近幾年來關於創新研究的相關文獻，多半著墨於團隊創新之探討，包括團隊知識分享、團隊信任、團隊領導與團隊互動等議題；但「個人」所產生的創新力量，事實上也應不容小覷。本研究將透過資策會的專利提案，針對近十年間所提出的專利資料與訪談進行分析，以探討個人與團隊在研發創新所扮演的角色，以及個人與團隊創新的適用情境、組成特徵與互動歷程特徵。 / 根據資策會1995-2005間專利數據（共426件。專利從申請到取得時間經常需要2至3年，因此，本次研究僅統計至2005年）初步分析後發現：（一）民國90年以前，個人專利總件數比兩人以上組成之團隊的專利總件數多。（二）民國91年起，資策會的專利件數快速增加，而此時兩人團隊所獲得的專利件數最多；到了93、94年，三人或四人以上團隊所獲得的專利數，則超越個人或兩人團隊所獲得之專利。（三）個人專利佔全部專利數的32%，而由2~4人團隊所取得的專利數則佔64%。（四）個人專利共70件；這些由單獨個人提案的獲證專利中，有將近六成（41件）的專利，該提案人只提了這一項專利而已，往後並未有其他專利，表示這些人很可能只是偶然靈光乍現而獲得專利，抑或表示個人專利提案的創新方式有所侷限。（五）另一方面，有部分曾經獲得個人專利的研發人員，也樂於與其他人組成團隊來一同申請專利，並獲得146件專利；（六）有些人不曾獲得個人專利，但透過團隊合作，也獲得210件專利，佔資策會總專利數的近半數。 / 由此可見，個人創新與團隊創新是研發創新的兩種重要途徑，不應偏廢。而個人創新與團隊創新的優劣與適用情境，則值得進一步探討。本研究除了以資策會專利數據比較個人與團隊在創新的效率與品質上的差異之外，進一步也透過實地訪談之方式，分別探究研發創新過程中，個人與團隊創新的組成特徵與互動歷程特徵，並嘗試歸納資策會在專利提案與專利構思的理想方式，作為研發機構進行創新管理、任務指派與團隊編組之參考，以促進研發同仁的創意效能，提升研發創新能量，進而提升專利價值。 / In recent years, the majority of innovative research literature focuses on team innovation such as team knowledge sharing, team trust, team leadership, and team interaction. The contribution of individual innovation, however, should not be overlooked. This study will explore roles of individual and team efforts in innovative research, adequate applications of individual and team innovations, and characteristics and interactive features of individual and team innovations through an analysis of patent cases proposed by III (Institute for Information Industry) in past ten years and personal interview with patent inventors. / According to the patents data between 1995 to 2005, results of III preliminary analysis indicated that (1) The total number of individual patents obtained was more than the total number of patents obtained by innovation teams with two or more members before 2001. (2) After 2002, the number of III’s patents increased rapidly. During this period, the innovation teams with two members received the largest number of patents. Between 2004 and 2005, the number of patents received by teams with three or four members exceeded the number of patents obtained by an individual or teams with two members. (3) Individual patents accounted for 32% of the total number of patents, whereas, patents obtained from teams with two to four members accounted for 64% of the total number of patents. (4) The total number of individual patents obtained between 1995 and 2005 was 70. Of these certified individual patents, nearly 60% (41) of patent inventors mentioned that they had only one and no other future patents. This suggests that these people are likely to obtain a patent because of an occasional spurt of ideas. It also demonstrates the limitation of creativities among individual inventors. (5) The III’s data also shows that about 40% of research and development specialists who had obtained an individual patent were delighted to team up with other members to apply for a patent. These people received a total of 146 patents. (6) Those individuals who had not had any patent in the past also acquired 210 patents through team works. These patents accounted for about half of III’s patents. / The above evidence shows that individual innovation and team innovation are both important venues to research and development and they should not be disregarded. The advantages, disadvantages, and adequate applications of individual and team innovations, however, should be explored further in future innovation studies. In addition to the analysis of patents data acquired from III to compare the efficiency and quality between individual and team innovations, the current study also utilizes personal interview to understand the characteristics and interactive features of individual and team innovations during the process of research and development. This study also attempts to summarize ideal patent proposals and conceptions in III and provide exemplars of innovation management, task assignment, and team grouping to research and development institutions. Finally, this study will help promote the efficiency of innovative performance among research and development specialists, enhance research and creative ideas, and consequently increase the values of patents.

