The next frontier: Open innovation and prospecting of knowledge for value co-creation in complex environments based on new business models by 3D modeling and additive manufacturing

This article aims to contribute to a policy of innovation management. To do so, it presents the influence of practices of open innovation in the prospecting of knowledge for value creation in highly complex environments under 3D modeling and additive manufacturing. The research was conducted in the light of theoretical excerpts and application of a survey to specialists, with knowledge about the investigated object, selected by scientific and technical criteria. A case study of multiple products was elaborated in a traditional segment of pewter in Portugal.  The data were extracted by means of a matrix of judgment in which experts made their judgments about the variables investigated. In order to reduce subjectivity in the results achieved, the following methods were used: multicriterial analysis, artificial neural networks and neurofuzzy technology. The produced results were satisfactory, validating the presented proposal.   Key words: Open innovation practices, prospecting of knowledge, value co-creation, complex environments, and 3D modeling and additive manufacturing.