Elzo Alves Aranha

Professor Titular da Universidade Federal de Itajubá - Instituto de Engenharia de Produção e Gestão, área de Empreendedorismo e em Engenharia - Produção pela Universidade de São Paulo (EP-USP) Mestre em Administração pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP), Pós-graduado em nível de Especialização em Avaliação Institucional pela Universidade de Brasília (UNB) e graduação em Administração pelo Instituto de Estudos Sociais Clovis Bevilacqua-Sociedade Madeira de Ley. É co-fundador do Núcleo de Pesquisa de Pesquisa de Dinâmicas Empreendedoras (NPDE). Recebeu o prêmio de World Championship-2018 in Business Management (Entrepreneurship) e o título de Fellow of Business Management da International Agency for Standards and Ratings (IASR). É coordenador da Cátedra de Educação Empreendedora em Engenharia da Associação Brasileira de Educação em Engenharia-ABENGE. É co-fundador e coordenador do Grupo de Trabalho de Educação Empreendedora em Engenharia da Associ

EDUCATION

Doctor in Engineering - Production - Polytechnic School - University of São Paulo.
Master Degree in Administration - Pontifical University of Sao Paulo
Postgraduate - Specialization in Institutional Evaluation - University of Brasilia
Graduate in Administration - Instituto de Estudos Sociais Clovis Bevilacqua-Sociedade Madeira de Ley

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Marketing, Management of Technology and Innovation, Strategy and Management, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Scopus Publications

Innovation Policy, Open Innovation and Business Model in the University
Elzo Alves Aranha, Sônia Carvalho
Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, 2022
The aim of this paper is to examine how innovation policy (IP) can foster open innovation (OI) and trigger change in the business model (BM) of the organization. Then, through a case study, it is intended to illustrate the close relationship among IP, OI and BM at the Brazilian university. The research is an exploratory and qualitative that adopts the reflective methodology and case study. The main research findings are: (a) based on literature review, source of resource, collaboration, intellectual property, technology transfer and new organizational forms are five kinds of close relationships among IP, OI and BM; (b) the case study illustrate that the five kinds of close relationships among IP, OI and BM have their origins in IP, foster OI and trigger changes in the BM of the university. The findings are innovative and have practical implication for scholars and practitioners. Research Center or Nucleus, Technological Innovation Nucleus (NIT). Debureaucratization of import purchases, legal security in relation to the control bodies for the use of resources.
EDLE: an integrated tool to foster entrepreneurial skills development in engineering education
Elzo Alves Aranha, Paulo Henrique dos Santos, Neuza Abbud Prado Garcia
Educational Technology Research and Development, 2018
Open innovation and business model: A Brazilian company case study
Elzo Alves Aranha, Neuza Abudd Prado Garcia, Giselle Corrêa
Journal of Technology Management and Innovation, 2015
Open Innovation is increasingly being introduced in international and national organizations for the creation of value. Open innovation is a practical tool, requiring new strategies and decisions from managers for the exploitation of innovative activities. The basic question that this study seeks to answer is linked to the practice of open innovation in connection with the open business model geared towards the creation of value in a Brazilian company. This paper aims to present a case study that illustrates how open innovation offers resources to change the open business model in order to create value for the Brazilian company. The case study method of a company in the sector of pharma-chemical products was used. The results indicate that internal sources of knowledge, external sources of knowledge and accentuate working partnerships were adopted by company as strategies to offer resources to change the open business model in order to create value.

