LORENZINI ERDMANN, Alacoque et al. Policies, Management and Innovation Research Groups for Nursing Excellence. []. , 13, 1, pp.92-103. ISSN 1657-5997.

Purpose: to register policies, management and innovation motives for research groups on excellence in nursing (GPs, acronym in Portuguese). Method: an interpretative study through dialogue and reflection, undertaken with managers/ researchers authors and actors in this process. Result: budgets for GPs on excellence in nursing; having well defined highly qualified policies; produces advanced knowledge with appropriate physical, personnel, financial, organizational and logistic infrastructure; believes that that knowledge production practice is a collective, dynamic, ongoing, and complementary process; it integrates ICT in producing, consuming and disseminating knowledge. Discussion: these motives can potential organizational and operational structures of the GP's and aim towards greater production and impact through the knowledge produced. Conclusion: excellence in GP results from well defined policies, a competent, innovating, dynamic and effective management process, thus becoming a reference for entrepreneurship and innovation in research.

: Research groups; nursing; health; nursing research.

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