Estruturação de um modelo de ecossistema de inovação em Alagoas baseado em plataforma digital: desafios e potencialidades

Abstract

The advent of digital transformation and the demand for interconnection among actors in an innovation ecosystem have led to the adoption of digital tools based on platforms as an alternative to fostering relationships, collaboration, and technological marketing. However, few digital platforms have been designed from conception to promote innovation ecosystems, which could hinder the exploration of crucial premises and factors for generating innovation based on real ecosystems. Moreover, there is a scarcity of practical and methodological information in the literature for building this type of digital tool. In this scenario, this study proposed the construction of a digital platform model for innovation ecosystems. To define the model, a methodological process was executed, where an exploratory study of digital platforms of innovative ecosystems was conducted, in which it was found, from an evaluation methodology that combined the concepts of Software Ecosystems (SECOs) and Multifaceted Platforms (MSPs), that the existing platforms in the digital environment had gaps in their practical results for the development of ecosystems based on the analysis of 12 technical factors. From this, gaps were identified to support the creation of the platform model with 33 requirements, including functionalities to stimulate the identification of actors, roles, innovative projects, intellectual property, and technology transfer, in order to foster discussions and interactions. The study also proposed the implementation of the digital platform model in a minimum viable product (MVP) and the mapping of the first innovative cluster identified in the platform of actors in the state of Alagoas, Brazil, that of information and communication technology companies (ICT). In the end, the risks and difficulties identified during the MVP were presented, concluding especially that the establishment of a governance relationship among actors and the time for software development are fundamental, so that to achieve success in a platform of this nature, it is necessary to establish coordinated business-level relationships among actors, so that the platform remains self-manageable.