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Entrepreneurship Education for Innovation Skill Development: A Transformative Framework to Improve SME Performance in Developing Economies
S Zonoon, EA Aranha
Available at SSRN 5768766 , 2025
2025
Entrepreneurial Intention in High School: Systematic Literature Review of the Period 2000-2022.
MAM Angelo, EA Aranha
Journal of Education and Learning 14 (1), 115-131 , 2025
2025
Citations: 1
As interfaces da capacitação de docentes do ensino médio na perspectiva da educação empreendedora
MAM Angelo, SMS Carvalho, EA Aranha
OBSERVATÓRIO DE LA ECONOMÍA LATINOAMERICANA 22 (1), 4630-4650 , 2024
2024
Innovation policy, open innovation and business model in the university
EA Aranha, S Carvalho
Journal of technology management & innovation 17 (1), 110-121 , 2022
2022
Citations: 15
Entrepreneurship, Business Model and Design Thinking in Brazilian Small Enterprise
EA Aranha, JBS Corrêa, AC El Mouallem
Dimensión Empresarial 19 (3) , 2021
2021
Citations: 4
Innovation Law and Policy and Business Model
SMS Carvalho, EA Aranha
Archives of Business Research 9 (6) , 2021
2021
Entrepreneurship education, new skills and COVID-19 pandemic crisis
EA Aranha
Dimensión empresarial 19 (4) , 2021
2021
Citations: 2
EDUCAÇÃO EMPREENDEDORA E APRENDIZAGEM ATIVA: EXPLORANDO CONEXÕES E INTERFACES EM ENGENHARIA
EA Aranha
Diretoria da ABENGE, 53 , 2020
2020
The Innovation Law and Business Model in Brazilian Higher Education
SMS Carvalho, EA Aranha
ISPIM Conference Proceedings, 1-13 , 2020
2020
Exploring Business Model Connections in the Brazilian Context
AC El Mouallem, EA Aranha, S Carvalho, IC da Silva Arantes, EV Mattos
ISPIM Conference Proceedings, 1-15 , 2020
2020
The Relations among Business Model, Higher Education, University and Entrepreneurship Education: An Analysis of Academic Literature of 2009-2019 Period
EA Aranha, MM Araki
International Journal of Industrial and Systems Engineering 14 (12) , 2020
2020
EDLE: An integrated tool to foster entrepreneurial skills development in engineering education
EA Aranha, PH dos Santos, NAP Garcia
Educational Technology Research and Development 66 (6), 1571-1599 , 2018
2018
Citations: 40
Business Model and Marketing: Interaction in Small Business
EA Aranha, GC Deprê
International Journal of Business Management and Economic Research (IJBMER … , 2017
2017
Citations: 1
Open Innovation and Business Model in Brazilian Small Business
EA Aranha, NAP Garcia, GNR Silva, P Santos
Int. J. Bus. Manag. Econ. Res 8, 1008-1015 , 2017
2017
Citations: 5
Desafios da educação em engenharia: formação acadêmica e atuação profissional, práticas pedagógicas e laboratórios remotos
GL Lima, N Vieira Junior, JG Ribeiro Júnior, EA Aranha, J Candido, ...
Associação Brasileira de Educação em Engenharia (ABENGE) , 2017
2017
Citations: 5
Fostering entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation in cities
EA Aranha, NAP Garcia, PH Dos Santos
International Business Research 10 (4), 92 , 2017
2017
Citations: 12
EDLE/1: uma ferramenta para o desenvolvimento das habilidades empreendedoras em engenharia
E ARANHA, PH SANTOS, NAP Garcia
Anais [...] , 2017
2017
Citations: 3
Opportunity Recognition and Open Innovation in Brazilian companies
EA Aranha
ISPIM Innovation Symposium, 1 , 2016
2016
EMPREENDEDORISMO E INOVAÇÃO NAS CIDADES MINEIRAS: análise do Plano Mineiro de Desenvolvimento Integrado
EA Aranha, PH dos Santos
Perspectivas em Políticas Públicas 9 (2), 19-46 , 2016
2016
UTILIZANDO DESIGN THINKING PARA FOMENTAR AS ATIVIDADES DO PENSAMENTO DA MAIS ALTA ORDEM NA EDUCAÇÃO EM ENGENHARIA USING DESIGN THINKING TO PROMOTE HIGHER ORDER THINKING …
EA Aranha, PH dos Santos
2016

