Abstract
The objective of this paper is to propose a framework on innovation management specific to cooperatives. The Coop Innovation Framework was built, a synergistic system based on the culture of cooperation and cooperativism. This paper used Design Science Research in a Brazilian cooperative to develop a framework. Some points of the framework of commercial companies were removed and others specific to cooperatives introduced. 1. Theoretical implications: Begins the study of innovation in cooperatives, considering cooperativism as a theoretical basis, to consider the peculiarities of cooperatives in their form and organizational objective. 2. Practical Implications: The paper aims to provide the cooperative manager with a method of managing innovation in cooperatives, freeing them from using methods of market companies. 3. Social Implications: It can contribute to the perennity of the cooperative and thus contribute to the development of the region. It contributes to the development of innovation management studies specifically in cooperatives. • Innovation is the current challenge of cooperatives. • This article presents a specific method for cooperatives valuing their uniqueness. • Cooperatives, based on cooperativism, can exploit this differential
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