Business process management (BPM) is a philosophical approach to organisation-wide management in which the focus is on the processes through which it operates, and in particular the streamlining and optimising of these processes, for which software solutions may be used. CTexT is an intrapreneurial software organisation that has been experiencing problems with software development due to a lack of formal processes relating to customer support, versioning, configuration, quality, risk and project management. The objective of the study is to determine whether the implementation of an electronic BPM system can effectively solve CTexT's development problems and thereby improve its overall software development capacity. More specifically, the focus is on i) the effect of the resulting standardisation on creativity and innovation, and ii) implementation matters, such as the type of processes that can be subjected to an electronic system, and how CTexT can overcome the time and cost constraints of such a system. The study investigates these questions by means of a literature investigation in combination with interviews with knowledgeable respondents from other innovative and software organisations. Interviews with six employees from CTexT determine the relevance of these findings and highlight critical areas for process improvement. Since BPM systems improve organisational efficiencies and are generally employed in larger corporate contexts marked by transactional and repetitive activities where they enforce administrative rules, the conclusion is drawn that a BPM system will not be suitable for an intrapreneurial organisation, and that it is likely to cause more disruption to the creative environment than improve its operations. It is further shown that although a BPM system is theoretically applicable to software development, it generally does not seem to be applied practically in the industry, and the suitability of this process as manageable through a BPM system is seriously questioned. Instead, the research points to improvement through the application of software development methodologies and a holistic approach towards BPM. The investigation at CTexT confirms that its development problems relate to flawed methodologies and that remedies should therefore focus on improving its methodologies and controlling certain aspects of the software development life cycle by means of suitable software tools. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007

Short time-to-market is a key success factor in the todays’ dynamic business environment and many companies are trying to improve their product development processes. A challenge is to develop products according to the time plan and at the same time keeping the cost low and the quality high. This study focuses on the project management within the product development process in an automotive industry. The background of this study started as a request from the research and development department at the automotive company, which led to the following questions; 1) what are the most crucial factors for project success? 2) How can these factors contribute to a more successful outcome? 3) How can project management decrease product development lead time by sharing knowledge? The research approach is a case study and the data collection consist of interviews and questioners at two companies connected to project management in product development projects. Spider charts are created from the collected data containing eleven dimensions to show similarities and differences between the project managers working within the research and development department as well as between the two companies. The main conclusions are that there is a need to allow a certain level of flexibility when managing projects, in order to more easily handle late changes. Being involved in a project from the concept phase could facilitate the product development activities later on, due to a deeper understanding regarding previous decisions. Further, knowledge sharing methods, such as databases, has to be designed to be suitable for a specific organization and user friendly which enables the users to more easily search for specific types of knowledge. Lastly, a low level on the detailed focus is shown to be another success factor, however, in some cases there is still a need of this detailed focus to solve specific problems but the details may never become a higher focus than the holistic view. / <p>Studien är gjord hos Volvo Car Corporation och Vattenfall Research and Development AB har använts som benchmarkingföretag.</p>

Certaines applications thérapeutiques de la médecine génomique sont susceptibles de mener à une amélioration considérable de la santé des populations des pays en développement dans les années à venir. La mise en place de politiques d’innovation efficaces demeure toutefois cruciale afin d’assurer la réalisation des promesses de la révolution génomique. Dans le domaine biomédical, la commercialisation des fruits de la recherche s’est établie comme le paradigme dominant au sein du système d’innovation. Plusieurs études récentes ont cependant démontré que l’emphase mise sur la commercialisation et la protection de la propriété intellectuelle a donné lieu à des résultats décevants. Certains acteurs du système d’innovation avancent donc désormais qu’il est nécessaire d’aller au-delà de la commercialisation de la recherche et de mettre en place des politiques basées sur le paradigme de la