Bibliography: leaves 354-371. / xii, 371 leaves ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Graduate School of Management, 1997?

Cette recherche s’inscrit dans une perspective de contribution à la production de connaissances sur les activités entrepreneuriales féminines en Afrique de l’ouest particulièrement au Sénégal, qui restent peu ou mal connu au niveau académique. Après une analyse de la théorie existante sur l’entrepreneuriat féminin et une étude de deux cas pilotes, il s’est avéré opportun d'étudier le processus entrepreneurial des femmes au Sénégal en considérant à la fois les trajectoires individuelles et collectives. L’objectif dans cette recherche est de comprendre en profondeur le processus entrepreneurial féminin au Sénégal en mettant l’accent sur les représentations que les femmes font de leurs activités entrepreneuriales dans leurs situations. Pour réaliser cet objectif, nous avons adopté une posture interprétative qui s’est appuyée sur la théorie enracinée caractérisée par une approche qualitative inductive avec la stratégie de l’étude de cas. Ainsi, même si nous avons utilisé quelques données secondaires en guise de compléments, les données ont été essentiellement de type primaire obtenues à travers l’étude de dix (10) cas d’entrepreneures individuelles et huit (08) regroupements de femmes qui ont des activités entrepreneuriales collectives. À l’issue de l’analyse, nous avons pu mettre en évidence les caractéristiques de l’entrepreneuriat féminin et de ses actrices dans le contexte Sénégalais. En fin d’analyse, la thèse propose une théorie enracinée, explicative du processus entrepreneurial féminin, avec des variables environnementales et personnelles. Nous avons aussi proposé des éléments d’accompagnement et d’amélioration de l’entrepreneuriat féminin au Sénégal. / This research is within the framework of means of production related to knowledge about west African women entrepreneurship activities and namely in Africa, which is scarcely well-known at the academic level. After an analysis of an existing theory over woman entrepreneurship and a study two experimental cases, it has been properly proved to study the women entrepreneur process in Senegal in considering both the individual and collective sides. The purpose of this research is to understand, describe, and explain the process of women entrepreneurship in Senegal by putting the stress on the representation that women are having on their entrepreneur activities in their specific domains. To achieve this objective, we have chosen an interpretative approach which rests on the empirical theory with a typical quality-inductive approach and the case study strategy. Therefore, even though we have used additional data to complete it, they are considered as primary data obtained from the study of ten (1o) cases of individual entrepreneurs and eight (8) other women associations gathering in collective entrepreneur activities. At the end of the analysis we have managed to implement the characteristics of woman entrepreneurship’s and is actors regarding the Senegalese context. In the last part of our analysis, the thesis proposes an empirical and detailed theory, of the woman entrepreneurship process with environmental and personal variables.

Η παρούσα εργασία αναφέρεται στην ανάπτυξη της διεθνούς επιχειρηματικότητας στα πλάισια του συνεχώς μεταβαλλόμενου επιχειρηματικού περιβάλλοντος, στις προκλήσεις προκύπτουν από αυτό και πως οι ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις ανταποκρίνονται. / This thesis is about the development of international entrepreneurhip and examines the challenges that entreprises face in the international business environment that changes all the time.

