Coop innovation framework: An artifact for innovation in Brazilian cooperatives

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