This paper aims the influence of coordination costs on the proportion of company-owned units in Brazilian franchised chains. This influence was split into two competing vectors: the geographical dispersion of outlets on the one hand and the automation/standardization level of processes in the...

The most recent operations and management frameworks in innovation have not been complete to explicit required knowledge to manage the cooperation of its networked open innovation value chain in the knowledge economy and open enterprise. Strategic actors from the Virtual Innovation Society...

The articulation of the Science, Technology & Innovation actors and the development of collaborative actions are essential to improve the efficiency and the effectiveness of the Brazilian aeronautic process and to maintain its global competitiveness. The present paper analyzes the dynamic...

The present paper aims at identifying some critical factors related to current relationship structure frameworks that better organizes the strategy operations of the Brazilian aerospace industry to be the best qualifying candidate for innovation operation with a high level of efficiency and...