Η διδακτορική διατριβή με τίτλο: «Προσαρμογή των πολιτικών για την ενίσχυση της ανταγωνιστικότητας των επιχειρήσεων στο νέο επιχειρηματικό περιβάλλον» εστιάζει στη μελέτη των ελληνικών πολυεθνικών επιχειρήσεων και συγκεκριμένα στα κριτήρια επιλογής της χώρας υποδοχής των διεθνών επιχειρηματικών τους δραστηριοτήτων για την ενίσχυση της ανταγωνιστικότητάς τους. Οι στόχοι της διδακτορικής διατριβής, ήταν: 1. η μελέτη των κινήτρων, των οφελών, των στρατηγικών και των προσκομμάτων για τη διεθνοποίηση των ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων, 2. η καταγραφή των πολιτικών ενίσχυσης της ανταγωνιστικότητας των επιχειρήσεων που ισχύουν στη χώρα, 3. η ανάλυση των τάσεων για το θέμα της διεθνοποίησης που επικρατούν σήμερα στο παγκόσμιο περιβάλλον, 4. η αξιολόγηση της ανταγωνιστικότητας της ελληνικής οικονομίας, και, τέλος, 5. η πρόταση για τις αναγκαίες προσαρμογές των πολιτικών που ενισχύουν την ανταγωνιστικότητα των επιχειρήσεων στη χώρα μας, μέσω της υλοποίησης διεθνών επιχειρηματικών δραστηριοτήτων. Η διδακτορική διατριβή, αφού έχει μελετήσει τα κίνητρα και τα προσκόμματα των ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων για την επιλογή μιας χώρας υποδοχής διεθνών επιχειρηματικών δραστηριοτήτων, ολοκληρώνεται με την πρόταση προσαρμογής των υφιστάμενων πολιτικών και με την υιοθέτηση νέων, που στόχο έχουν την αποτελεσματική ενίσχυση της ανταγωνιστικότητας των ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων στο νέο επιχειρηματικό περιβάλλον. Τα ερευνητικά ερωτήματα της παρούσας εργασίας είναι πέντε (5) και οργανώνονται κατά τον ακόλουθο τρόπο: • τρία από αυτά αφορούν τη μελέτη των κινήτρων των ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων για τη χωροθέτηση της διεθνούς παραγωγής τους: α.1.) στα Βαλκάνια, α.2.) στη Δυτική Ευρώπη, και, α.3.) στον Υπόλοιπο Κόσμο, • ένα από τα πέντε εξετάζει ως μελέτη περίπτωσης τη γειτονική Βουλγαρία, ενώ, • το πέμπτο από αυτά εξετάσει συνολικά τη συμπεριφορά των διεθνοποιημένων ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων που ακολουθούν στρατηγική οριζόντιας ολοκλήρωσης. Συγκεκριμένα τα ερευνητικά ερωτήματα είναι: (Ε1) Ποια είναι τα κριτήρια με τα οποία λαμβάνεται η απόφαση των ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων για τη δημιουργία άμεσης επένδυσης στις χώρες των Βαλκανίων; (Ε2) Ποιοι είναι οι παράγοντες που υπαγορεύουν την παρουσία των ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων στις αγορές των χωρών της Δυτικής Ευρώπης; (Ε3) Πόσοι και ποιοι είναι οι καθοριστικοί παράγοντες για την ανάληψη δράσεων εξαγωγής προϊόντων από τις ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις στις χώρες του «Υπόλοιπου Κόσμου»; (Ε4) Ποιοι είναι οι βασικοί παράγοντες διεθνοποίησης των ελληνικών επιχειρήσεων στη γειτονική Βουλγαρία; (Ε5) Από ποιους παράγοντες εξαρτάται η επιλογή της στρατηγικής «οριζόντιας ολοκλήρωσης» για τις ελληνικές επιχειρήσεις που υλοποιούν άμεσες επενδύσεις στο εξωτερικό; / The doctoral dissertation entitled “Adaptation of Policies for Strengthening the Competitiveness of Firms within the New Business Environment” focuses on the study of Greek multinational firms and more specifically on the criteria for the selection of countries that are to host their international business activities, under the general objective of strengthening their competitive edge. The objectives of the doctoral dissertation have been the following: 1. to study the incentives, prospective gains, entrepreneurial strategies and possible obstacles related to the process of internationalization of Greek firms, 2. to record policies for strengthening business competitiveness that are currently in force in the country, 3. to analyze tendencies and approaches to the issue of entrepreneurial internationalization that are currently prevalent in the global environment, 4. to evaluate the competitiveness of the Greek economy, and, finally, 5. to put forth proposals for the necessary adaptation and adjustment of policies that apply to our country for strengthening business competitiveness through the implementation of international business activities. Having examined the incentives afforded and obstacles faced by Greek firms in their selection of a third country to host their international business activities, the doctoral dissertation concludes with a proposal for the adaptation of existing policies and the adoption of new ones, aimed at an effective strengthening of Greek firm competitiveness within the new business environment. The five (5) research themes of the present research work are organized in the following fashion: • three of these themes regard the study of incentives afforded to Greek firms for the