Empreendedorismo, inovação e redes de relacionamento: o caso de uma empresa incubada

Abstract

This article aims to understand the role of relationships network in an innovative business enterprise of technology-based incubator of Brazilian federal university. From a literature review on entrepreneurship and innovation, enterprises incubated and relationships networks and social capital, sought to (i) to establish if through the relationships network of incubated were able to pinpoint innovative business opportunities, (ii) identify what factors involved in the decisory process of company's incubation, (iii) map the relationships network of the Incubated. Hence, in this case study, we used content analysis of interviews and the relationship map provided by the network software Ucinet NetDraw ® 6 for understand the role of this network to the Incubated. The results allow us to infer that the network of relationships in which the incubator is inserted is crucial for the Incubated, because the relations have a prominent role and are key points for the development and evolution of the Incubated.