A gestão da inovação em um parque tecnológico: um debate sobre suas atribuições a partir de um olhar da Função Inovação

Abstract

Interest in the theme of technology parks is global and has been developing both in emerging and developed countries as an instrument of public policy on technology and innovation. Over the years, these organizations have evolved and, as a result, new functions and activities have been incorporated. From the perspective of the technology park as an innovation-promoting agent, a series of skills in innovation management are required from its management team to enhance the innovation capacity of organizations associated with its ecosystem. However, how to effectively develop capacities associated with the management and promotion of innovation dynamics in technology parks is still a field lacking contribution. In parallel, the innovation management literature focused on the context of industrial companies has evolved with the concept of Innovation Function (IF) - which is defined as the existence of an identifiable group in the organization whose mission is innovation, having own resources, systems and indicators. The present study explores the potential of the IF concept to provide a complementary perspective to that which has been developed in the reality of technology parks. Thus, the objective of this work is to bring a debate on potential attributions of innovation management in a technology park, from the perspective of an organizational function dedicated to innovation. Taking the Belo Horizonte Technological Park (BH-TEC) as a field context and based on semi-structured interviews with different stakeholders associated with the Park, this study identifies how typical IF attributions can be reinterpreted for the context of parks. As main results, the study makes it possible to expand the perception of management in these environments and identify mechanisms for the operationalization of an institutionalized organizational function of innovation.