A Platform for Evaluating RD&I Projects Considering Intangible Gains in Energy Industry

• Published in: Revista IEEE América Latina Vol. 14; no. 5; pp. 2184 - 2193
• Main Authors: Silva, W. M. D., Cia, J. C., Castro, E. R. D., Santos, D. B., Moraes, D. C. D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Alignment; capital budgeting; Classification; Companies; Context; Demand; energy industry; Gain; Industries; Innovation; intangible assets; investment projects; Platforms; Portfolios; Project management; RD&I; Stakeholders; Timing
• ISSN: 1548-0992; 1548-0992
• DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2016.7530412

This article details a proposed platform for the selection and clas-sification of Research, Development and Innovation (RD&I) pro-jects, in the context of the Energy Industry in Brazil, considering gains in terms of intangible assets for a given company. For this, the platform consists of a model structured in two parts. The first part (Part I) identifies the project's contribution estimated for a company's intangible assets portfolio, via trial project alignment with strategic demands elected by the company. In Part II, the platform aims to determine, in addition to the metrics traditio-nally used, e.g. NPV and IRR, the project's maturity level, through a designed classification typology, which is based on the value of the call option and NPV of the project cash flow. Our expectation is that the adoption of the proposed platform collaborates for the adoption of active management of RD&I projects' portfolio.