Purpose Innovation has been widely studied in business and economics, but different innovation and innovativeness measures have been used by scholars. Within this context, this research aims to identify the main innovation and innovativeness measures used by high-impact or recent papers within the past 10 years. Design/methodology/approach Regarding methodology, the bibliometric process Proknow-C was used, selecting 26 papers from a sample exceeding 2,000 articles in the Web of Science database. Findings Based on the literature review, these articles’ innovativeness measures were classified in terms of inputs, capabilities and outputs. In summary, the articles of the bibliometric portfolio used diverse innovativeness measures comprising inputs (R&D investments, R&D staff qualification, patents, etc.), capabilities and processes (culture, leadership, knowledge, strategy, etc). and outputs (number of innovations, percentage of revenues of innovative products, etc.). Furthermore, a new innovativeness classification was proposed with eight types of organizations considering the presence of inputs, capabilities and outputs. Research limitations/implications Although Proknow-C is an established bibliometric process, it naturally has some limitations to select a bibliometric portfolio of approximately 20 articles from a sample exceeding 2,000 articles. The major limitations involve the filters used, such as aligned titles, number of citations in Google Scholar, Pareto principle, aligned abstracts and full text availability. Originality/value This research contributes to theory, as it covers high-impact and recent papers concerning innovativeness, specifically by analysing the main measures used and by gathering recommended future research directions, beyond proposing an innovativeness classification. It also contributes to practice, as it gathers diverse innovation measures, which could be used by managers in their organizations.

This study proposes a management model by business processes for science parks based on the premises and concept of enterprise architecture (EA). The model offers integrating business processes with activities and information that can be generated by adopting customized information systems to meet the science parks’ needs. The proposed model’s main contributions included EA as a means for shaping and enabling reconfiguration through descriptions of the structures of business processes and information systems that connect these structures, forming business and information architecture frameworks. In association with these frameworks, the managers need to define a coherent set of patterns, policies, procedures, and principles that sustain the business processes integrated with the information systems. As a result of the study, this model can help management execute and control activities related to business processes in the parks through interaction and alignment with the information system intended to facilitate the execution. The model will also lead to greater agility and efficiency in these business processes, considering their specific nature and the relationship with the parks’ actors. As a practical contribution, knowledge of these processes aids the management of the parks in their drive for a competitive advantage by maintaining and developing their management models.

PurposeThis research aims to analyze the relations between coopetition and innovation, by comparing two coopetitive tourism SMEs networks in Brazil.Design/methodology/approachThe first network comprises 23 SMEs in Honey Island, a natural reserve, and the second network comprises 21 out of 25 SMEs in the Campos Gerais region, recognized by its strong agribusiness. Innovativeness variables included innovation inputs, capabilities, and outputs; and four types of relations that foster innovation were considered, namely, commercial, informational, knowledge, and partnerships. Social network analysis was employed as well as statistical analyses such as Kolmogorov–Smirnov, Mann–Whitney, Spearman correlation and Fischer's Z transformation.FindingsResults show that coopetition is related to SMEs innovativeness. Commercial relations centralities correlated with many innovation outputs, information and knowledge centralities with some innovation inputs and outputs, and partnerships also with capabilities.Research limitations/implicationsBesides contributing to the literature of innovation in tourism, this paper also contributes to the literature on coopetition and innovation by investigating how different types of coopetition relationships foster innovation inputs, capabilities, and outputs.Practical implicationsManagers may benefit from these findings by fostering specific innovation inputs, capabilities, or outputs by means of different coopetition relations. Similarly, regional tourism policy planners may also improve the innovativeness of tourism small businesses by fostering coopetition networks.Originality/valueThis paper not only compares the innovativeness of two small business coopetition networks in the tourism industry but also analyses quantitively in detail how different types of coopetition relations are related to different innovativeness variables.

The purpose of this paper is to extend knowledge of enterprise architecture and the importance of the operating model of a firm through a Dynamic Capabilities perspective. First, the authors attempt to position Private Educational Institutions in an operating model. They propose a model that relates enterprise architecture to the dynamic capabilities approach. A questionnaire was prepared in accordance with the proposed structural equation model and was sent to 1,932 private universities. The results show a significant relationship between operational model dimensions and reconfiguring capability. This paper contributes with a better understanding of enterprise architecture regarding its strategic relevance to organizations, in particular to Educational Institutions. Dynamic Capabilities proved to be a relevant and promising concept for the study of Enterprise Architecture operating models. This implies that the reconfiguring capabilities in Enterprise Architecture project implementation are positively affected by the operating model of the institutions.

