TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITY MODEL FOR INNOVATION MANAGEMENT FOR AEROSPACE ENTERPRISE

Globalization has amplified competition between companies and increasingly demanding its ability to stay ahead of its competitors who are located far beyond their city, region or country, and innovation has become essential for organizations not only to be leaders in their markets, but also to increase competitiveness and, above all, avoid its decline, a world -class innovation management process is essential. The objective of this research effort is to present a technological capability model for innovation managing for global companies that is adaptable to their realities and aimed at knowledge-intensive industries. To achieve this goal, the research method applied was action research, starting with the mapping of the literature to identify the most relevant studies, recognize the state-of-the-art, theoretical propositions and in a collaborative way with the participation of experts and professionals that act, directly or indirectly, in the innovations development; the model is co-creation under two evaluation perspectives: the first called technological functions that represent the main areas that have an impact on the success in evaluating strategies, planning, development, execution and in the innovations results in industrial companies and the second perspective that are the competence levels, which at the highest level strongly favor and support innovation in industrial companies, so that organizations can measure themselves, compare themselves with others and, through planning, achieve excellence. In addition, as the expected goal is to obtain an indicator called Innovation Technology Index (ITC index), as well as a tool that facilitates the application and its dissemination and, later, the applicability of concepts in the real environment of aerospace enterprises. The first findings demonstrate the ease of understanding and applicability of the model for companies to analyze innovation management and identify gaps to convert them into real opportunities to leverage their businesses.