spatial location of their international productive activities, (a.1.) in the Balkans, (a.2.) in Western Europe and (a.3.) in the rest of the world, • one of the five research themes regards our neighboring Bulgaria as a case study, while • the fifth of these themes regards an overall examination of the behavior of internationalized Greek firms that follow a strategy of horizontal integration. More specifically, research questions are as follows: (Ε1) What are the criteria utilized by Greek firms in the process of deciding the location of a direct investment in the Balkan countries? (Ε2) What are the underlying factors for the presence of Greek firms in the markets of Western European countries? (Ε3) What are the defining factors that lead to the adoption by Greek firms of product exporting actions aimed at countries of “the rest of the world”? (Ε4) What are the main factors leading to the internationalization of Greek firms by locating in neighboring Bulgaria? (Ε5) In reference to Greek firms that are in the process of implementing direct investment projects abroad, what are the factors on which the choice of a strategy of “horizontal integration” depends?

Orientadora : Profª. Drª. Adriana Sbicca Fernandes / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciencias Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Desenvolvimento Ecônomico. Defesa : Curitiba, 25/07/2016 / Inclui referências : f. 90-98 / Resumo: O empreendedor foi por muito tempo negligenciado na teoria econômica, deixando o protagonismo para as variáveis capital, terra e trabalho. No entanto, a partir de Schumpeter se constatou que o empreendedor é o agente chave no desenvolvimento econômico. É através dele que a inovação se torna possível e transforma o cenário econômico e realiza saltos tanto qualitativos quanto quantitativos. Diversos autores buscaram entender o indivíduo empreendedor, tentando traçar suas características especificas e como elas eram despertadas. A teoria evolucionária surgiu como corrente de pensamento que procura desvendar o empreendedor e sua principal ferramenta: a inovação. Constatou-se que o número de empreendedores em uma economia é importante, mas ainda mais crucial é a forma como tal indivíduo se relaciona na sociedade e alcança seus objetivos específicos pessoais. O Brasil, apesar de apresentar uma grande população, mercado doméstico fértil e condições naturais favoráveis, ainda se mostra pouco empreendedor. Afinal, porque o empresário brasileiro não inova? A resposta, embora complexa, a esta pergunta foi o objetivo deste trabalho. A abordagem metodológica está centrada em entender o empreendedor a partir da teoria evolucionária e das características especificas desse, tratadas por diversos autores ao longo do tempo. Foram levantados dados de empreendedorismo em diversos países e comparados a realidade brasileira, permitindo concluir que no Brasil não há falta de indivíduos para empreender. No entanto, atividades improdutivas e destrutivas concorrem diretamente com a atividade inovadora, sendo até mais atrativas do que a última, permitindo condições de lucro e sobre lucro de formas mais fáceis e até mesmo menos arriscadas. Ademais, a atividade inovadora sofre com diversos obstáculos e desestímulos institucionais que impedem que se crie um ambiente inovador no Brasil tais como o baixo investimento em P&D por parte das empresas, a falta de segurança institucional, a corrupção e a fragilidade das variáveis macroeconômicas. Palavras chave: Empreendedorismo. Inovação. Lucro. / Abstract: Entrepreneurs were neglected for a long time in the economic theory, leaving the protagonist role for variables like capital, land and work. After Schumpeter, however, it was verified that entrepreneurs are key-agents for economic development. Innovation becomes possible through entrepreneurship, transforming the economic scenario and performing both qualitative and quantitative improvements. Several authors have aimed to understand entrepreneurs as individuals, attempting to track their specific characteristics and understand the way these were awakened. In this context, evolutionary theory appeared as a current of thought with the objective of unrevealing the entrepreneur and its most important tool: innovation. It was stated that the amount of entrepreneurs in an economy is important, but even more crucial is the way this individual interacts with society and reaches specific personal goals. Even though Brazil has a large population, fertile domestic market and favorable natural conditions, the country still presents a low entrepreneurship rate. After all, why don't Brazilian entrepreneurs innovate? The