Literature Review about the Cooperation and Integration influencing Innovation

摘要

This paper aims to show by literature review how Cooperation and Integration act efficiently in order to promote Innovation. In this sense, the study investigates practices and tools used on improvement systems. Questions are raised about Cooperation and Integration related to strategic planning, organizational structure, standardization, benchmarking and technology resources. The methodology of the article is applied and qualitative one, exploratory bibliography techniques are used, including those related to the Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model, a framework for evaluating and improving enterprise supply-chain performance and management. The SCOR principles and variables are used to assess Cooperation and Integration in an organizational system. The research points the Innovation as a consequence of combining Cooperation and Integration within the organizational environment, generating thus competitive advantage and allowing the processes of reflection, awareness and maturity of managers, students, academics and other stakeholders.