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Cities, 2019
This is a pioneering research linking two areas of knowledge which attract great attention from a... more This is a pioneering research linking two areas of knowledge which attract great attention from academia, industry, and governments: business incubation and smart cities. It is a quantitative exploratory study, whose purpose is to investigate the relationship between incubation mechanisms and local urban development according to the concept of Smart City. Methodologically, canonical correlation analysis was applied between two sets of elements: variables associated to business incubation and variables related to smart city characteristics. The research was concentrated on 157 medium-and large-sized cities from 25 European countries. Based on the findings, clusters analysis was also performed. The article presents, among the main results: (1) evidence of correlation between business incubation and smart urban development, and (2) visual classification of these cities into four clusters, according to their urban development and incubation activity.
Cities, 2021
Abstract This work investigates the experimental hypothesis of the influence of innovation financ... more Abstract This work investigates the experimental hypothesis of the influence of innovation financing and innovation collaboration systems on the evolution of the Smart Urban Development (SUD) level. The multiple regression analysis method was adopted, considering the main formal sources of innovation incubation financing, in addition to the indicators of Open and Close Innovation practices among young companies. The research was concentrated in 66 cities on the European continent based on longitudinal data for the period from 2008 to 2014. The results reveal that there is a significant effect of the innovation incubation financing system on the evolution of the SUD level, with this system being identified as private sponsorship, as venture capital sponsorship, and as sponsorship by higher education entities. Public financing and PPP financing did not have a significant influence on the evolution of the SUD level, although some studies highlight the importance of these sources for smartization projects.
One of the changes that are directly affecting organizations is what is called IT Consumerization... more One of the changes that are directly affecting organizations is what is called IT Consumerization – an expression that was coined as a way to describe the growing movement of technology dissemination from the user to organizational environments. At the root of this disruptive movement, however, lies not only the change that occurs because of the use of a multiplicity of new electronic devices in the corporate environment, but mainly the change in the locus of control of IT. Based on this context of technological and behavioral change, it is therefore interesting to observe how organizations are facing the resulting demands from a process that seems to intensify each passing day, urging not only discussion, but also the development of a real capacity that exceeds simple adaptation. It is precisely the search to understand this capacity that guides the question of this research. To this end, this paper aims to propose the concept of Technological Resilience presenting its theoretical ...
Revista de Gestão, 2015
Este trabalho tem como escopo a análise da capacidade de atendimento de um Centro Cirúrgico, por ... more Este trabalho tem como escopo a análise da capacidade de atendimento de um Centro Cirúrgico, por meio de modelagem matemática e de pesquisa aplicada realizada em um hospital de Porto Alegre (RS). O objetivo foi identificar se o dimensionamento atual do Centro Cirúrgico comportaria ou não um aumento do volume de pacientes, sob alocação ótima das salas cirúrgicas, mantendo-se os padrões de tempo dos procedimentos cirúrgicos. Seguiu-se a metodologia de pesquisa-diagnóstico, a partir da qual foi desenvolvido um modelo de programação linear inteira. O modelo foi testado com dados reais obtidos de registros do hospital, de forma a validar a simulação do cenário atual, e, subsequentemente, executado com base na previsão de aumento da demanda cirúrgica, o que originou dois cenários futuros. Os resultados do experimento sugerem que o aumento de número de salas do Centro Cirúrgico não se configura como mandatório para comportar a nova demanda prevista. Cabe ressaltar que, diferentemente de outros trabalhos, o diferencial deste estudo consiste em modelar a alocação a partir de características presentes em determinados ambientes do Centro Cirúrgico, uma vez que, na prática, alguns procedimentos cirúrgicos exigem uma infraestrutura específica não disponível em todas as salas do bloco. Considerar, portanto, esta particularidade torna-se um atributo importante dessa ferramenta que se propõe a auxiliar no gerenciamento da capacidade operacional do centro cirúrgico.
Journal of technology management & innovation, 2015
Based on the concepts of Feature Fatigue, IT Fashion and IT Consumerization, this paper aims to i... more Based on the concepts of Feature Fatigue, IT Fashion and IT Consumerization, this paper aims to investigate the relationships between them answering two questions: (1) does the phenomenon of IT Fashion result in Feature Fatigue? (2) Will the concept of Feature Fatigue cause the same effect when looking from the point of view of the IT Consumerization in the corporate environment? The research addresses these questions through two techniques: a laddering and a survey. Albeit tenuously, the results provide evidence that consumption motivated by IT Fashion leads to Feature Fatigue. This study contributes to management research by attempting at the phenomenon described from a multidisciplinary perspective, also contributing to management practice, specifically for marketing managers trying to understand the experiences and expectations of consumers, and also for IT managers engaged in the design of governance policies regarding the use of personal devices by employees in this context.