answer, even though complex, to this question is the objective of this work. Methodological approach is centered in understanding entrepreneurs from the point of view of the evolutionary theory and from their specific characteristics, treated by several authors in time. Entrepreneurship data from different countries were gathered and compared to Brazilian reality, allowing to conclude that in Brazil there is no lack of entrepreneur individuals. Instead, unproductive and destructive activities compete on a daily basis with the innovative activity, being even more attractive than the last one, allowing for profit and over-profit conditions in an easier and less risky way. Moreover, innovative activities suffer with several obstacles and institutional discouragements that prevent the creation of an innovative environment in Brazil, such as low R&D investment from industry, lack of institutional security, corruption and macroeconomic variables' fragility. Key words: Entrepreneurship. Innovation. Profit.

Recent media reports have drawn attention to entrepreneurs who have successfully owned several businesses. Entrepreneurs who have owned at least two businesses are known as 'habitual entrepreneurs'. However, not all habitual entrepreneurs are consistently successful. Further, studies show that habitual entrepreneurs are heterogeneous. A distinction has been made between portfolio entrepreneurs (i.e., those who own multiple businesses simultaneously) and serial entrepreneurs (i.e., those who have owned multiple businesses sequentially). It has been argued that to really understand entrepreneurship, there is a need to understand habitual entrepreneurs because they have been able to move down the experience curve with respect to the problems and processes of owning a business. If habitual entrepreneurs are distinct from other groups of entrepreneurs such as novice entrepreneurs (particularly in terms of superior performance), then there may be advantages associated with identifying their practices. Practitioners, such as providers of finance, can make sure that the qualities of habitual entrepreneurs are present in the entrepreneurs they choose to find. Policy-makers wanting to maximise the return on their investments may provide financial support to this group. In addition, guided by the knowledge of how habitual entrepreneurs behave, support can be directed to novice entrepreneurs to encourage best practice. In this study, the theoretical rationale for distinguishing between these groups is provided using human capital theory. Business ownership experience is viewed as one component of an entrepreneur's specific human capital. In particular, it is argued that as a result of their experience, habitual entrepreneurs may have had an opportunity to develop other aspects of their human capital to a greater extent than novice entrepreneurs. Consequently, one objective of the thesis was to identify differences in the human capital profile of habitual and novice entrepreneurs. The results of the study show that while similarities exist, habitual entrepreneurs display different human capital characteristics than novice entrepreneurs. Further, portfolio entrepreneurs also display different human capital characteristics than serial entrepreneurs. The thesis also explored the relationship between business ownership experience and entrepreneurial behaviour as well as performance. The evidence indicates that habitual entrepreneurs do not search for more information than novice entrepreneurs but they do use different sources of information. Further, habitual entrepreneurs (in particular portfolio entrepreneurs) identify and pursue a significantly greater number of opportunities in a given period. Using a variety of entrepreneur and firm-level performance measures, habitual entrepreneurs do not out-perform their novice counterparts. Interestingly, neither those habitual entrepreneur-s who had been consistently successful, nor those who had previously failed, report superior performance to novice entrepreneurs. On the basis of the findings presented in this study, a number of policy suggestions can be made. Unfortunately, as no particular group of entrepreneur was associated with superior performance, the recommendation than financial support be targeted to a certain group could not be made. However, given relationships between other aspects of human capital and performance, some suggestions for support, particularly in terms of training are offered. Given identified differences in the human capital and behavioural profile of novice, habitual, serial and portfolio entrepreneurs, a case for tailored support is made.

