Paper Title
Science, Technology and Innovation Management: Contributions to a Methodological Framework
Abstract
The article discusses the specificities of science and technology development and innovation processes in
organizational arena and their implications for planning and management. It proposes that ST&I processes must be planned
and managed as evolutionary processes defined by targeted attitudes to search routines and an understanding of the selective
instances in which organizations are embedded, taking into consideration the distinct institutional elements that mediate such
relations. To deal with this framework, the article proposes a methodological framework comprising a set of building blocks
to help managers deal with the challenge of innovation. The building blocks are: (1) indeterminacy; (2) the profile of the
professionals involved and the organizational culture; (3) the collective logic associated with the complexity of non-linear,
dynamic and adaptive systems; and (4) the logic of the scope economies associated with knowledge production. The
methodology is applied in a case study of the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa.
Keywords- Science; Technology And Innovation; Research And Development; Management Models; Evolutionary
Processes; Indeterminacy; Complex Systems; Scope Economies;