo, apresentando um modelo conceitual de pesquisa que integra modelos de competências empreendedoras e de processos de aprendizagem empreendedora. Este artigo, de cunho teórico, resulta de extensa pesquisa bibliográfica e apresenta os resultados obtidos até então, uma vez que pesquisas empíricas para sua validação estão em processo.

Purpose This metasynthesis aims to build a theory on the concept of innovation ecosystem from the state of the art of qualitative case studies available in indexed scientific production using interpretive synthesis (Hoon, 2013). Design/methodology/approach This research was conducted by the postulates of the metasynthesis method (Hoon, 2013) to generate theory from qualitative case studies. The authors retrieved 77 research papers from databases, of which 6 were used for synthesis purposes. Each selected research paper reported one or more cases, which were analyzed separately. At the final stage, a data synthesis was structured and the cases were crossed, which allowed the development of a schematic representation and a theoretical construction of the innovation ecosystem concept. The approach used in this research is a metatheoretical assumption from economics and management and ecology to explore the theoretical gap in the concept of innovation ecosystems. Findings There is not yet a conceptual consensus on the term, which sometimes leads researchers to address partial or complementary concepts. The analysis identified constitutive elements of an innovation ecosystem that lead to structuring a framework of organic and dynamic interrelationships that a given organization has with various external organizations, allowing the creation of innovative products in a faster way. Research limitations/implications This paper helps scholars and researchers consider a new metatheoretical perspective to analyze dynamics, constitutive elements and multilevels of an innovation ecosystem. Practical implications For practitioners, this paper sheds lights on the importance of recognizing a systemic consideration of innovation ecosystems that falls in global relationships, industry dynamics and identification of main global–local actors/enablers to produce innovations internally at a given organization. Originality/value The novelty of this paper lies in a more delineated definition and a schematic representation of an innovation ecosystem based on a global–local perspective of product creation and manufacturing and interactions that a given company has, regardless of the geographical location of its dispersed strategic partners.

A gestão da diversidade tem sido um tema recentemente discutido na administração em face das pressões legais e normativas existentes nos diversos países. No Brasil, essa questão ficou evidente após a promulgação da Lei n. 8.213/91 que contempla a obrigatoriedade de organizações públicas e privadas de reservar um percentual de suas vagas para pessoas com deficiência. No entanto, poucas organizações conseguem cumprir o percentual demandado pela lei. Além das dificuldades de encontrar esses novos colaboradores, os gestores precisam lidar com as diferenças entre os atores organizacionais, de modo a garantir a justiça social, assim como devem preocupar-se com as consequências dessa interação, nem sempre harmoniosa. Muitas vezes, ajustes são necessários para evitar segregação e exclusão social no ambiente de trabalho. Com base no exposto, o objetivo deste artigo é analisar a interface entre a gestão da diversidade na inclusão de deficientes intelectuais no contexto organizacional e as práticas de recursos humanos geradas a partir dessa nova realidade. Essa problemática foi investigada em um estudo de caso no Sesi/Senai – Paraná/Brasil, com abordagem qualitativa, por meio de entrevistas com uma gestora, seis funcionários, cinco pessoas com deficiência atuantes na organização e uma pessoa colaboradora externa, responsável pelo acompanhamento do processo de inserção na organização das pessoas com deficiência. Entre os resultados, verificou-se que as práticas de recursos humanos são fundamentais para que a inclusão das pessoas com deficiência ocorra de forma eficaz e gere bons resultados, pois trata-se de práticas facilitadoras da gestão da diversidade no campo da organização. No caso estudado, evidenciou-se que essas práticas de recursos humanos foram bem estruturadas no início do seu projeto de inclusão, porém demandam políticas de manutenção delas. Entre as contribuições deste artigo, destaca-se a constatação da relevância das práticas de recursos humanos (recrutamento, socialização e sensibilização, treinamento) para a gestão da diversidade, apontando a necessidade de as organizações investirem na gestão da diversidade para que a inserção dessa população de fato ocorra, além do cumprimento da lei.