Orientadora : Profª. Drª. Jane Mendes Ferreira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração. Defesa: Curitiba, 18/02/2016 / Inclui referências : f.99-109 / Área de concentração: Estratégia e análise organizacional / Resumo: Esta pesquisa objetivou compreender o papel do empreendedor apresentado por meio da mídia especializada de negócios. Como base teórica, explorou-se o corpo de conhecimento sobre o empreendedorismo, o interacionismo simbólico e a mídia especializada de negócios. Realizou-se uma pesquisa documental a partir de dados secundários da revista Exame. Utilizando como fonte de dados o website da revista www.exame.com.br, foram coletadas 1477 publicações no período de 01/01/2005 à 31/12/2014 e que traziam em seus conteúdos os termos "empreendedorismo" e "empreendedor". Os textos foram selecionados a partir do potencial que ofereciam para análise do papel do empreendedor em termos de características, comportamentos e conhecimentos. A partir do método de análise de conteúdo e das fases que o compõe, dentre as 1477 foram selecionados 253 publicações que compuseram o corpus de análise utilizado nesta pesquisa. Como resultado, a análise apontou que existe um conjunto relevante de demandas sociais acerca do papel que o empreendedor deve desempenhar na sociedade, atribuindo ao empreendedor um papel idealizado e simplificado que, muitas vezes, não condiz com a realidade vivenciada. O indivíduo empreendedor é apresentado pela mídia especializada de negócios como um ser especial, repleto de características positivas, um herói, vocacionado ao trabalho, capaz de fazer grandes sacrifícios pelo seu negócio. Também atribui a ele a responsabilidade em deter todas as capacidades que seu negócio possa vir a precisar para seu desenvolvimento e sucesso, não sendo necessário obter conhecimento formal para garantir tal desempenho, desde que esta falta seja suprida com treinamentos, cursos e leituras complementares. Nota-se que há um script veiculado pela mídia especializada de negócios bastante definido. A partir deste fato e dos aportes teóricos do interacionismo simbólico, argumenta-se sobre a influência desta "definição de situação" no comportamento do empreendedor e, consequentemente no fenômeno empreendedorismo. A partir dos dados, identificou-se a forte relação do fenômeno com a perspectiva econômica, uma vez que o foco apresentado pela mídia compreende o fenômeno como caminho para geração de emprego e renda. Neste sentido o empreendedor tem o dever de, a qualquer custo, fazer seu negócio prosperar e, como recompensa, tem o direito de ser rico e bem sucedido. A mídia especializada de negócios ignora e silencia os aspectos relacionados a complexidade do fenômeno, bem como as influências do meio ambiente no desempenho dos negócios, atribuindo unicamente ao empreendedor a responsabilidade pelo sucesso do seu empreendimento. / Abstract: This research aimed to understand the role of the entrepreneur presented through specialized business media. As a theoretical base, it explored the knowledge about entrepreneurship, symbolic interaction and specialized business media. A research has been conducted based on secondary data from Exame magazine. Using as a data source the magazine's website www.exame.com.br, 1477 publications were collected in the period from 01/01/2005 to 12/31/2014, bringing in their content the terms "entrepreneurship" and "entrepreneur". The texts were selected from the potential offered to the entrepreneur's role of analysis in terms of characteristics, behaviors and knowledge. From the content analysis method and the phases that comprise, among 1477 were selected 253 publications that made up the content of the analysis used in this study. As a result, the analysis pointed out that there is a relevant set of social demands of the role that the entrepreneur must perform in society, giving the entrepreneur an idealized and simplified role that often does not reflect the reality experienced. The enterprising individual is introduced by specialized business media as a special person, full of positive features, a hero, devoted to work, able to make great sacrifices for his business. Also assigns him the responsibility to detain all the capabilities that his business is likely to need for his development and success, it is not necessary to obtain formal knowledge to guarantee this performance, since this lack is supplied with training, courses and supplementary readings. Notice that there is a script reported by the specialized media business quite defined. From this fact and theoretical contributions of symbolic interaction, it is discussed about the influence of this "definition of situation" in the entrepreneurial behavior and consequently entrepreneurship phenomenon. From these data, it identified a strong relation of the phenomenon to the economic outlook, since the focus presented by the media understand the phenomenon as a way to generate employment and income. Therefore, the entrepreneur should, anyway, make his business thrive and, as a reward, has the right to be rich and successful. The specialized business media ignores and silences aspects of the complexity of the phenomenon, as well as environmental influences on business performance, only giving the entrepreneurial responsibility for the success of his venture.

