Desenvolvimento pessoal baseado em conhecimento como antecedente de ecossistemas de inovação social: análise em cidades do conhecimento

Abstract

The intersection between urban economy, innovation networks, technology platforms, services and their applications, collective intelligence and theories on innovation underlie innovation ecosystems. The promotion of innovation-driven ecosystems by social dimension allows exploring alternatives for the transformation of knowledge cities and the generation of social innovation. The objective of this study is to analyze how knowledge-based personal development implies the creation and development of social innovation ecosystems for the creation and development of cities of knowledge. In order to achieve this goal, the relations between capital system constructs, knowledge citizenship and personal knowledge-based development as antecedents for the creation and development of social innovation ecosystems will be analyzed. The mixed methods approach will be used, covering the results of quantitative and qualitative research in a complementary way, using the strategy of sequential explanatory research. The population defined for the present study will be composed of company leaders, leaders of educational institutions, municipal public authorities and undergraduate students of the courses of Social and Applied Sciences belonging to the cities of Bento Gonçalves (Brazil), Arequipa (Peru) and Monterrey (Mexico). As a result, this research evidenced that social interaction and the information citizens have regarding their own cities are related to social structures, which is base for social innovation ecosystems in the cities here studied. The results also reveal that the perception of the agents involved in the ecosystem of social innovation, on the dimensions implied in capital system, is related to the belief in social transformation caused by universities, public authorities, private companies and companies of the third sector's performance. Such results enabled the proposal of a theoretical model for creation and development ecosystems of social innovation anchored on the structure of local principles integrated into the capital system in knowledge cities.