I am a brazilian student at a Technology and Information Systems Doctoral Program in the University of Minho, Portugal. I´m a master´s degree in Production Engineering by Federal University from Rio Grande do Norte - Brazil and Pos Graduated in Management Accounting at FGV. My current field of research and interest is focused on crowdsourcing innovation business model and risk management in technology-based firms or in brokering services specialized in the innovation needs of SMEs. In my PhD research I work in the R&D Center ALGORITIMI and at the research program KMOWL-Knowledge Management in Organization for Work Leveraging. KMOWL is a Special Interest Group in Knowledge Management that carries out interdisciplinary Research and Development projects as well as Education projects, with the aim of developing systematic and comprehensive approaches to the organizational process of knowledge management. These approaches are to built upon the theoretical and methodological tools developed in scientific fields such as sociology, psychology, management, cognitive scieces, neuroscience and information systems. My research question is How to manage risks of crowdsourcing innovation. The research question will concentrate on each of the following items: Identify what risks are associated with the prospect of crowdsourcing innovation; Identify what model of risk management to implement based on a model of crowdsourcing innovation ;Identify what human aspects that should be considered and what management style should be adopted and Identify what kind of technology architecture is most appropriate to implement a risk management model associated to crowdsourcing innovation
My thesis advisers are Prof. Isabel Ramos (University of Minho- Portugal) and José Esteves (IE Business School - Spain)
My thesis proposal website: http://sites.google.com/site/riskandopeninnovation/Home