Orientadora : Profª. Drª. Natália Rese / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração. Defesa: Curitiba, 20/03/2015 / Inclui referências : fls. 158-163 / Resumo: Este trabalho aborda as práticas sociais no contexto do empreendedorismo social buscando compreender o processo de tradução da estratégia organizacional por meio das categorias de práticas administrativas, episódicas e discursivas, entendendo que estas são parte das atividades estratégicas. Sendo assim, as categorias de práticas fazem parte da tradução da estratégia em um processo que compreende tanto o sensemaking quanto o sensegiving. A partir deste entendimento o objetivo pode assim ser declarado: Analisar o processo de tradução e interpretação da estratégia organizacional na relação da organização com seus stakeholders. Sob a perspectiva da prática social, esta pesquisa baseia-se em pressupostos filosóficos da construção social direcionando o design de pesquisa: uma abordagem qualitativa, tendo como estratégia de pesquisa o estudo de caso. A coleta de dados se deu feita por meio de três fontes: observação, entrevista e dados secundários. Por último, foi escolhida a análise de narrativas, pois estas são compreendidas como produções das práticas sociais e também suporte de construção de sentido. A pesquisa, dentre variadas práticas analisadas, verificou a predominância da linguagem racional no processo de interpretação e tradução da estratégia do negócio social. Além de demonstrar a potencialidade discursiva dos números para tangibilizar a atuação do negócio social e estabelecer possibilidades de mudança de cultura no setor de escolas para pessoas com deficiência para que sua estratégia fosse alcançada. O olhar para o uso das práticas permitiu o alcance aos aspectos de bricolagem na tradução da estratégia, evidenciando uma flexibilidade no desenvolvimento devido à necessidade de diálogos, que tem pontos de partida em modelos teóricos e são início de novas práticas, uma vez que adaptações ocorrem para a especificidade da organização. Ainda em relação às práticas foi possível analisar como novas práticas podem ser geradas nos microprocessos e alcançar patamares setoriais. Verificou também a partir da sensemaking que o desempenho não é o primordial na estratégia, mas consequência da capacidade de reconduzir diferentes objetivos inscritos no fazer da estratégia. Palavras-Chave: Estratégia como Prática; Práticas Administrativas; Práticas Episódicas; Práticas Discursivas; Sensemaking; Negócio Social, Narrativas Organizacionais. / Abstract: This work addresses the social practices in social entrepreneurship context in order to understand the translation process of organizational strategy through the categories of administrative, episodic and discursive practices, understanding that these support the strategic activities. Thus, the categories of practices are part of the strategy construction in a process comprising both the sensemaking as the sensegiving. From this understanding the objective can thus be stated: Analyze the process of translation and interpretation of organizational strategy in the organization's relationship with its stakeholders. From the perspective of social practice, this research is based on philosophical assumptions of the social construction directing the research design: a qualitative approach with the research strategy case study. Data collection was done through three sources: observation, interviews and secondary data. Finally, the narrative analysis was chosen, as these are understood as productions of social practices, and also direction supporting construction of meaning. The research, among various practices analyzed, found the prevalence of rational language in the process of interpretation and translation of the social business strategy. In addition to demonstrating the discursive potential of numbers to make tangible the work of social business and establish culture of possibilities for change in schools sector for people with disabilities so that its strategy was achieved. The look for the use of practices allowed the scope to aspects of bricolage in the translation of the strategy, demonstrating flexibility in development due to the need for dialogue, which has starting points in theoretical models and are starting new practices, as adaptations occur to the specificity of the organization. Also in relation to practices was possible to analyze how new practices can be generated in the micro processes and achieve sectoral levels. There also from the sensemaking that performance is not the primary strategy, but a consequence of the ability to bring different goals enrolled in making the strategy. Key-Words: Strategy as Practice; Administrative Practice; Episodic Practice; Discursive Practice; Sensemaking; Social Business; Organizational Narratives.