Em cada um dos elos da cadeia produtiva do agronegócio, encontrar estratégias viáveis para mitigação de riscos não é uma tarefa trivial. Usualmente são adotadas estratégias genéricas de redução do risco pela diversificação de culturas e/ou estratégias que objetivam a transferência ou diluição do risco por meio de seguros e contratos futuros. Este artigo tem por objetivo avaliar retornos e riscos de três estratégias de comercialização do milho: compra e venda simultânea, estocagem e venda a descoberto. A pesquisa é descritiva quanto ao seu objetivo, estudo de caso quanto à abordagem do problema e documental quanto ao procedimento de coleta de dados, com período de abrangência para as safras de 2003 a 2010. As métricas utilizadas foram o Value at Risk (VaR) e o índice de Sharpe modificado, que é uma variação do índice de Sharpe original. Os resultados apontam que os maiores retornos para a estocagem seriam obtidos durante as safras de inverno e para horizontes de tempos menores. Para a venda a descoberto, as médias dos retornos são próximas entre si para todos os horizontes de tempo. A compra e venda simultânea apresentou a melhor relação retorno/risco em relação às outras estratégias de comercialização.

O objetivo deste artigo foi apresentar a metodologia lean construction aplicada ao setor de geração, transmissão e distribuição de energia na coordenação de projetos da construção civil. Para a coleta de dados foram feitas entrevistas com a equipe técnica, gerencial e com colaboradores atuantes no setor de geração, transmissão e distribuição de energia. A amostra pesquisada constituiu-se de quatro gerentes seniores, quatro gerentes de nível médio, cinco coordenadores (engenharia, suprimentos, planejamento, administração e produção) e cinco colaboradores envolvidos no processo produtivo. A hipótese consistiu na demonstração dos benefícios, ao setor de geração, transmissão e distribuição de energia, do implemento da metodologia lean construction na coordenação de projetos da construção civil. Este estudo é fundamentado nos princípios da logística empresarial e metodologia do lean production e lean construction, ao longo da última década no Brasil, e no implemento do modelo enxuto no gerenciamento de obras em empresas de construção civil na área de geração, transmissão e distribuição de energia. Fundamentado em princípios de logística empresarial, metodologia lean production e lean construction, este estudo fornece diretrizes para a aplicabilidade da metodologia lean construction ao setor da construção civil responsável pela geração, transmissão e distribuição de energia. A construção civil, que é predominantemente gerida por uma cultura organizacional conservadora, desafia a prática de modelos racionais que preveem vantagem competitiva baseada nos princípios da filosofia lean construction, a qual fornece paradigmas de produção que abordam, de maneira holística, a melhoria da performance empresarial. A presente pesquisa se caracterizou como um estudo descritivo e, para a análise das entrevistas, foi utilizado o método de análise de conteúdo.

Enterprise Architecture-EA encompasses the core business processes, Information Technology infrastructure (IT), systems, and technologies, as well as the level of integration and standardization of data and processes. Companies that develop EA tend to migrate from local applications to systems that share infrastructure and data. In this context, the aim of this study is to identify how the SMEs-Small Enterprises from Southern Brazil are positioned in maturity levels of EA set out by their IT investments. The sample comprised 152 small businesses and the methodology employed included cluster analysis with average link between groups as linkage method and Euclidean distance as similarity measure. After the identification of eight main EA maturity stages, non-parametric tests such as Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney were employed to identify significant differences among the stages regarding their age and the number of employees. The results indicate that the average number of employees is low from stages zero to four, grows significantly in stage five and decreases moderately in the final stages, where the decrease from stage six to seven is also significant statistically. Moreover, the study suggests that small companies use less EA because they have fewer activities. On the other hand, larger companies use more EA because they are more complex and need more employees. However, after a certain point, the more they increase their EA level, the more efficient they become and the fewer employees are needed.

This research analyzes the maturity level of business processes with the application of the Process and Enterprise Maturity Model (PEMM) in the light of Enterprise Architecture (EA). This is qualitative research, cross-sectional, and in the form of a multiple case study performed in science and technology parks in Brazil. A questionnaire conducted by semi-structured interviews, non-participant observations, and document analysis to gather information on the processes was applied to achieve the proposed objective. The finding revealed that 75% of the analyzed parks show signs that processes’ maturity results in optimal performance (Level 3) and can be integrated with other internal processes, maximizing the performance of these parks. Only one park was at Level 2, indicating that business processes led to better results when implemented from one organization. This study shows that even when enterprise capability is at Level 3, this does not help the process enablers rise from Level 2 to Level 3. This study’s originality lies in its showed that the maturity level of the analyzed parks and in making comparisons to identify discrepancies and future actions, considering their responsibility to transfer knowledge from science and technology institutions to the public and private sector.