Purpose This paper aims to analyse how dynamic capabilities (DC) affect organizational learning (OL) in a Brazilian higher education institution (HEI) and how this relationship affects organisational ambidexterity (OA). Design/methodology/approach The research strategy involves a qualitative, single case study. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, documentary research over a 15-year period and nonparticipant observation. Data were analysed using narrative analysis. Findings The results show that founders and managers influence the activities related to sensing, seizing and reconfiguring DC. They interpreted the new opportunities and shared them with other individuals. Gradually, a collective sense about the new ideas was constructed. New academic and administrative routines were created and an OL process took place at the HEI, which resulted in a valuable balance between exploration and exploitation (OA) for the organisation. Originality/value The study offers insight into how DC, OL and OA can be related. Although each construct has its own independent definition, there are similarities between them. The case study demonstrates how these theories were affected, and the research, therefore, makes a new methodological contribution regarding how to study DC, OL and OA as an integrative phenomenon.

P a l av r a S -c h av e : cursos superiores de tecnologia; educação profissional; administração. K e y w o r d S :higher education courses in technology; professional education; management.A partir da Lei de Diretrizes e Bases (LDB), Lei n o 9.394/96, a educação profissional tem passado por profundas mudanças no Brasil. Os cursos superiores de tecnologia (CSTs), que existem desde os anos 1970, foram reformulados a fim de atender às demandas atuais do setor produtivo e ampliar o acesso ao ensino superior. As políticas públicas federais têm fomentado o crescimento da oferta da educação profissional tecnológica superior brasileira, em nível de graduação e pós-graduação, o que pode ser observado nos dados censitários. Tal fato suscita a reflexão de algumas questões. O que a expansão desses cursos significa para a área de administração? Em que eles são diferentes dos tradicionais cursos de bacharelado? Qual a importância de analisar essa modalidade de ensino? De forma geral, o que representa para o cenário nacional essa mudança no ensino superior brasileiro? Mediante tais considerações e com base em pesquisa bibliográfica e documental em dados secundários, este artigo propõe um debate sobre os possíveis impactos desse crescimento para a própria modalidade de ensino, para as instituições ofertantes e para o ensino em administração no Brasil. Por fim, a partir de tais questionamentos, busca-se oferecer elementos para a organização de uma agenda de pesquisas com vistas ao acompanhamento da expansão dos CSTs em administração. Higher education courses in management technology: reflections and implications of the expansion of a (new) modality of higher education in management in BrazilSince Act 9394/96, professional education has been going through great changes in Brazil. The higher education technological courses (CSTs) that exist since the seventies have been reformulated to answer the now existing demands of the production sector and to improve the access to higher education. Federal public policies have stimulated professional education in technology, expanding its offering of courses for both undergraduate and graduate studies, as census data can show. This brings up a few questions. What does this expansion mean to the management area? In which way are these courses different from those with a bachelor's degree? What is the importance of analyzing this standard of education? What does this change in Brazilian higher education mean to the country? Taking the previous reflection into account and based on documentary and bibliographical research in secondary data, this article proposes a debate on the possible impacts of this increase in this kind of education itself, in the institutions that offer it and to management education in Brazil. It then presents elements for organizing a research agenda dealing with the expansion of the CSTs in managemen.

The goal of the study is to investigate the influence of dynamic capabilities on organizational performance and the role of marketing capabilities as a mediator in this relationship in the context of private HEIs in Brazil. As a research method we carried out a survey with 316 IES and data analysis was operationalized with the technique of structural equation modeling.The results indicate that the dynamic capabilities have influence on organizational performance only when mediated by marketing ability. The marketing capability has an important role in the survival, growth and renewal on educational services offerings for HEIs in private sector, and consequently in organizational performance. It is also demonstrated that mediated relationship is more intense for HEI with up to 3,000 students and other organizational profile variables such as amount of courses, the constitution, the type of institution and type of education do not significantly alter the results.

Purpose -The case study approach has been widely used in management studies and the social sciences more generally. However, there are still doubts about when and how case studies should be used. This paper aims to discuss this approach, its various uses and applications, in light of epistemological principles, as well as the criteria for rigor and validity.Design/methodology/approach -This paper discusses the various concepts of case and case studies in the methods literature and addresses the different uses of cases in relation to epistemological principles and criteria for rigor and validity.Findings -The use of this research approach can be based on several epistemologies, provided the researcher attends to the internal coherence between method and epistemology, or what the authors call "alignment."Originality/value -This study offers a number of implications for the practice of management research, as it shows how the case study approach does not commit the researcher to particular data collection or interpretation methods. Furthermore, the use of cases can be justified according to multiple epistemological orientations.