We have the honor of introducing RAI's first edition of 2017. It is important to note that last year was a year of transition. The journal began to be published by Elsevier and all articles are now in English. However, we still receive articles in Portuguese and only after approval do author(s) translate into English. This year we will work to disseminate RAI more with the innovation community in Brazil and Latin America, with the inclusion of RAI in the Innovation Symposium of Anpad, in Semead and in AIB-LAT.
Together we have implemented a team of scientific editors who work hard in the process of article evaluation. As so, we are renewing our team of reviewers. Our evaluation time has fallen, but we hope to continue this decrease over the coming year. We thank all scientific editors, reviewers and authors of RAI for their input. We would also like to invite the entire academic innovation community in Brazil and Latin America to join the RAI team as a scientific editor or reviewer. We are also open to volunteers. Those interested should contact us.
In this first edition of 2017 we have eight articles. Three deal with innovation environments, particularly technological parks and universities. They are: “Proposal of a Theoretical Model for the Implementation and Scalability of Science Parks: A Case Study,” by Mauro Silva Ruiz, Priscila Rezende da Costa, Claudia Terezinha Kniess and Andreza Portella Ribeiro; “University–Industry Interaction in Santa Catarina: Evolutionary Phases, Forms of Interaction, Benefits, and Barrier,” by Dannyela da Cunha Lemos and Silvio Antonio Ferraz Cario; and “Environment And Innovation: Discrepancy Between Theory And Research Practice,” by Gutemberg Ribeiro and Ana Paula Mussi Szabo Cherobim.
The following two articles deal with issues of cooperation for innovation: “Cooperative Networks For Innovation: A Panorama Of The Brazilian Scenario Between 2003 And 2011” by Rodrigo Müller, Faimara de Rocio Strauhs, Jamerson Viegas Queiroz and Christian Luiz da Silva; and “Interorganisational Social Capital And Innovation: A Multiple Case Study In Wine Producers Networks In Serra Gaucha” by Kadígia Faccin, Denise Genari and Janaina Macke.
Two articles deal with the issue of driving factors and results of innovation. They are: “Internal Factors That Favor The Adoption Of Technological Innovation Defined By Information Systems: A Study Of The Electronic Health Record”, by Gilberto Perez, Silvio Popadiuk, Ana Maria Roux and Cesar Coelho; and “Inputs and Outputs of Innovation: Analysis of the BRICS”, by Camila Franco and Renan Henrique de Oliveira. There is also an article on innovation in public management by Pedro Cavalcante and Marizaura Camões: “Do Brazilian Innovations In Public Management Constitute A New Model?” We would like to press for more articles in this area because of its further potential in Brazil and Latin America.
Finally, we note that two of these articles are by scientific editors of RAI: Priscila Rezende da Costa and Kadígia Faccin. However, it is important to note that these articles followed the same double-blind review standard, and the whole process was led by the chief editor and co-editor of RAI, so that the scientific editors could follow the same evaluation formalities as any other author, without privilege or special access.
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