Partindo do contexto contemporâneo de Consumerização da TI, torna-se interessante observar de que... more Partindo do contexto contemporâneo de Consumerização da TI, torna-se interessante observar de que maneira as organizações estão atendendo as demandas consequentes de um processo que parece intensificar-se a cada dia, incitando não apenas a discussão, mas o desenvolvimento de uma verdadeira capacidade que pode ultrapassar a simples adaptação. É exatamente a busca da compreensão desta capacidade que vem orientar a questão desta pesquisa. Para tanto, é proposto o conceito de "resiliência tecnológica", com a definição do constructo e apresentação de seu modelo teórico, desenvolvido a partir das teorias de Difusão da Inovação, da Escolha Racional, da Resiliência e das Capacidades Dinâmicas. A metodologia qualitativa exploratória comparativa adotada para a pesquisa, a partir do estudo de casos múltiplos, contemplou cinco etapas: de formulação do modelo teórico, de validação do protocolo de pesquisa por juízes acadêmicos, de condução de estudo piloto, de replicação da investigação para outras duas organizações, finalizando com o estudo comparativo dos três Casos. Os resultados evidenciaram suporte aos pressupostos investigados, sinalizando ser a resiliência tecnológica uma capacidade desenvolvida a partir da interação entre contexto de transformação tecnológica e características organizacionais. Mostram também que, muito embora esta capacidade possa ser moderada pela presença de elementos de resistência à mudança assentados, especialmente, pelas áreas de tecnologia, pode, da mesma forma, ser indutora de vantagem competitiva. Tais constatações sugerem aderência do modelo de resiliência tecnológica proposto aos três contextos investigados, tanto no que diz respeito à situação de aceitação da Consumerização da TI em ambiente organizacional, como na situação de rejeição da prática, ambas analisadas a partir dos elementos que compõem o modelo teórico.
Introdução O rigor na aplicação dos métodos de pesquisa nas investigações em Sistemas de Informaç... more Introdução O rigor na aplicação dos métodos de pesquisa nas investigações em Sistemas de Informação (SI) tem recebido atenção por parte dos pesquisadores. Esta preocupação em aplicar e utilizar os métodos de pesquisa na área de SI reflete nas sessões específicas para discussão deste tópico nos congressos internacionais e nacionais, por exemplo, no
ABSTRACT Technological advances give to the manufactures the opportunity of adding numerous featu... more ABSTRACT Technological advances give to the manufactures the opportunity of adding numerous features to new products, especially electronics and information technology (IT) based products, with a relatively low cost for added functionality. Consumers, upon the purchase decision, tend to choose the equipment with the greatest number of features, however, the user experience can be so complex to the point of taking them to the effect called "fatigue" (Thompson et al, 2005 , 2006). Fatigue can correspond to 50% of product returns in the U.S. (SUROWIECKI, 2007). However, the possibility of buying devices with large number of features and low incremental cost has contributed to the expansion of consumption of fast obsolescence products. Thus, the equipments, in a short time, start to be considered outdated in relation to new products launched with more features, triggering the phenomenon of "IT fashion." Moreover, a significant trend has been operating on the market of personal electronic devices in the last ten years, particularly affecting organizations: it is the dissemination of technology from the user to the commercial and public environments, called "IT consumerization" (SHUSTER, 2011). Improvements in processing power and resources of these devices (SEN, 2012), enabling the expansion of the availability of the service functionalities within a single appliance, is particularly important in this context (CHAKA, 2012; GOUL et al.,2012). Based on these concepts, this paper aims to investigate the three research themes outlined above: fatigue, IT fashion and IT consumerization. The research addresses the relationships between these concepts through two techniques: a two stage laddering and a survey. In the laddering, one stage is based in consumers who use technological devices within organizations and a second stage is based in consumers that use the equipment only outside the corporate environment. The purpose is to analyze whether IT fashion leads to fatigue in individual and organizational contexts. In the survey the aim is to analyze in a broader way the fatigue in these two contexts. Herewith we looked to answer two research questions: (1) does the phenomenon of IT fashion result in fatiue? (2) will the concept of fatigue cause the same effect when looking from the point of view of the IT Consumerization in the corporate environment? The results explain these relationships and seek to shed light on the issues that emerge from new technologies changing consumer behaviors. This study contributes to management research by attempting at the phenomenon described from a multidisciplinary perspective, also contributing to management practice, specifically for marketing managers trying to understand the experiences and expectations of consumers, and also for IT managers engaged in the design of governance policies regarding the use of personal devices by employees in this context.
