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The Intra-firm Coordination in Highly Innovative SMEs: Evidences from the Brazilian Agri-food Sector

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From an intra-firm perspective, Paruchuri (2010) argues that a firm that can improve the diffusion of knowledge, internally, will enhance its innovative activity. Aalbers (2015), reflecting on the governance of knowledge sharing inside organizations, suggests that knowledge may be difficult to transfer because of the boundaries dynamics. Due to this dynamic, innovation centered, it is important to create new ways of analyzing and developing the firm's activities, aiming to enhance its performance and to better understand the solution enablers for the new challenges to come. Therefore, the research question emerges: How can firms manage their intra-firm interactions to enhance the innovative activities? To answer this question, we designed and performed a qualitative study with 4 Highly Innovative Firms (HIF) from the agri-food sector, located in the south of Brazil. We used the dimensions of interactions and brokerage roles adapted from Aalbers (2015), Tsang (2015) and Indarti (2010) to develop a semi-structured instrument for the interviews. We analyzed the interactions that took place during a project of product development in each firm, and the interactions were classified according to: Hierarchy (Horizontal or Vertical); Reach (Unit or Cross-unit); Type (Formal or Informal) and we used Intensity (Frequency) as the base for the analysis. Our results showed two different forms of intra-firm coordination and one specific mechanism for the intra-firm coordination. We hope that this study can provide insights to the innovation studies and the agri-food sector. Defining the interactions was a first step and showcasing the intra-firm coordination, in a product development context, might help the firms to understand the importance that the different types of interactions have to manage the knowledge sharing processes.
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hal-04281206 , version 1 (14-11-2023)

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Joao Heitor de Avila Santos, Loïc Sauvée, Marcia Dutra de Barcellos. The Intra-firm Coordination in Highly Innovative SMEs: Evidences from the Brazilian Agri-food Sector. System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks, Bonn university (Germany), Feb 2018, Igls (Innsbruck), Austria. ⟨hal-04281206⟩
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