Incubadoras de Empresas Regionais e Universitárias em Portugal: Similitudes e Diferenças no Acesso a Redes e Acompanhamento Pós-Incubação / Regional and University Business Incubators in Portugal: Similarities and Differences in Acess to Networks and Post-Incubation Monitoring
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https://doi.org/10.34140/bjbv4n1-028Palavras-chave:
Incubadora de Empresas, Acesso a Redes, Dinâmicas de Saída, Acompanhamento Pós-Incubação, Portugal.Resumo
As incubadoras de empresas despertam elevado interesse pelos decisores públicos, dado tratar-se de instrumentos centrais para uma promoção sustentada do empreendedorismo. Na última década, o fenómeno da incubação conheceu um forte crescimento em Portugal. Em 2010 estavam em atividade 45 incubadoras (633 empresas incubadas e 2.571 postos de trabalho criados) cerca do dobro das existentes em 2002. Recentemente as incubadoras expandiram a sua proposta de valor, mudando o foco das infra-estrutura física e serviços partilhados para o acesso a redes (networking). Neste artigo, em resultado de um estudo empírico realizado em 2010 numa amostra de 45 incubadoras (34 tradicionais/regionais e 11 universitárias), vamos investigar similitudes e diferenças em relação ao acesso a redes, dinâmicas de saída para o exterior e acompanhamento no período pós-incubação comparando o desempenho dos dois tipos de incubadoras. Os resultados demonstraram que as incubadoras em Portugal já dispõem de uma boa oferta de oportunidades de acesso a redes às empresas incubadas com vantagem para as incubadoras universitárias. Da análise das relações estabelecidas, conclui-se que as incubadoras dos dois tipos estudados devem prestar mais atenção às dinâmicas de saída e ao acompanhamento das empresas no período pós-incubação, temas que ainda carecem de maior aprofundamento teórico e empírico.
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