Proceedings of the 11th CONTECSI International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management, 2014
The more one recognizes the strategic importance of information for organizations, the harder it ... more The more one recognizes the strategic importance of information for organizations, the harder it is the perception about the difficulties associated with the search and productive use of information. This research investigate two points: is there an association between the difficulties perceived by managers in the management of weaksignal and the level of entrepreneurial orientation of organizations? And is there is an association between the perceived difficulties and the dimensions of uncertainty perceived by organizations? We conduct this research from the perspective of Intelligence, given that it covers the steps involved in the search, identification, classification, storage, dissemination and use of information. This structure will make it possible to associate the main difficulties in the management of weak signals (identified in previous studies), according to their nature with the Intelligence process. In turn, this will enable an analysis of the relationship between the most significant difficulties perceived by organizations with the degree of entrepreneurship they employ, as well as with the dimensions of uncertainty perceived.
Revista de Administração Contemporânea, 2011
Todos os direitos, até mesmo de tradução, são reservados. É permitido citar parte de artigos sem ... more Todos os direitos, até mesmo de tradução, são reservados. É permitido citar parte de artigos sem autorização prévia, desde que seja identificada a fonte.
Neste artigo, apresentam-se os resultados de pesquisa qualitativa em que se objetivou investigar ... more Neste artigo, apresentam-se os resultados de pesquisa qualitativa em que se objetivou investigar a aplicabilidade do método L.E.SCAnning em empresas sociais de economia peer-to-peer (P2P). A motivação partiu da ideia de a autossustentabilidade ser, a longo prazo, um dos maiores desafios das organizações, especialmente aquelas lastreadas na economia social, dentre elas, as empresas P2P. No
entanto, empresas sociais são potencialmente negócios dinâmicos e progressistas com os quais o mercado empresarial poderia aprender, uma vez que experimentam e inovam. Partindo exatamente desse espírito inovador, muitas empresas sociais voltaram-se para o modelo crowdfunding de economia P2P, que se configura como tendência emergente de organização colaborativa de recursos na Web. Sob esse prisma, um dos novos desenvolvimentos em gestão que se aplicam
à atividade de organizações com enfoque sistêmico é a prática da Inteligência Estratégica Antecipativa Coletiva (IEAc). Nesse sentido, no estudo de caso investigou-se a empresa social francesa Babyloan para compreender de que maneira a organização busca, monitora e utiliza a informação captada do meio externo para sua atuação, prototipando, com base nesse diagnóstico, a aplicação de um ciclo do método L.E.SCAnning. Os resultados deste estudo sugerem que o entendimento pragmático do cenário externo, por meio da IEAc, favorece decisões que trazem uma marca de empreendedorismo e
inovação, e tem no universo da economia social P2P, ambiente fortemente baseado em percepção, um impacto potencial significativo.
The importance of monitoring information that serves to assist in decision-making and to anticipa... more The importance of monitoring information that serves to assist in decision-making and to anticipate changes has been increasingly recognized in the organizational context because of the growing complexity of the environment. However, the more the strategic importance of the information in organizations is acknowledged, the more difficult it becomes to perceive the difficulties associated with the search and productive use of information. The issues of this research were therefore set up to investigate two points: is there an association between the difficulties perceived by managers in the management of weak-signal anticipative information and the level of entrepreneurial orientation of organizations? And is there is an association between the perceived difficulties and the dimensions of uncertainty perceived by organizations? To achieve this, we propose to conduct this research from the perspective of Intelligence, given that this view covers the steps involved in the search, identification, classification, storage, dissemination and use of information. This structure will make it possible to associate the main difficulties in the management of weak signals, which were identified in previous studies, according to their nature with the classic steps of the Intelligence process. In turn, this will enable an analysis of the relationship between the most significant difficulties perceived by organizations with the degree of entrepreneurship they employ, as well as with the dimensions of uncertainty perceived.
