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Corporate Engagements with Startups (CEwS) are Open Innovation initiatives in which large established companies interact with startups aiming at improving innovation performance. Complementary characteristics of established companies (e.g. resource availability, inertia…) and startups (resource scarcity, flexibility, technologies…) are starting points for such engagements. However, large companies and startups are remarkably different so that working together can be overly challenging. Especially for large companies, many intricacies emerge to interact with nascent businesses (e.g. processes, culture, resource sharing, information disclosure, etc.). This study summarizes the current literature on CEwS and identifies the main strands and antecedents of this phenomenon, as well as the main reference models available in the literature. Then, the paper presents and discusses some open questions for innovation management under the perspective of large companies, based on the gaps identified between the presented literature on CEwS and the organizational debate within the innovation management field. Finally, we present implications for theory and practice and suggest directions for future studies on CEwS.

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Coordenação em cadeias de suprimentos: o papel da tecnologia da informação e da gestão orientada por processos Coordination in supply chains: the role of information technology and process-based management Resumo A coordenação das empresas em uma cadeia de suprimentos reduz potencialmente custos, prazos, perdas e danos, o que melhora o nível de serviço oferecido ao consumidor. Reconhecendo que a utilização da tecnologia da informação pode contribuir na melhoria de processos em uma cadeia de suprimentos, tem-se o seguinte questionamento: "Qual o papel da tecnologia da informação nos modos de coordenação das cadeias de suprimento?" Assim, neste estudo, objetivou-se discutir essa questão e abordar a influência que outros fatores, tais como a qualidade dos relacionamentos e a gestão orientada por processos, possuem na construção da coordenação. A partir de uma uma revisão da literatura, evidenciou-se que os recursos de sistemas de informação têm correlação com a gestão de processos, sendo estes antecedentes dos modos de coordenação e da qualidade do relacionamento. Palavras-chave:Coordenação. Gestão da cadeia de suprimentos. Qualidade de relacionamento. Tecnologia da informação. AbstractThe coordination of companies in a supply chain potentially reduces costs, lead times, damages, and losses, all of which improve the level of service offered to the consumer. The fact that the use of information technology can help improve processes in a supply chain raises a question: How does information technology affect the way of coordinating supply chains? This study aims to discuss this question and to investigate the influence that other factors, such as the quality of relationships and process-based management, have on the structuring of coordination. A literature review made evident that information systems resources are correlated with process management, as priors to ways in both coordination and quality of relationships.

The importance of technology entrepreneurship stems from its growing relevance for economic and social development. Managers, whether in companies, tech parks, or startup-related institutions, entrepreneurs, students, researches, public policymakers, among other agents, have got involved with the process of creating and developing new technology-based ventures. Such a dynamic is, however, complex and full of uncertainties. Further, the current literature is usually focused on a single level of analysis, bringing to the arena debates of interest of one or a few of these agents. This book offers a highly transversal approach, touching the subject from the perspective of diverse agents and stimulating an integrated and non-simplistic discussion, whether for students or experienced practitioners. The book marks the 25-year trajectory of the Núcleo de Tecnologia da Qualidade e da Inovação (Technology Center for Quality and Innovation - NTQI / UFMG). We bring the contribution of more than 20 NTQI collaborators, all of them specialists in Technology Entrepreneurship who made all efforts to combine academic rigor with the objectiveness and didactic to properly support practitioners, students, and researches in their involvement with this intricate and multifaced phenomenon. Therefore, the 18 chapters of this work offer diverse perspectives of technology entrepreneurship: from the entrepreneurial action and thought, processes, and methods for new venture creation, passing through the entrepreneurial ecosystems, tech parks, and the perspective of the incumbent companies. Whether for students or practitioners, a reference for an innovative and integrated discussion.