| Grant number: | 19/16147-7 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| Effective date (Start): | September 01, 2019 |
| Effective date (End): | February 29, 2024 |
| Field of knowledge: | Applied Social Sciences - Law - Public Law |
| Principal Investigator: | Diogo Rosenthal Coutinho |
| Grantee: | Maria Carolina Foss |
| Host Institution: | Faculdade de Direito (FD). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated research grant: | 15/26662-5 - Uncertainty management in innovation activities, AP.TEM |
Abstract The development of radical innovations involves uncertainties. Companies have developed organizational mechanisms to manage those uncertainties in the innovative process. Contracts are legal instruments that act as stabilizers of uncertainties. The goal of this research proposal is to identify and analyze how the contracts of research and development (R&D), technology and innovation executed by companies in Brazil deal with uncertainties in the decision-making to innovate. These decisions include investing, developing, hiring, terminating, buying, selling, licensing, assigning, and transferring rights). To achieve this goal, we will investigate the concept of uncertainty and how it affects contractual relations of R&D, technology and innovation. Also, we will analyze how contracts and other legal mechanisms can contribute to mitigating uncertainties and risks in decision making by organizations and individuals. The research questions that will guide this proposal are i) What are the uncertainties in contractual arrangements for the execution of R&D, technology and innovation between public, private and private entities? ii) How do the legal and institutional mechanisms react to the mapped uncertainties? and (iii) How can legal and institutional mechanisms help mitigate uncertainties in the innovation process? A descriptive and documentary analysis of secondary sources (contracts, rules, regulations, and other legal documents) will be taken. Interviews with contract managers in companies and public administration will be the primary source of this research. As a result, we expect to improve or create practices and procedures of companies and state entities to deal with uncertainties and, more broadly, to contribute to the planning and implementation of public innovation policies. | |
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