Cities, 2019
This is a pioneering research linking two areas of knowledge which attract great attention from a... more This is a pioneering research linking two areas of knowledge which attract great attention from academia, industry, and governments: business incubation and smart cities. It is a quantitative exploratory study, whose purpose is to investigate the relationship between incubation mechanisms and local urban development according to the concept of Smart City. Methodologically, canonical correlation analysis was applied between two sets of elements: variables associated to business incubation and variables related to smart city characteristics. The research was concentrated on 157 medium-and large-sized cities from 25 European countries. Based on the findings, clusters analysis was also performed. The article presents, among the main results: (1) evidence of correlation between business incubation and smart urban development, and (2) visual classification of these cities into four clusters, according to their urban development and incubation activity.
Cities, 2021
Abstract This work investigates the experimental hypothesis of the influence of innovation financ... more Abstract This work investigates the experimental hypothesis of the influence of innovation financing and innovation collaboration systems on the evolution of the Smart Urban Development (SUD) level. The multiple regression analysis method was adopted, considering the main formal sources of innovation incubation financing, in addition to the indicators of Open and Close Innovation practices among young companies. The research was concentrated in 66 cities on the European continent based on longitudinal data for the period from 2008 to 2014. The results reveal that there is a significant effect of the innovation incubation financing system on the evolution of the SUD level, with this system being identified as private sponsorship, as venture capital sponsorship, and as sponsorship by higher education entities. Public financing and PPP financing did not have a significant influence on the evolution of the SUD level, although some studies highlight the importance of these sources for smartization projects.
One of the changes that are directly affecting organizations is what is called IT Consumerization... more One of the changes that are directly affecting organizations is what is called IT Consumerization – an expression that was coined as a way to describe the growing movement of technology dissemination from the user to organizational environments. At the root of this disruptive movement, however, lies not only the change that occurs because of the use of a multiplicity of new electronic devices in the corporate environment, but mainly the change in the locus of control of IT. Based on this context of technological and behavioral change, it is therefore interesting to observe how organizations are facing the resulting demands from a process that seems to intensify each passing day, urging not only discussion, but also the development of a real capacity that exceeds simple adaptation. It is precisely the search to understand this capacity that guides the question of this research. To this end, this paper aims to propose the concept of Technological Resilience presenting its theoretical ...
Revista de Gestão, 2015
Este trabalho tem como escopo a análise da capacidade de atendimento de um Centro Cirúrgico, por ... more Este trabalho tem como escopo a análise da capacidade de atendimento de um Centro Cirúrgico, por meio de modelagem matemática e de pesquisa aplicada realizada em um hospital de Porto Alegre (RS). O objetivo foi identificar se o dimensionamento atual do Centro Cirúrgico comportaria ou não um aumento do volume de pacientes, sob alocação ótima das salas cirúrgicas, mantendo-se os padrões de tempo dos procedimentos cirúrgicos. Seguiu-se a metodologia de pesquisa-diagnóstico, a partir da qual foi desenvolvido um modelo de programação linear inteira. O modelo foi testado com dados reais obtidos de registros do hospital, de forma a validar a simulação do cenário atual, e, subsequentemente, executado com base na previsão de aumento da demanda cirúrgica, o que originou dois cenários futuros. Os resultados do experimento sugerem que o aumento de número de salas do Centro Cirúrgico não se configura como mandatório para comportar a nova demanda prevista. Cabe ressaltar que, diferentemente de outros trabalhos, o diferencial deste estudo consiste em modelar a alocação a partir de características presentes em determinados ambientes do Centro Cirúrgico, uma vez que, na prática, alguns procedimentos cirúrgicos exigem uma infraestrutura específica não disponível em todas as salas do bloco. Considerar, portanto, esta particularidade torna-se um atributo importante dessa ferramenta que se propõe a auxiliar no gerenciamento da capacidade operacional do centro cirúrgico.
Journal of technology management & innovation, 2015
Based on the concepts of Feature Fatigue, IT Fashion and IT Consumerization, this paper aims to i... more Based on the concepts of Feature Fatigue, IT Fashion and IT Consumerization, this paper aims to investigate the relationships between them answering two questions: (1) does the phenomenon of IT Fashion result in Feature Fatigue? (2) Will the concept of Feature Fatigue cause the same effect when looking from the point of view of the IT Consumerization in the corporate environment? The research addresses these questions through two techniques: a laddering and a survey. Albeit tenuously, the results provide evidence that consumption motivated by IT Fashion leads to Feature Fatigue. This study contributes to management research by attempting at the phenomenon described from a multidisciplinary perspective, also contributing to management practice, specifically for marketing managers trying to understand the experiences and expectations of consumers, and also for IT managers engaged in the design of governance policies regarding the use of personal devices by employees in this context.
