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The present study provides a theoretical basis for the development of product technological competence in global automotive organizations in Brazilian subsidiaries. It is argued that the necessary knowledge is fragmented in literature among studies on new product development, knowledge management and organizational learning, organizational competences and technological innovation.
It presents two concepts: (a) the concept of Intermediate Technological Leadership (ITL), as an enterprise purpose to be reached and (b) the concept of Intra-organizational Innovation System (IIS), as a model to be constructed and applied in local subsidiaries in order to enable the achievement of all necessary technological competences. The integration of theoretical sources reveals six fundamental elements for an IIS: strategic adequacy, interpretation of external environment, conception of internal organizational structure, integration of external structure, systematization of organizational basic processes, and consideration of human factors and relationships. It is expected that the theoretical basis presented in this study will serve as a reference to be validated in real-world applications.
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Bagno, R.B., Cheng, L.C. (2007). In search of the elements of an Intra-organizational Innovation System for Brazilian automotive subsidiaries. In: Loureiro, G., Curran, R. (eds) Complex Systems Concurrent Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-976-7_76
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