valorisation de la recherche, qui favorise l’atteinte d’objectifs sociaux ainsi qu’économiques. L’objectif de notre mémoire est de documenter l’impact des politiques d’innovation de projets internationaux de science ouverte en génomique médicale sur le développement des capacités en recherche et développement en génomique et l’accès à la médecine génomique dans les pays en développement. Nous avons ainsi réalisé une étude de cas impliquant quatre projets internationaux de science ouverte en génomique médicale. Les résultats de notre étude de cas ont démontré que ces projets jouent un rôle important dans le développement des capacités en recherche et en développement en génomique dans les pays en développement, mais qu’ils y jouent un rôle beaucoup plus limité sur le plan de l’accès aux applications de la médecine génomique. / Some therapeutic applications of genomic medicine are likely to lead to considerable improvement in the health care of developing countries in the coming years. However, the establishment of efficient innovation policies remains vital in order to ensure the progress of the genomic revolution. In the biomedical field, the commercialisation of the results of research has established itself as the dominant paradigm in the innovation system. However, many recent studies have demonstrated that this emphasis on commercialisation and the protection of intellectual property has led to deceiving results. Some stakeholders of the innovation system thus argue that it is now necessary to go beyond the commercialisation of research and implement policies based on the research valorisation paradigm, which supports the achievement of social as well as economic objectives. The objective of our thesis is to document the impact of international open science genomic medicine projects’ innovation policies on research and developement in genomics capacity building and access to genomic medicine in developing countries. We have thus developed a case study involving four international open science genomic medicine research projects. The results of our study have demonstrated that these projects play an important role in research and development in genomics capacity building in developing countries, but play a more limited role with regard to access to genomic medicine in these countries.

Le contrôle de gestion est souvent accusé d’engendrer un déséquilibre des efforts R&D en faveur de l’exploitation et au détriment de l’exploration, compromettant ainsi la viabilité à long terme des organisations. Les solutions proposées pour rectifier ce biais, passant par le perfectionnement des systèmes de mesure et une utilisation ambivalente des informations disponibles butent cependant sur de nouvelles difficultés qui accentuent encore un peu plus les tensions auxquelles les responsables opérationnels sont confrontés. Dans le cadre de cette recherche, nous avons mené une étude de cas exploratoire au sein d’une grande entreprise spécialisée dans la R&D afin de remonter aux sources réelles des tensions ressenties par les acteurs impliqués dans sa gestion. Nous cherchions notamment à mieux cerner l’impact du rôle joué par les contrôleurs de gestion. Nous en arrivons la conclusion surprenante que sous certaines conditions, les contrôleurs de gestion peuvent non seulement jouer des rôles très importants dans la gestion de la recherche et du développement, mais encore que ces rôles croissent en importance à mesure que les activités sont plus exploratoires ; de plus, ils atténuent les tensions ressenties par les responsables opérationnels dans la gestion de leurs activités. / Management control is often accused of generating an imbalance of R&D efforts towards exploitation at the expense of exploration, thus compromising the sustainability of organizations. Solutions have been suggested to rectify this bias, through the development of measurement systems and the ambivalent use of available information. However they stumble on new challenges that accentuate even further the tensions that operational managers are facing. As part of this research, we conducted an exploratory case study within a large enterprise specialized in R&D to go back to the genuine sources of tension felt by those involved in its management. We were especially interested in better determining the impact of the role played by management controllers. We get the surprising conclusion that under certain conditions, the controllers can not only play very important roles in the management of research and development, but that these roles are growing in importance should the nature of said activities be more exploratory. Besides they relieve the tensions felt by operational managers in managing their activities

The thesis examines impact of the institutional capital, which captures the ability to produce quality patents, on the number of applied patent applications after the adoption of new governmental system of research and development evaluation. For determination of the institutional capital I use similar approach as Turnovec (2005) in case of publications. The estimation of the institutional capital is based on the evaluation of patents received by publicly financed research institutions. The evaluation of patents is based on the analysis of patent family and patent citation data. The data are analyzed using methods of multi-criteria decision making. Further it is estimated that the institutional capital does not influence the number of applied patent applications.

