Competitive increasingly markets require organizations to be competitive which is not always possible because of financial and technical constraints. These limitations can be overcome through partnerships between organizations in a network format. Networks can be considered instruments favo rable to the development and success of organizations. Networks can be understood as a set of different organizations with distinct knowledge and skills that have common interests. Together they constitute a set of skills and employ varied resources, for a certain period of time, for the common goal to be achieved. Knowing the organizational profile of the companies representing the phytocosmetics segment installed in the state and knowing who their partners are and the types of knowledge they use and creat e can be the first step towards the creation of networks that stimulate the sector in the State, promoting local development And the competitiveness of these companies.
The phytocosmetics market requires that companies have the capacity to develop new technologies with lower costs and time to launch, which demands skills that often small and medium sized companies do not have, requiring a process of transferring knowledge and technology. It has historically been noted that innovation is not merely an external technological shock, but a process within companies, which includes endogenous learning, feedback, and incremental modifications over a period of time . This article aimed to understand the mechanisms used by Amazonian phytocosmetics companies to transfer knowledge and technology that contribute to their productive, management and marketing processes. The research was carried out in companies, installed in Amazonas State, producing phytocosmetics such as cosmetics, personal hygiene products and perfumes, which have in their composition some ingredient derived from the Amazonian biodiversity, except handling pharmacies. It had a qualitative and exploratory character. The Multiple Case Study was used as a method to understand the nature and complexity of a given phenomenon, which occurred simultaneously in several institutions. It was found that companies in the phytocosmetics segment develop relatively simple knowledge related to marketing, technical activities and scientific knowledge. The companies prefer to establish partnerships with chosen suppliers according to their reputation in the market. There is no defined channel of transferring technology and the main mechanism of knowledge transfer used are the training that are generally well assimilated, but little incorporated work practices.
The general goal of this research is to draw up an index for the evaluation of the sustainable innovation potential of scientific research in the biotechnology field. The experiment consisted of the index's conceptual construction, for which the Sustainability Innovation Cube was the chosen methodology. The framework characteristics suggest the use of a multi-criteria approach to draw up the index, thus justifying the option for the Analytic Network Process (ANP). The results show that the ANP is efficient for the synthesis of the innovative sustainable performance in tests with simulated judgements; so, the methodology's validity should be tested in real case studies.
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