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

Dimensions of a metamodel of an entrepreneurial university
EA Aranha, NAP Garcia
African Journal of Business Management 8 (10), 336 , 2014
2014.0
Citations: 59
EDLE: An integrated tool to foster entrepreneurial skills development in engineering education
EA Aranha, PH dos Santos, NAP Garcia
Educational Technology Research and Development 66 (6), 1571-1599 , 2018
2018.0
Citations: 40
Innovation policy, open innovation and business model in the university
EA Aranha, S Carvalho
Journal of technology management & innovation 17 (1), 110-121 , 2022
2022.0
Citations: 15
Entrepreneurial university and the Brazilian system for the evaluation of higher education
EA Aranha, NAP Garcia
International Business Research 7 (8), 73 , 2014
2014.0
Citations: 13
Fostering entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation in cities
EA Aranha, NAP Garcia, PH Dos Santos
International Business Research 10 (4), 92 , 2017
2017.0
Citations: 12
Improvisação organizacional, jazz e as representações do tempo na organização
EA Aranha, NAP Garcia
Revista Ibero Americana de Estratégia 4 (1), 79-87 , 2005
2005.0
Citations: 12
A análise da universidade empreendedora no contexto brasileiro
EA Aranha, N Garcia
ReFAE–Revista da Faculdade de Administração e Economia 5 (2), 101-126 , 2013
2013.0
Citations: 11
Design Thinking e habilidades empreendedoras na formação dos engenheiros de produção
EA Aranha, PH SANTOS
XXXVI Encontro Nacional de Engenharia de Produção , 2016
2016.0
Citations: 10
Análise do perfil empreendedor de graduados em Engenharia de Produção Mecânica
RC Ferreira, EA Aranha
Universidade Federal de Itajubá. MG: UNIFEII , 2008
2008.0
Citations: 10
Responsabilidade Social Corporativa e Empreendedorismo. Evidências e fragilidades
EA Aranha, NA Garcia
Desenvolvimento em Questão 11 (24), 260-288 , 2013
2013.0
Citations: 8
Dimensões da Universidade Empreendedora: em busca de um metamodelo conceitual
EA Aranha, NA Garcia
ENCONTRO DE ESTUDOS SOBRE EMPREENDEDORISMO E GESTÃO DE PEQUENAS EMPRESAS … , 2014
2014.0
Citations: 7
Open Innovation and Business Model in Brazilian Small Business
EA Aranha, NAP Garcia, GNR Silva, P Santos
Int. J. Bus. Manag. Econ. Res 8, 1008-1015 , 2017
2017.0
Citations: 5
Desafios da educação em engenharia: formação acadêmica e atuação profissional, práticas pedagógicas e laboratórios remotos
GL Lima, N Vieira Junior, JG Ribeiro Júnior, EA Aranha, J Candido, ...
Associação Brasileira de Educação em Engenharia (ABENGE) , 2017
2017.0
Citations: 5
Entrepreneurship, Business Model and Design Thinking in Brazilian Small Enterprise
EA Aranha, JBS Corrêa, AC El Mouallem
Dimensión Empresarial 19 (3) , 2021
2021.0
Citations: 4
EDLE/1: uma ferramenta para o desenvolvimento das habilidades empreendedoras em engenharia
E ARANHA, PH SANTOS, NAP Garcia
Anais [...] , 2017
2017.0
Citations: 3
Análise das características da rede de cooperação empreendedora
EA Aranha
Anais do III Encontro de Estudos em Estratégia da ANPAD, São Paulo, 73-90 , 2006
2006.0
Citations: 3
Entrepreneurship education, new skills and COVID-19 pandemic crisis
EA Aranha
Dimensión empresarial 19 (4) , 2021
2021.0
Citations: 2
Organizational improvisation, jazz and the representations of time in organization
EA Aranha, NAP Garcia
Revista Ibero-Americana de Estratégia, 79-87 , 2005
2005.0
Citations: 2
A contribuição dos critérios ergonômicos na concepção de sistemas de gerenciamento de aprendizagem virtual
EA ARANHA
Anais do XIX Encontro Nacional de Engenharia de Produção–ENEGEP, Rio de … , 2003
2003.0
Citations: 2
Critérios Ergonômicos e a Concepção de sistemas de gerenciamento de aprendizagem virtual
EA Aranha
Centro Universitário nove de julho-UNINOVE , 0
Citations: 2