Aims & scope Innovation & Management Review (INMR) is a quarterly publication organized by the Business department of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. INMR's main objectives are: to disseminate the intellectual production in the field of technological, organizational and market innovation, stimulating creative academic and research contributions; to do its share in increasing the knowledge production of the academic and professional communities related to applied sciences in the field of innovation; to serve as a proper channel to spread conceptual and methodological advances and experiences of innovation in modern society; and to encourage the dissemination of knowledge that promotes new studies and new theoretical and empirical formulations for the field of innovation. This journal offers immediate access to its content, following the principle of making scientific knowledge freely available to the public, providing greater global democratization of knowledge. INMR publishes 4 issues per annum. Peer review INMR operates a double blind peer review model. All articles undergo an initial assessment by the journal editor. If they are considered suitable for peer review, articles will then be a reviewed by a minimum of two external reviewers to assess its suitability for publication. Final responsibility for editorial decisions rest with the journal editor. Open access All articles published in INMR are published Open Access under a CCBY 4.0 licence. For further information on licencing please see the author guidelines. Publishing Services partnership INMR is published by Emerald Publishing on behalf of Universidade de São Paulo. INMR is owned by Universidade de São Paulo. INMR is published under a platinum OA arrangement, in that all charges for publishing an OA article in INMR are funded by Universidade de São Paulo. There is no charge to the author. You can view the journal's tranparency statement here. This journal is indexed in: Cabell's Directories Crossref – Digital Object Identifier (DOI) DOAJ – Directory of Open Access Journals EBSCO Publishing Latindex OpenJ Gate Journals ProQuest REDALYC – Red de Revistas Científicas de América Latina SPELL – Scientific Periodicals Electronic Library SUMÁRIOS – Sumários de Revistas Brasileiras ULRICHSWEB – Global Serials Directory