Cooperação universidade-empresa: um estudo do projeto UNISINOS - HT Micron para o desenvolvimento de capacidade absortiva na área de semicondutores

Abstract

Resumo A capacidade de uma organização identificar, assimilar e aplicar conhecimento do ambiente externo é estudada no campo das teorias organizacionais sob a temática denominada “capacidade absortiva”. A corrente principal da literatura tem considerado a capacidade absortiva como uma habilidade dependente da trajetória da organização, o que a torna difícil de ser desenvolvida em um espaço relativamente curto de tempo. Entretanto, existem pesquisas que revelam que, dependendo do tipo de conhecimento que se pretende adquirir, a capacidade absortiva poderá ser desenvolvida de maneira mais específica. Em face dessa problemática, o presente artigo busca investigar o desenvolvimento da capacidade absortiva de uma universidade brasileira, diante do desafio de atuar em um projeto colaborativo junto à indústria de semicondutores. Para a pesquisa empírica adotou-se a estratégia de estudo de caso único, por meio de entrevistas em profundidade, utilizando o projeto UNISINOS – HT Micron com unidade de análise. As evidências sugerem que a capacidade absortiva foi aperfeiçoada por meio de ações que influenciaram a base de conhecimento, a capacitação de recursos humanos, o desenvolvimento da estrutura organizacional e o estabelecimento de relações interorganizacionais. Os resultados também demostram que a formação da capacidade absortiva não é necessariamente dependente da trajetória da organização, podendo ser desenvolvida, ao menos em parte, no contexto de um empreendimento específico.

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