Orientador: Renato Peixoto Dagnino / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Geociencias / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-22T03:07:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Fraga_LaisSilveira_D.pdf: 1426112 bytes, checksum: 94309c1850bf0482c2cc3c65c7b96885 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012 / Resumo: A ideia de transferência de conhecimento sempre esteve presente na relação entre universidade e sociedade. Ela está na origem do termo extensão e segue presente em toda a sua trajetória histórica. A partir dessa constatação, esta tese tem como objetivo central compreender as origens e as conseqüências da ideia de transferência de conhecimentos na atuação das ITCPs, compreendidas na trajetória histórica da extensão do país. Reconhecidamente, a primeira ITCP surge derivada da ideia das incubadoras de empresas, mas, em cada local, elas se conformam a partir da reorganização da extensão incentivada pelo processo de redemocratização que havia passado o país, da mobilização da universidade diante do desemprego e, por fim, do aumento do financiamento no governo Lula. Esses fatores levam parte da extensão a um novo caminho que tem como centro a geração de trabalho e renda e a utopia da autogestão. Com intuito de compreender a ideia de transferência de conhecimento, dois referenciais teórico-metodológicos foram utilizados de maneira complementar: a Educação e os Estudos Sociais da Ciência e da Tecnologia (ESCT). No campo da educação, foram abordadas as contribuições de educadores que partem de uma reflexão teórica sobre a relação entre universidade, trabalhadores e trabalhadoras combinada com a prática educativa no âmbito da extensão. Os autores são Paulo Freire, Michel Thiollent e Orlando Fals Borda. Buscou-se compreender, por meio deles, de que maneira a ideia de transferência de conhecimento se relaciona com um tipo específico de tutela, via conhecimento, entre educandos e educadores. A partir dos ESCT, campo acadêmico multidisciplinar que surge no contexto do pós-guerra, buscou-se compreender a relação entre conhecimento tecnocientífico e o setor produtivo, principalmente, a partir da negação do modelo ofertista de conhecimento. Tendo como fundamento a assertiva de que a ciência e a tecnologia são construções sociais, aprofundou-se a crítica à ideia de transferência de conhecimento por meio de três ideias-força: o conhecimento não é neutro, o conhecimento não gera apenas benefícios para a sociedade e o conhecimento não se transfere. Por fim, com intuito de contribuir com o processo de reflexão-ação das incubadoras, apontamos algumas reflexões e sugestões para tornar viável o potencial das mesmas como aglutinadoras do processo de politização da universidade. Nesse sentido, apontamos alguns caminhos do que acreditamos ser fazer ciência (e tecnologia) politizada, como almejava Oscar Varsavsky, ou Adequação Sociotécnica com o povo, como preconiza Renato Dagnino. Nessa perspectiva, consideramos que as ITCPs como potenciais articuladoras de ações de ensino, pesquisa e extensão com vistas a produzir conhecimento e formar pessoas a partir de uma lógica para além do capital / Abstract: The idea of knowledge transfer has always been present in the relationship between universities and society. It is at the heart of the term 'extension' and has remained present since its inception. From this observation, this thesis aims to understand the origins and the consequences of the idea of knowledge transfer in the field of Technological Incubators of Popular Cooperatives (ITCPs) throughout the history of extension in the country. Admittedly, the first ITCP arose from the idea of enterprise incubators, but in each location, they were formed from the reorganization of the extension, encouraged by the process of democratization that Brazil had recently been through, the mobilization of universities against unemployment and, finally, the increase of funding during Lula's presidency. These factors took a part of extension in a new direction that has at its center the generation of work and income and the utopia of self-management. In order to understand the idea of knowledge transfer, two theoretical and methodological tools were used in a complementary way: Education and the Social Studies of Science and Technology (SSTS). In the field of Education, this thesis addresses the contributions of educators who have done a theoretical analysis of the relationship between universities and workers combined with educational practice in the context of extension. The authors are Paulo Freire, Michel Thiollent and Orlando Fals Borda. We sought to understand, through the aforementioned educators, how the idea of knowledge transfer relates to a specific type of tutelage, via knowledge, among learners and educators. From the SSTS, a multidisciplinary academic field that arose in the context of the post-war period, we strove to determine the relationship between techno-scientific knowledge and the productive sector, especially from the denial of the model of supply and demand of knowledge. Using as a basis the assertion that science and technology are social constructions, this body of work deepens the critique of the idea of knowledge transfer through three key points: knowledge is not neutral, knowledge does not stop at generating benefits for society and knowledge is not transferred. Finally, in order to contribute to the process of reflection-action of the incubators, we provide some suggestions so that their potential, as agglutinating of the process of politicization of the university, is viable. In this regard, we indicate some ways of what we believe politicized science (and technology) should be like, as Oscar Varsavsky aimed for, or Sociology-technical Adequacy with the people, as advocated by Renato Dagnino. From this perspective, we considered ITCPs as potential vehicles for teaching, research and extension in order to produce knowledge and train people beyond the logic of capital / Doutorado / Politica Cientifica e Tecnologica / Doutora em Política Científica e Tecnológica