Orientador : Prof. Dr. Farley Simon Mendes Nobre / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração. Defesa: Curitiba, 12/02/2015 / Inclui referências / Área de concentração: Estratégia e organizações / Resumo: O dinamismo do mercado, o impacto ambiental e as mudanças sociais ocorridas nas últimas décadas pressionaram as empresas a repensarem suas estratégias a fim de incluírem metas compatíveis com o desenvolvimento sustentável. Estas mudanças de mercado proporcionaram oportunidades para que o empreendedorismo se tornasse um meio importante para promover um ambiente ecologicamente correto e sociedade socialmente justa ao incorporar novas formas de fazer negócios, de modo que passou a abranger fatores que vão além da obtenção de lucros, envolvendo assim, questões relacionadas à capacidade de inovação de produtos e processos que levem em consideração aspectos sociais e ambientais. Diante disso, destaca-se o empreendedorismo sustentável como tema emergente no campo, pois busca relacionar-se ao desenvolvimento sustentável, no que se refere ao uso de recursos ambientais e práticas sociais, a fim de gerar valor sustentável para si, seus stakeholders e para sociedade como um todo. Assim, este estudo possui por objetivo investigar como a inter-relação entre os empreendimentos sustentáveis e seus stakeholders fornecedores influenciam na criação de valores que contribuam para o desenvolvimento sustentável. Para o desenvolvimento dessa investigação utilizou-se abordagem qualitativa centrada no estudo de casos múltiplos, em que foram envolvidos quatro empreendimentos sustentáveis e dois de seus respectivos fornecedores, de modo que optou-se por tais stakeholders devido serem interdependentes e agentes externos a estes empreendimentos, o que os tornam atores relevantes para a compreensão acerca do desenvolvimento sustentável. Utilizou-se também a observação não participante, a pesquisa documental e entrevistas semiestruturadas para a coleta de dados, de modo que para análise foi utilizada a análise de conteúdo, com auxílio do software Atlas.ti. A análise dos dados se deu em duas etapas, ao passo que em um primeiro momento, foi realizada análise individual dos casos com a finalidade de obter informações particulares a cada caso e, em seguida realizou-se análise cruzada a fim de verificar padrões e/ou novas categorias. Os resultados, em resposta ao problema de pesquisa, evidenciaram que a inter-relação entre os empreendimentos sustentáveis e seus stakeholders influenciam na criação de valores que contribuam para o desenvolvimento sustentável à medida que os interesses mútuos entre esse atores são considerados, a fim de que tais valores sejam potencializados por meio da disseminação de ações centradas nas três dimensões que compõem este tipo de desenvolvimento para outras partes interessadas. Palavras-chave: Empreendedorismo sustentável. Stakeholders. Fornecedores. Desenvolvimento sustentável. / Abstract: The dynamism of the market, environmental impact and social changes in recent decades pushed companies to rethink their strategies to include goals compatible with sustainable development. These market changes offered opportunities for entrepreneurship to become an important means to promote a society ecologically and socially just to incorporate new ways of doing business, so that now it covers factors beyond making a profit, involving issues related to product innovation capabilities and processes that take into account social and environmental aspects. Therefore, there is sustainable entrepreneurship as an emerging issue in the field, because search relate to sustainable development, with regard to the use of environmental resources and social practices in order to generate sustainable value for themselves, their stakeholders and to society as a whole. This study has the objective to investigate the interrelationship between sustainable enterprises and their suppliers stakeholders influence in the creation of values that contribute to sustainable development. For the development of this research it was used a qualitative approach focused on the study of multiple cases in which involved four sustainable enterprises and two of their suppliers, so we opted for such stakeholders because they are interdependent and external agents to these developments, that makes them relevant actors for the understanding of sustainable development. We also used the non-participant observation and documentary research and semi-structured interviews to collect data so that analysis was used for content analysis, using the Atlas.ti software. Data analysis was performed in two steps, while at first, individual analysis of the cases was carried out with the purpose of obtaining private information in each case, then held cross-analysis to verify standards and / or new categories. The results, in response to the problem of research, showed that the interrelationship between sustainable business and its stakeholders influence the creation of values that contribute to sustainable development as the mutual interests between these actors are considered, so that these values should be strengthened through the dissemination of actions focused on three dimensions that make up this type of development for other stakeholders. Keywords: Sustainable entrepreneurship. Stakeholders. Suppliers. Sustainable development.

