Rede universitária de incubadoras tecnológicas de cooperativas populares: um estudo sobre os vínculos sociais constituintes e mantenedores

Abstract

This thesis is the result of the study of social ties constituents and supporters of the University Network ITCPs, which currently has 42 affiliates, with representatives in five main geographical regions of Brazil. Technology incubators of popular cooperatives, institutions that form the Network ITCPs, has its operations based on the principles of cooperatives and the foundations of the solidarity economy. The shares of ITCPs are linked to people who are unemployed or exercising precarious work. A network of incubators is an entity that has an organizational structure of representation and collegiate focus on the involvement of all entities affiliated with its structure. The relational structure in which the network exists is given as the focal point of this analysis. Therefore, it is believed that the study of social bonds in the structure of social network, grounded in psychosociological perspective, may give clues to the process of formation and maintenance of ITCPs Network. In this sense, it proposes an investigation through semi-structured interviews with representatives of participating ITCPs Network, which were selected from a sociogram and a stratification of the affiliated entities in this network. In this way was interviewed 13 representatives of ITCPs. The results point to aspects related to information exchange, representation and practical experience aimed at creation of employment and income through the methodological process of incubation of solidarity economic enterprises.