Partindo do contexto contemporâneo de Consumerização da TI, torna-se interessante observar de que... more Partindo do contexto contemporâneo de Consumerização da TI, torna-se interessante observar de que maneira as organizações estão atendendo as demandas consequentes de um processo que parece intensificar-se a cada dia, incitando não apenas a discussão, mas o desenvolvimento de uma verdadeira capacidade que pode ultrapassar a simples adaptação. É exatamente a busca da compreensão desta capacidade que vem orientar a questão desta pesquisa. Para tanto, é proposto o conceito de "resiliência tecnológica", com a definição do constructo e apresentação de seu modelo teórico, desenvolvido a partir das teorias de Difusão da Inovação, da Escolha Racional, da Resiliência e das Capacidades Dinâmicas. A metodologia qualitativa exploratória comparativa adotada para a pesquisa, a partir do estudo de casos múltiplos, contemplou cinco etapas: de formulação do modelo teórico, de validação do protocolo de pesquisa por juízes acadêmicos, de condução de estudo piloto, de replicação da investigação para outras duas organizações, finalizando com o estudo comparativo dos três Casos. Os resultados evidenciaram suporte aos pressupostos investigados, sinalizando ser a resiliência tecnológica uma capacidade desenvolvida a partir da interação entre contexto de transformação tecnológica e características organizacionais. Mostram também que, muito embora esta capacidade possa ser moderada pela presença de elementos de resistência à mudança assentados, especialmente, pelas áreas de tecnologia, pode, da mesma forma, ser indutora de vantagem competitiva. Tais constatações sugerem aderência do modelo de resiliência tecnológica proposto aos três contextos investigados, tanto no que diz respeito à situação de aceitação da Consumerização da TI em ambiente organizacional, como na situação de rejeição da prática, ambas analisadas a partir dos elementos que compõem o modelo teórico.
Introdução O rigor na aplicação dos métodos de pesquisa nas investigações em Sistemas de Informaç... more Introdução O rigor na aplicação dos métodos de pesquisa nas investigações em Sistemas de Informação (SI) tem recebido atenção por parte dos pesquisadores. Esta preocupação em aplicar e utilizar os métodos de pesquisa na área de SI reflete nas sessões específicas para discussão deste tópico nos congressos internacionais e nacionais, por exemplo, no
ABSTRACT Technological advances give to the manufactures the opportunity of adding numerous featu... more ABSTRACT Technological advances give to the manufactures the opportunity of adding numerous features to new products, especially electronics and information technology (IT) based products, with a relatively low cost for added functionality. Consumers, upon the purchase decision, tend to choose the equipment with the greatest number of features, however, the user experience can be so complex to the point of taking them to the effect called "fatigue" (Thompson et al, 2005 , 2006). Fatigue can correspond to 50% of product returns in the U.S. (SUROWIECKI, 2007). However, the possibility of buying devices with large number of features and low incremental cost has contributed to the expansion of consumption of fast obsolescence products. Thus, the equipments, in a short time, start to be considered outdated in relation to new products launched with more features, triggering the phenomenon of "IT fashion." Moreover, a significant trend has been operating on the market of personal electronic devices in the last ten years, particularly affecting organizations: it is the dissemination of technology from the user to the commercial and public environments, called "IT consumerization" (SHUSTER, 2011). Improvements in processing power and resources of these devices (SEN, 2012), enabling the expansion of the availability of the service functionalities within a single appliance, is particularly important in this context (CHAKA, 2012; GOUL et al.,2012). Based on these concepts, this paper aims to investigate the three research themes outlined above: fatigue, IT fashion and IT consumerization. The research addresses the relationships between these concepts through two techniques: a two stage laddering and a survey. In the laddering, one stage is based in consumers who use technological devices within organizations and a second stage is based in consumers that use the equipment only outside the corporate environment. The purpose is to analyze whether IT fashion leads to fatigue in individual and organizational contexts. In the survey the aim is to analyze in a broader way the fatigue in these two contexts. Herewith we looked to answer two research questions: (1) does the phenomenon of IT fashion result in fatiue? (2) will the concept of fatigue cause the same effect when looking from the point of view of the IT Consumerization in the corporate environment? The results explain these relationships and seek to shed light on the issues that emerge from new technologies changing consumer behaviors. This study contributes to management research by attempting at the phenomenon described from a multidisciplinary perspective, also contributing to management practice, specifically for marketing managers trying to understand the experiences and expectations of consumers, and also for IT managers engaged in the design of governance policies regarding the use of personal devices by employees in this context.