Esta tese tem por objetivo investigar como as dimensões estratégicas da gestão de recursos humanos - trabalho em equipe, aprendizagem organizacional e cultura organizacional - contribuem para o processo de gestão de desempenho na Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária Embrapa, com propostas de ações que auxiliem as organizações que realizam processos de inovação e gestão do conhecimento, a avançarem em práticas organizacionais que possibilitem a utilização da gestão de desempenho como uma ferramenta eficaz na consecução de sua estratégia. A partir de uma fundamentação teórica, objetivando a consolidação dos principais conceitos utilizados na pesquisa, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo constituindo-se de uma fase qualitativa e outra quantitativa. As variáveis definidas em função da fundamentação teórica foram utilizadas para análise dos resultados obtidos com a aplicação de uma survey junto aos funcionários da Embrapa Instrumentação e aos Setores de Gestão de Pessoas - SGP das unidades de pesquisa da Embrapa. A fase qualitativa constituiu-se de um estudo de caso na própria Embrapa com a participação do Departamento de Gestão de Pessoas da empresa. Os resultados possibilitam constatar a importância da contribuição das dimensões estratégicas de recursos humanos para a efetividade do processo de avaliação de desempenho como ferramenta que auxilia na consecução da estratégia organizacional. / This thesis aims to investigate how the strategic dimensions of human resource management teamwork, organizational learning and organizational culture - contribute to the process of performance management at Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation - Embrapa, with proposals for action that help organizations that carry out processes of innovation and knowledge management, to move forward in organizational practices that allow the use of performance management as an effective tool in achieving its strategy. From a theoretical basis, aiming at the consolidation of key concepts used in the research, it was conducted a field survey composed by a qualitative and a quantitative phase. The variables derived from theoretical foundation were applied to analyze the results obtained with the application of a survey among the employees from Embrapa Instrumentation and People Management Sectors from Embrapa´s units. The qualitative phase consisted of a case study of Embrapa itself with the participation of the People Management Department. The results allow to establish the importance of the contribution of the strategic dimensions of human resources for effectiveness of the process of performance evaluation as a tool that assists in the achievement of organizational strategy.

Esta pesquisa foi desenvolvida a partir de um Projeto de P&D do setor elétrico brasileiro. Há duas abordagens, uma relacionada ao desenvolvimento teórico-metodológico sobre o conhecimento acerca das erosões marginais e outra relativa à transformação deste desenvolvimento teórico-metodológico em discussões sobre a melhoria da gestão desta problemática pelo setor elétrico e pela sociedade brasileira. Quanto ao desenvolvimento teórico-metodológico acerca das erosões marginais, realizou-se uma série de procedimentos cujos resultados principais foram (i) a discussão de um novo modelo conceitual sobre a velocidade de desenvolvimento das erosões ao longo da vida dos reservatórios, (ii) a revisão bibliográfica acerca das condicionantes envolvidas na gênese e no desenvolvimento dos processos erosivos e (iii) a geração de um conjunto de dados e informações sobre as erosões monitorados que possibilitaram novas discussões sobre as condicionantes citadas no item anterior. As análises sobre a gênese das erosões foi conduzida a partir da comparação entre as margens dos reservatórios com instabilidade morfodinâmica e aquelas que apresentam estabilidade morfodinâmica; enquanto a análise sobre o desnvolvimento das erosões foi realizada a partir da comparação de dados e informações acerca de processos erosivos já instaurados, monitorados ao londo de determinado período de tempo. Por fim, a relação entre este desenvolvimento teórico-metodológico e a gestão desta problemática pelo setor elétrico brasileiro foi abordada por meio da (i) proposição de um método de classificação da tipologia das