Innovation and Internet Technologies in Brazilian Companies: A Qualitative Study

A qualitative study by André Grützmann investigates the use of internet technologies to support product innovation in Brazilian companies. The research involved a scoping literature review and interviews with company representatives. It identifies specific technologies like social networks and co-creation platforms used across different stages of the innovation process.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the role of social networks in innovation activities based on interview findings.
• Mapping internet technologies like co-creation platforms to specific innovation stages based on the literature review.
• Studying the application of basic technologies (e.g., email, search) for information support in innovation.
• Investigating the use of targeted tools like idea competitions and web mining for early-stage innovation.

Strengths

• Based on a scoping review of literature and interviews with company representatives.
• Focuses on a specific geographic context (Brazilian companies).
• Identifies distinct technology applications for different innovation stages.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred from the description.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

André Grützmann

Collection Method

Qualitative study involving a scoping literature review and interviews.

Geography

Brazil