Identification and analysis of enterprise risks in the open product innovation: the case of Volkswagen Brazil

Ricardo Fernandes Santos has master's degree in business administration from the University of São Paulo (Brazil) and is Researcher ,who has published papers in the fields of process and PI and ERM. He currently works in the Data Intelligence area of Banco Bradesco S.A. Previously, he was Professor at IFMS-Federal Institute of Mato Grosso do Sul and Innovation Consultant for small businesses at SEBRAE/MS-Brazilian Service of Support to Small Businesses.

Fábio Lotti Oliva, has bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of São Paulo, masters and Ph.D. degree in business administration from the University of São Paulo. Currently, Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Business and Accounting at the University of São Paulo. Visiting Professor at the Temple University. Visiting Professor at the Université Pierre-Mendès-France. Visiting Professor at the Shanghai University. Main publications: Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Management Decision, Benchmarking: An International Journal, Journal Intellectual Capital and Technological Forecasting and Social Change.

Celso Claudio de Hildebrand e Grisi, Full Professor at the Department of Administration at the Faculty of Economics, Administration and Accounting and Actuarial Science at the University of São Paulo. He received master's degree in 1986, a doctorate in 1991 and a full professorship in 2001. He holds law degree from the USP Law School and economics degree from Fundação Escola de Comercio Álvares Penteado. He is dedicated to teaching and research in Marketing and International Marketing, focusing on new methodologies for market segmentation and for structuring an information system in marketing and the movements and trends of world trade.

Masaaki Kotabe, holds joint appointment at the School of Commerce, Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan and at the Shidler College of Business at University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Dr Kotabe served as President of the Academy of International Business in 2016–17. He has written more than 150 scholarly publications. His books include Global Sourcing Strategy: R&D, Manufacturing, Marketing Interfaces (1992), Anticompetitive Practices in Japan (1996), Global Supply Chain Management (2006) and Global Marketing Management, 9th ed. (2023). He is both elected fellow of the Academy of International Business and of the Japan Academy of International Business Studies.

Manlio Del Giudice, is Full Professor of Management at the University of Rome “Link Campus”, where he serves as Deputy Chancellor for the Erasmus Programme, as well as holding the positions of director of the CERMES Research Centre, director of the postgraduate master's in Smart Public Administration and Coordinator of the Ph.D. programme ‘Tech for Good’. Professor Del Giudice serves as Editor-in-Chief of the top-tier Journal of Knowledge Management (WoS Impact Factor 2021: 8.689, ranked #3 in the world in Information Science and Library Science and #9 in Management), and he holds key editorial positions with several international mainstream scientific journals on management (for example, Journal of Business Research, Journal of International Management, International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Technological Forecasting and Social Change etc.). His research studies comprise more than 160 publications and have been internationally recognized as having a significant impact, as evidenced by the approximately 15,397 citations and the H-index = 62 he has received (as of May 2023) and by his more than 80 publications in only ABS 3* and 4* journals in the last three years. He has served as keynote speaker at top global conferences on management (about 50 per year). Recently, it has been indicated among the most influential scientific profiles in research worldwide according to the data for updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators 2019 developed by the Stanford University, ranking first among Italian full professors in the field of managerial research and in 21st place in the homologous category, worldwide (August 2022). His main research interests deal with knowledge management, technology transfer, foresight management, innovation and technology management.

Armando Papa Ph.D., is currently Associate Professor of Management at the Faculty of Communication Sciences, University of Teramo. He earned the Italian National qualification as Full Professor in 2020. Earlier, he joined the University of Rome Universitas Mercatorum. He was formerly research fellow atICxT Innovation Center, University of Turin. He holds Ph.D. in Management from the University of Naples Federico II and postgraduate master in Finance (2011). He is also Member of the EuroMed Research Business Institute. He won the Best Paper Award at the 9th EuroMed Conference in Warsaw (Poland) in 2016. He is skilled in Knowledge Management, Open Innovation and Technology Entrepreneurship, Corporate Governance and Family Business. He is Associate Editor of Journal of Knowledge Economy (Springer) and Managing Editor of Journal of Knowledge Management (Emerald). He is listed as Innovation Manager at the Italian Ministry of Economic Development. Engaged in various peer-review processes for several ranked and outstanding international management. He is engaged as editorial board member for the Journal of Intellectual Capital, British Food Journal, Management Research Review and other international journals. He is member of the I.P.E. Business School of Naples.