erosões marginais; (ii) proposição de um sistema de classificação dos níveis de criticidade das erosões; e (iii) das análises e discussões sobre questões relacionadas às erosões marginais, visando propor medidas e ações para mitigação deste impacto desde a implantação até a operação dos empreendimentos hidrelétricos. / This research was developed along with aP&D project of the brazilian eletric sector. It approaches two perspectives This research approach two perspectives, one related to the theoretical and methodological development of the knowledge of bank erosions and another one on development in discussion about improving the management of this problem by the electric sector and Brazilian society. In relation to the theoretical and methodological development of marginal erosions, I conducted a series of procedures whose main results were (i) a discussion of a new conceptual model on the speed of development of erosions over the life of the reservoirs, (ii) literature review about the constraints involved in the genesis and development of erosion processes and (iii) the generation of a set of data and information about the monitored erosions which enabled further discussion on the constraints mentioned in the previous item. The analysis of the genesis of the erosions was conducted based on the comparison between the margins of reservoirs with morphodynamic instability and those which have morphodynamic stability; while for the analysis of the development of erosions was done by comparing data and information about erosion processes already in place, tracked by a certain period of time. Finally, the relationship between this theoretical and methodological development and the management of this problem by the Brazilian electric sector is given by (i) proposing a method of classification of the type of marginal erosions; (ii) proposing a classification system for levels of criticality of erosions; and (iii) analyzing and discussing issues related to marginal erosions, aiming to propose measures and actions to mitigate this impact since implementation to operation of hydroelectric projects.

A adoção de rotas tecnológicas ambientalmente sustentáveis é uma estratégia acertada para empresas que queiram manter ou melhorar suas posições de mercado e contribuir para a prevenção e adaptação às mudanças climáticas globais. É nessa perspectiva da inovação e da sustentabilidade que este estudo avaliou a influência da cooperação em P&D e das ecoinovações sobre o desempenho socioeconômico de 221 fabricantes de produtos elétricos e eletrônicos. As teorias de Gaia, do Holismo e a teoria evolucionária da inovação predominantemente orientaram o estudo. Os dados foram coletados em 2017 e processados via SmartPLS®3. Por meio da técnica de Modelagem de Equações Estruturais o modelo conceitual do estudo foi validado com 99% de confiabilidade (p<0,01), demonstrando com originalidade que a cooperação em P&D e as ecoinovações explicaram satisfatoriamente em 51,3%o desempenho socioeconômico das empresas pesquisadas. Três hipóteses comprovaram que a cooperação em P&D com parceiros tecnológicos influenciou positivamente a introdução de ecoinovações de produto, ecoinovações de processo e ecoinovações organizacionais nas empresas investigadas. Duas hipóteses comprovaram que ecoinovações de produto e ecoinovações organizacionais influenciaram positivamente o desempenho socioeconômico das empresas. Uma hipótese não comprovada demonstrou que ecoinovações de processo não influenciaram positivamente o desempenho socioeconômico das empresas. Dos atributos de ecoinovação, três não foram validados estatisticamente: a simplificação das embalagens, a simplificação da construção e a eficiência energética dos produtos desenvolvidos. Apesar de os atributos não validados demonstrarem atraso tecnológico dos produtos elétricos e eletrônicos, há predominância de uma rota tecnológica ambientalmente sustentável nas empresas, o que é um visível diferencial competitivo. São notáveis as implicações deste estudo a partir dos emergentes paradigmas da economia circular e da economia verde. Se cooperação em P&D e ecoinovações permitiram resultados socioeconômicos satisfatórios, em empresas distintas usuárias de minerais e de energia elétrica, então cai por terra o paradigma da inovação poluidora, que ignora que recursos