A universidade e o desenvolvimento de empresas de base tecnológica

Abstract

c RESUMOO trabalho apresenta uma contribuição ao desenvolvimento empresarial proporcionado por uma Universidade aos empresários das pequenas empresas de base tecnológica incubados na Incubadora da referida organização. Através de um estudo de caso, envolvendo a Universidade Federal de Santa Maria -UFSM -e as empresas incubadas em sua Incubadora (ITSM), procurouse verificar o que a Universidade proporcionou em termos de apoio e conhecimentos gerenciais aos empresários e suas empresas. Isso se deve ao fato de a Universidade ter passado a ser vista pela sociedade, especialmente a empresarial, como uma alternativa na busca de soluções para problemas sociais e econômicos e como fonte de inovação e competitividade. Através de questionários e entrevistas com empresários e gerente da ITSM, além de entrevistas com professores da UFSM, chegou-se à conclusão de que a ITSM está sendo bem sucedida no desenvolvimento de pequenas empresas; ao contrário da UFSM, que ainda apresenta limitações quanto à interação e contribuição efetiva. Para a criação de empresas competitivas, é necessário corrigir alguns aspectos, como a baixa interação da UFSM com suas empresas, além de demonstrar o papel do empreendedor no desenvolvimento empresarial e na relação universidade-empresa.Palavras-chave: incubadoras, universidade-empresa, empresas de base tecnológica. ABSTRACTThis work presents the contribution to business development supported by a University to businessmen from small technology-based companies incubated in the Incubator from that organization. Through a case study of the Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM) and the companies incubated in its Incubator (ITSM), we studied how UFSM supported and helped businessmen and their companies with management knowledge. The reason for that was the fact that the University has been seen by the society, specially the business one, as a good alternative to solve social and economical problems and a source of innovation and competitiveness. Through questionnaires and interviews with businessmen and with the manager from ITSM and with professors from UFSM, we noticed that ITSM has been successful in the development of small business but the University is still limited in relation to interaction and real contribution. In order to create more competitive companies it is necessary to correct some aspects such as the low interaction of UFSM with its own companies, besides focusing on the entrepreneur role in the business development and in the University-Business relation.

O papel dos agentes de suporte à inovação no desenvolvimento de empresas de base

“…This access is mediated by the level of the relationship previously maintained by NTBFs with universities' researchers (Maehler et al, 2009). But when necessary some ISAs' managers reported searching for university support in the sense of meet some tenant's demand.…”

“…For instance, ISAs can facilitate the access of their NTBFs to financial agents to obtaining financial support (McAdam and McAdam, 2008;Santiago et al, 2014). In other hand, ISAs can mediate the contact between their NTBFs and university's agents in the sense of the use of laboratories and consulting services in technical or managerial issues (Maehler, 2009;Villasalero, 2014).…”

“…However, for the development of any kind of firm, not only the NTBF, it is necessary more than technical resources, that is, it is necessary other complementary competencies such as social capital (Grigoriou and Rothaermel, 2013;Hughes et al, 2007;Nicolaou and Birley, 2003;Paradkar et al, 2015;Wang, 2016), positive reputation (Lange et al, 2011;Rindova et al, 2007;Waeraas and Sataøen, 2015), access to information (Felin and Zenger, 2011;Kyriakopoulos, 2011), managerial knowledge (Coster and Butler, 2005;Lockett et al, 2005;Maehler et al 2009;Luggen, 2004;Paradkar et al, 2015;Rubin et al, 2015) and financial resources (Bertoni et al, 2011;Lindstrom and Olofsson, 2001;Santiago et al, 2014;Wonglimpiyarat, 2016).…”