Inovação em tempos de pandemia: o caso de uma indústria de transformação da construção civil

Abstract

Objective of the study: Highlight the innovations achieved in the pandemic period by a transformation industry that supplies products for civil construction.Originality/Relevance: Qualitatively describes how innovations are carried out based on the innovation radar in an industry at an adverse time of a pandemic.Methodology/Approach: It is characterized as a technical, descriptive, qualitative report through content analysis.Main results: The results showed that the industry was directly affected by the lack of raw material during the pandemic period, and found solutions by innovating, mainly in the dimensions supply, solutions, value addition, organization, supply chain, and processes.Contribution: As contributions of the study, information related to the business environment aimed at innovation in times of crisis and in the covid-19 world pandemic was pointed out, and the advance in measuring business innovations in a qualitative way using the innovation radar tool.