Proceedings of the 11th CONTECSI International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management, 2014
The more one recognizes the strategic importance of information for organizations, the harder it ... more The more one recognizes the strategic importance of information for organizations, the harder it is the perception about the difficulties associated with the search and productive use of information. This research investigate two points: is there an association between the difficulties perceived by managers in the management of weaksignal and the level of entrepreneurial orientation of organizations? And is there is an association between the perceived difficulties and the dimensions of uncertainty perceived by organizations? We conduct this research from the perspective of Intelligence, given that it covers the steps involved in the search, identification, classification, storage, dissemination and use of information. This structure will make it possible to associate the main difficulties in the management of weak signals (identified in previous studies), according to their nature with the Intelligence process. In turn, this will enable an analysis of the relationship between the most significant difficulties perceived by organizations with the degree of entrepreneurship they employ, as well as with the dimensions of uncertainty perceived.
Revista de Administração Contemporânea, 2011
Todos os direitos, até mesmo de tradução, são reservados. É permitido citar parte de artigos sem ... more Todos os direitos, até mesmo de tradução, são reservados. É permitido citar parte de artigos sem autorização prévia, desde que seja identificada a fonte.
Neste artigo, apresentam-se os resultados de pesquisa qualitativa em que se objetivou investigar ... more Neste artigo, apresentam-se os resultados de pesquisa qualitativa em que se objetivou investigar a aplicabilidade do método L.E.SCAnning em empresas sociais de economia peer-to-peer (P2P). A motivação partiu da ideia de a autossustentabilidade ser, a longo prazo, um dos maiores desafios das organizações, especialmente aquelas lastreadas na economia social, dentre elas, as empresas P2P. No
entanto, empresas sociais são potencialmente negócios dinâmicos e progressistas com os quais o mercado empresarial poderia aprender, uma vez que experimentam e inovam. Partindo exatamente desse espírito inovador, muitas empresas sociais voltaram-se para o modelo crowdfunding de economia P2P, que se configura como tendência emergente de organização colaborativa de recursos na Web. Sob esse prisma, um dos novos desenvolvimentos em gestão que se aplicam
à atividade de organizações com enfoque sistêmico é a prática da Inteligência Estratégica Antecipativa Coletiva (IEAc). Nesse sentido, no estudo de caso investigou-se a empresa social francesa Babyloan para compreender de que maneira a organização busca, monitora e utiliza a informação captada do meio externo para sua atuação, prototipando, com base nesse diagnóstico, a aplicação de um ciclo do método L.E.SCAnning. Os resultados deste estudo sugerem que o entendimento pragmático do cenário externo, por meio da IEAc, favorece decisões que trazem uma marca de empreendedorismo e
inovação, e tem no universo da economia social P2P, ambiente fortemente baseado em percepção, um impacto potencial significativo.
The importance of monitoring information that serves to assist in decision-making and to anticipa... more The importance of monitoring information that serves to assist in decision-making and to anticipate changes has been increasingly recognized in the organizational context because of the growing complexity of the environment. However, the more the strategic importance of the information in organizations is acknowledged, the more difficult it becomes to perceive the difficulties associated with the search and productive use of information. The issues of this research were therefore set up to investigate two points: is there an association between the difficulties perceived by managers in the management of weak-signal anticipative information and the level of entrepreneurial orientation of organizations? And is there is an association between the perceived difficulties and the dimensions of uncertainty perceived by organizations? To achieve this, we propose to conduct this research from the perspective of Intelligence, given that this view covers the steps involved in the search, identification, classification, storage, dissemination and use of information. This structure will make it possible to associate the main difficulties in the management of weak signals, which were identified in previous studies, according to their nature with the classic steps of the Intelligence process. In turn, this will enable an analysis of the relationship between the most significant difficulties perceived by organizations with the degree of entrepreneurship they employ, as well as with the dimensions of uncertainty perceived.