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The Incubation Process and the Strengthening of the Firm: a Study in Brazilian Companies

Journal of Technology Management & Innovation

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Title The Incubation Process and the Strengthening of the Firm: a Study in Brazilian Companies
 
Creator Cruz, Guillermo
Prates, Caroline
Esteves, Priscila Silva
 
Subject incubation process; firm; innovation; relationship; resources.
 
Description High mortality rate and an environment in constant change set up a context in which the search for innovation becomes essential to business’ longevity. Incubation has been proposed as an alternative to start-up companies, giving support for their development. Seeking to explore which characteristics enable a firm’s development through incubation, a multiple case studies were performed. Interviews were carried out with two Incubated, and three Graduated companies. Results indicate that the incubation process is important to strengthening of the firm. This was observed when innovative strategies employed by companies were analyzed. Was founded an evolution from Incubated to Graduated. During the incubation process, the companies showed a greater focus on strengthening their knowledge bases, seeking to establish qualification relationships and invest in an innovation strategy based on better human resources allocation while the Graduated ones attempt to achieve further innovation by structuring and coupling their own commercial and R&D departments.
 
Publisher Facultad de Economía y Negocios, Universidad Alberto Hurtado
 
Contributor CAPES
 
Date 2013-09-24
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/art397
10.4067/S0718-27242013000400007
 
Source Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 8, No 3 (2013); 70-82
Journal of Technology Management & Innovation; Vol 8, No 3 (2013); 70-82
0718-2724
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.jotmi.org/index.php/GT/article/view/art397/860
 
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