naturais são finitos. Fica evidente que o paradigma Triple Bottom Line, que considera o equilíbrio entre as dimensões ambiental, social e econômica, possui base viável para a indústria do terceiro milênio. Emerge nas empresas a responsabilidade de ancorar a mudança tecnológica em todos os elos de suas cadeias de valor, desde a extração de matérias primas da natureza até a educação de consumidores para o uso e descarte consciente de produtos. É possível sugerir que não corrigir a rota tecnológica baseada no paradigma econômico dos excessos sobre os recursos planetários pode ser qualificado como responsabilidade corporativa de lesa ao Planeta. Ademais, indústrias e cadeias de valor de base poluidora parecem estar fadadas ao desaparecimento. Os resultados deste estudo são restritos à amostra de indústrias investigadas no Brasil. Temas com potencial de pesquisa emergem em simbiose e biomimética industrial, sistemas de ecoinovação em Smart Cities, ecoinovação social, ecoinovação de marketing e ecoinovações na Indústria 4.0. / The adoption of environmentally sustainable technology routes is a sound strategy for companies that want to maintain or improve their market positions and contribute to the prevention and adaptation to global climate change. In this perspective of innovation and sustainability, this study evaluated the influence of cooperation in R & D and of eco-innovations on the socioeconomic performance of 221 manufacturers of electric and electronic products. The theories of Gaia, Holism and the evolutionary theory of innovation predominantly guided the study. Data were collected in 2017 and processed via SmartPLS®3. Through the Structural Equation Modeling technique, the conceptual model of the study was validated with 99% reliability (p<0,01), showing with originality that the cooperation in R & D and the eco-innovations satisfactorily explained the socio-economic performance of the companies surveyed in 51.3%.Three hypotheses have proved that cooperation in R & D with technological partners positively influenced the introduction of product eco-innovations, process eco-innovations and organizational eco-innovations in the companies investigated. Two hypotheses have shown that product eco-innovations and organizational eco-innovations have positively influenced the companies\' socioeconomic performance. An unproven hypothesis showed that process eco-innovation has not positively influenced the companies\' socioeconomic performance.From the eco-innovation attributes, three have not been statistically validated: the simplification of packaging, the simplification of construction and the energy efficiency of developed products. Although the non-validated attributes demonstrate technological backwardness of the electrical and electronic products, there is a predominance of an environmentally sustainable technological route in companies, which is a visible competitive edge. The implications of this study are noteworthy from the emerging paradigms of the circular economy and of the green economy. If cooperation in R & D and eco-innovations have enabled satisfactory socioeconomic outcomes, in companies which are distinct users of minerals and electricity, then it falls down the paradigm of polluting innovation that ignores that natural resources are finite. It is clear that the Triple Bottom Line paradigm, which considers the balance between the environmental, social and economic dimensions, has a viable basis for the industry of the third millennium. Companies have the responsibility to anchor technological change at every link in their value chains, since the extraction of raw materials from nature up to the education of consumers for the conscious use and disposal of products. It is possible to suggest that not correcting the technological route based on the economic paradigm of excesses on the world\'s resources can be qualified as a harmful corporate responsibility to the Planet.In addition, polluter-based industries and value chains seem to be doomed to disappear. The results of this study are restricted to the sample of industries investigated in Brazil. Topics with potential for future research emerge in symbiosis and industrial biomimetics, eco-innovation systems in Smart Cities, social eco-innovation, marketing eco-innovation and eco-innovations in Industry 4.0.