Orientador : Profª. Drª. Jane Mendes Ferreira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração. Defesa: Curitiba, 29/02/2016 / Inclui referências : f.127-135 / Resumo: A identidade do empreendedor é normalmente estudada de forma a atribuir a este indivíduo características tidas como desejáveis às suas funções, promovendo, assim, a noção de perfil empreendedor. Abordagens alternativas à identidade deste indivíduo são pouco utilizadas e, entre elas, a metáfora dramatúrgica de Goffman (1959) pode opção, vez que relaciona a ação humana à representação de papeis socialmente construídos, como o de empreendedor. A presente dissertação tem como objetivo compreender como o papel de empreendedor constitui a identidade do indivíduo, ou seja, a concepção do indivíduo sobre ele próprio. Servem a este propósito a metáfora dramatúrgica e a micro-análise, de forma complementar à análise qualitativa proposta, possibilitando maior entendimento do conteúdo latente, agregando as nuances particulares do estudo das interações e auto-representações à análise da comunicação verbal. Os resultados revelam que o entendimento do indivíduo acerca do papel, as expectativas sociais percebidas para o papel de empreendedor e a representação em resposta a estas expectativas resultam na interiorização de valores e condutas deste papel, constituindo a identidade desse indivíduo. Mostram ainda os resultados que o indivíduo assume o papel de empreendedor visando a aprovação de seu empreendimento, o aumento da própria auto-estima e a auto-afirmação de sua identidade desejada frente ao público. Palavras-chave: Identidade pessoal; empreendedorismo; papel de empreendedor; interacionismo simbólico; Erving Goffman; metáfora dramatúrgica. / Abstract: The entrepreneur's identity is usually studied in order to assign to this person characteristics thought to be desirable to his functions, thus promoting the notion of entrepreneurial profile. Alternative approaches to the identity of this individual are little used and, among them, Goffman's dramaturgical metaphor (1959) can be beneficial, as it relates human action to the representation of socially constructed roles, as the entrepreneur one. This dissertation aims at understanding how the entrepreneur's role constitutes the personal identity, that is, the subject's conception about himself. Dramaturgical metaphor and micro-analysis serve this purpose, being complementary to the proposed qualitative analyses, enabling greater understanding of the latent content, adding the particular nuances of the interactions and selfrepresentations study to the analysis of verbal communication. The results reveal that the understanding of the individual about the role, perceived social expectations for the entrepreneur role and representation in response to these expectations result in the internalization of values and behaviors of this role, constituting the identity of this individual. The results show yet that the individual assumes the entrepreneur's role seeking approval for their venture, to increase self-esteem and the selfaffirmation of his desired identity to the public. Keywords: Personal Identity; entrepreneurship; entrepreneur's role; symbolic interaction; Erving Goffman; dramaturgical metaphor.