Risk Management and the Innovation Process

Abstract

Present the relationship between risk management and innovation management for organizational success. Considering that the innovation process does not occur in the company in isolation, it is interactive and social in nature, with the contribution of various agents, holders of different types of information and knowledge, inside and outside the company, risk management makes himself a need. The methodology used was the integrative systematic review, which was basically done by consulting secondary data sources -SCOPUS and SCIELO databases, correlating the themes of innovation management and risk management. Through the study, it was possible to verify that the degree of success of innovative solutions strongly resides in the organization's ability to mobilize knowledge and adequately manage risk, although there are still few models that systematically address this association. Presentation of the relationship between risk management and innovation management, emphasizing the dependence of these areas for the success of innovative solutions. Delimitation that innovation needs to be a decision based on information and the main risks inherent to the process, thus minimizing the chances of failure.