Ambientes altamente dinâmicos, complexos e que envolvam conhecimento, alta tecnologia, e recursos diversos, estimulam acordos de parcerias, que passam a ser um meio de transferência de conhecimento e tecnologia, de acesso a ativos complementares e de busca da inovação. Neste trabalho, coloca-se a questão de como os acordos de parcerias e sua gestão, mais especificamente, os acordos das Parcerias de Desenvolvimento Produtivo (PDPs), podem melhorar o desempenho das atividades de Pesquisa, Desenvolvimento e Inovação (PD e I) na área de fármacos e medicamentos. A relevância da pesquisa está em realizar um estudo qualitativo que contribua com estudos teóricos, quantitativos e qualitativos anteriores sobre alianças no setor farmacêutico, mas buscando ampliar esse entendimento para as PDPs, que são estratégicas para o Complexo Econômico Industrial da Saúde (CEIS) e para o atendimento das demandas da sociedade, no que se refere à produção de medicamentos para o Sistema Único de Saúde (SUS). Para estudar esta questão, optou-se por mapear as PDPs, no setor de biotecnologia, por ser este setor altamente complexo e dependente de conhecimento multidisciplinar, caracterizando-se pela distribuição dos conhecimentos e recursos necessários entre os agentes, e que precisa estabelecer parcerias para acessar esses recursos e buscar capacidades complementares. Destaca-se também o fato de o governo brasileiro ter escolhido o setor de biotecnologia como um dos eixos centrais de sua política industrial, por meio de diversos programas de incentivo. Para a realização do estudo, utilizou-se a metodologia de estudos de casos múltiplos. Foram selecionadas PDPs de duas organizações de grande porte e entrevistados diretores e gerentes (níveis hierárquicos 2 e 3). Concluiu-se com esse estudo que há uma relação positiva entre os acordos de parceria e o bom desempenho nas atividades PD e I das organizações envolvidas, desde que haja uma boa capacidade de gestão dos acordos por parte dos parceiros, e ainda, que a boa capacidade de gestão desses acordos aumenta a credibilidade dessas organizações, colocando-as numa posição competitiva no mercado nacional. Adicionalmente, foi possível identificar que o bom desempenho das PDPs tende a garantir a produção de medicamentos no Brasil, atendendo as demandas da sociedade e contribuindo para desenvolvimento do CEIS. Nesse trabalho, também se confirmou evidências de estudos anteriores que demonstraram a importância da relação de confiança entre os parceiros para o bom desempenho das PDPs / Highly dynamic, complex and involving high-tech environments, with knowledge and resources distributed among different agents resources, stimulate partnership agreements, which become a mean of transferring knowledge and technology, and access to complementary assets and achieve innovation. In this work, the question is how the partnership agreements and their management, more specifically, the agreements of the Productive Development Partnerships (PDPs), can improve the performance of Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) activities in the area of drugs and medicines. The relevance of the research is to conduct a qualitative study in order to contribute to previous theoretical, quantitative and qualitative studies about alliances in the pharmaceutical sector, and also to expand this understanding for PDPs, which are strategic to the Economic Industrial Complex of Health (CEIS) in Brazil, as they stimulate the domestic production of medicines to meet the Unified System of Health (SUS) demands. In order to study this issue, we choose to map the PDPs in the pharmaceutical biotechnology sector, as this is a highly complex and multidisciplinary knowledge sector, characterized by the distribution of knowledge and resources among the agents that needs to establish partnerships to access these resources and seek complementary capabilities. It is also worth to note the fact that the Brazilian government has chosen the biotechnology sector as one of the central axes of its industrial policy through various incentive programs. For this study we choose the methodology of multiple case studies. PDPs were selected from two large organizations. Directors and managers were interviewed (hierarchical levels 2 and 3). It was concluded that there is a positive relationship between the partnership agreements and the good performance in the RD&I activities of the organizations involved in this study, since there is a good management capacity of the agreements by the partners. It was also concluded that good management capacity of these agreements increases the credibility of these organizations, putting them in a competitive position in the national market. Additionally, it was possible to identify that the good performance of the PDPs tends to guarantee the production of medicines in the national market, meeting the demands of the SUS and contributing to the development of the CEIS. In this study, it was also possible to confirm the evidences from previous studies that demonstrated the importance of the trust relationship between the partners for the good performance of partnerships