Acknowledging diversity in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship: assessing the Brazilian small business innovation research

Salles-Filho, Sergio; Fischer, Bruno Brandão; Juk, Yohanna; Feitosa, Paulo Henrique Assis; Colugnati, Fernando Antônio Basile

doi:10.1007/s10961-022-09976-4

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“…Our research underscored the co-existence of different firm-level trajectories with equifinal results. This is well aligned with recent contributions that address the issue of diversity in such entrepreneurial undertakings (Fini et al , 2023; Salles-Filho et al , 2022).…”

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confidence: 84%

“…Notwithstanding, we still fall short in developing a deeper comprehension of the heterogeneity of subsidized KIE firms. Recent approaches have initiated a discussion on this topic (Fini et al , 2023; Salles-Filho et al , 2022), but not much has been said about the trajectories established by KIE firms to achieve higher performance levels. Beyond solely guiding selection processes, these features are key to understand the nature of KIE operations and help support their evolution according to the heterogeneous specificities.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This is a pressing issue in the field of KIE and related policies. As recent research has demonstrated (Fini et al, 2023;Salles-Filho et al, 2022), these firms often present highly heterogeneous profiles. Accordingly, they require fine-grained investigations that can offer a thorough comprehension of their features, trajectories and sources of impacts.…”

Section: Policy Elementmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yet, these scientific and R&D attributes are multidimensional in nature. Plus, as recent research has empirically demonstrated, KIE firms present highly variegated profiles concerning such features (Fini et al, 2023;Salles-Filho et al, 2022). These conditions delineate a complex organizational background in terms of identifying the sources of performance in the context of innovation-oriented entrepreneurship.…”

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confidence: 95%

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More than one way to get there: a configurational view on performance drivers in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship

Moraes,

Fischer,

Salles-Filho

et al. 2023

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Purpose Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms (KIE) strongly rely on scientific and strategic research and development (R&D) capabilities to achieve higher performance levels. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to disentangle the effects of scientific capabilities and strategic R&D on KIE performance; and how the constituent elements of these dimensions can be configured to generate conditions for high performance. Design/methodology/approach The authors’ empirical setting involves companies that submitted projects to the Innovative Research in Small Businesses (PIPE) program in Brazil. The authors then run partial least square structural equation modeling to verify how scientific and strategic R&D capabilities influence the performance construct. Second, the authors apply fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis to identify configurations that are equifinal in terms of generating superior performance. Findings Findings indicate a strong association between scientific capabilities and KIE performance. The configurational approach outlines the existence of multiple paths to success, but human capital stands as a core condition throughout estimations. Practical implications The authors’ assessment has implications for how KIE firms are managed according to their organizational profiles and trajectories. Also, it advances the authors’ comprehension on how entrepreneurship policies can better target these distinct profiles. Originality/value The authors’ analysis provides new evidence on the inherent complexity behind the generation of high performance in KIE when addressing their portfolios of knowledge-related capabilities. More than that, the authors were able to identify the existence of heterogeneous profiles that can equally lead to higher levels of performance.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 84%

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Policy Elementmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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“…Deep-tech ventures, as they require longer/slower cycles of research and development (RD) for an aspect of emerging technology to be translated into commercial solutions for consumers (Dealroom, 2021), are usually developed by highly qualified entrepreneurs (PhDs or postgraduates). In this sense, this type of entrepreneurship relates to concepts such as scientific/academic entrepreneurship (Etzkowitz, 1998; Sapir & Oliver, 2016; Stuart & Ding, 2006) and knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (Malerba & McKelvey, 2020; Salles-Filho, 2022), as the science, technology and innovation structure of a country makes it possible.…”

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Identifying necessary conditions to deep-tech entrepreneurship

Dionísio

Júnior

Morini

et al. 2023

RAUSP

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Purpose This paper aims to address which resources provided by an entrepreneurial ecosystem (EE) are necessary for deep technology entrepreneurship. Design/methodology/approach The authors used a novel approach known as necessary condition analysis (NCA) to data on EEs and deep-tech startups from 132 countries, collected in a global innovation index and Crunchbase data sets. The NCA makes it possible to identify whether an EEs resource is a necessary condition that enables entrepreneurship. Findings Necessary conditions are related to political and business environment; education, research and development; general infrastructure; credit; trade; diversification and market size; and knowledge absorption capacity. Research limitations/implications The results show that business and political environments are the most necessary conditions to drive deep-tech entrepreneurship. Practical implications Policymakers could prioritize conditions that maximize entrepreneurial output levels rather than focusing on less necessary elements. Social implications Some resources require less performance than others. So, policymakers should consider allocating policy efforts to strengthen resources that maximize output levels. Originality/value Studies on deep-tech entrepreneurship are scarce. This study provides a bottleneck analysis that can guide the formulation of policies to support deep-tech entrepreneurship, as it allows to identify priority areas for resource allocation.

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Acknowledging diversity in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship: assessing the Brazilian small business innovation research

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More than one way to get there: a configurational view on performance drivers in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship

More than one way to get there: a configurational view on performance drivers in knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship

Identifying necessary conditions to deep-tech entrepreneurship

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