The role of continuous innovation is imperative to creating and maintaining sustainablecommunities. The role of collaboration is also imperative to creating and maintainingsustainable communities. Researchers mean that the educational system should be an activeplayer in supporting government policies to promote local entrepreneurship and find it crucialto create collaborations among and within universities to achieve this. But what if the practiceof the solution is the complex phenomenon? The word “collaboration” is a multifaceted termthat has created a lot of ambiguities amongst organizations. This study therefore aimed tounravel the characteristics of inter-organizational collaboration between university-linkedinnovation organizations by studying the collaboration between two innovation organizationslinked to Malmö University. The outcome was depicted in a model as a suggestion to aframework of the collaborative efforts between university-linked innovation organizations.Whereas there are a number of pre-identified elements for successful collaboration, it wasfound that five distinct elements played a bigger role than others. These are committedmembers, access to resources, relationships & mutuality, diverse skillset and time& patience.These, alongside with a conflict-resolution strategy and a defined process map out thecornerstones of the suggested model.

University business incubators (UBIs) are organizations that provide new startup companies with a support environment. However, there are split opinions on the UBIs’ contributions to the startups and the regional economy and, consequently, there are also split opinions on  how to assess UBI performance. According to the resource-based view (RBV), a company’s competitive advantage results from the various resources the company has access to. The biotechnology industry is characterized by high research intensity, weak entrepreneurial and managerial skills of the entrepreneur, huge capital requirements, and long product  evelopment approval processes. Previous research has showed that these characteristics imply certain challenges for new biotech ventures. In this study, these industry specific characteristic and challenges were believed to affect what constitutes successful bioincubation and how bio-incubators’ performance should be assessed. The purpose of this report is, thus, to examine how bio-incubator performance can, and should be, assessed. An existing framework for assessing UBI performance is used as a basis for performing  emistructured interviews with 18 incubator managers in order to examine what performance indicators are perceived as robust for assessing bio-incubator performance. The findings show that the value contributions of bio-incubators mainly include space and network provision, support services, and coaching. The perceived value contributions, in combination with the perceived challenges, imply that it is particularly appropriate to assess bio-incubators performance in terms of Job Creation, Economy Enhancement, Access to Funds, and the Incubator Offer and Internal Environment. However, Job Creation and Economy Enhancement are closely related and are therefore suggested to be merged into a single performance indicator. Hardware and Services, on the other hand, seems to be less relevant for assessing bio-incubator performance as it depends on the incubator’s strategy. The study concludes that there are additional ways of assessing bio-incubator performance, such as shortened time to graduation, links with universities, and the flexibility of the incubator. Further research may include the entrepreneurs’ point of view or use the approach of this study to examine incubator performance in other high-technology industries.

This paper investigates the relationship between business developers and start-ups in the field of sustainability. More specifically, the study analyzes how and why Swedish business developers, in terms of incubators, financiers, and advisors, implement sustainability in their cooperation with start-ups. Each year, thousands of businesses are founded which need support in various ways, it could be anything from advising to financial help. Ever since the UN launched Agenda 2030 and the Government of Sweden launched its new climate policy, it is clear that everyone needs to do something to help the world towards a better future. This study is based on qualitative interviews with six different business developers and applies the theories: stakeholder and shareholder theory, triple bottom line, creating shared value, green growth, and open innovation. The result showed that how business developers implement sustainability in their cooperation with start-ups varies, but is based on economic, social, and environmental sustainability. Some developers work more actively than others, but it is done through an exchange of knowledge between business developers and start-ups. Further, why business developers use sustainability is either as a tool to gain a competitive advantage and help start-ups grow or to increase their profits.

Entrepreneurs from emerging countries lack the human capital that is critical to the success of ventures besides their limited resources, poor infrastructure, and low pre-entry knowledge. As a result, ventures in these countries face low business growth and performance. Incubators are an efficient solution to overcome these challenges. This research answers the question: “How can incubators help increase the human capital in order to improve the performance of the ventures in emerging countries? And how can financial support and networking help leverage the human capital gained in incubator programs?”. The paper adopts a qualitative study by interviewing participants of a Berlin-based organization that helps entrepreneurs in Egypt. The findings show that companies grew by 32% in revenue by providing entrepreneurial learning, financial support, and network to participants. Furthermore, the study shows the impact of learning on both networking and financing sourcing skills for entrepreneurs in Egypt. These findings have implications for ways to support emerging economies through incubation by offering effective solutions for the challenges of the entrepreneurs.

創新及創業被認為是現代社會緩解經濟遲緩、促進經濟增長、引領自主創新的一帖良藥。在中國，以培育科技型中小型企業、促進區域經濟發展的「科技企業孵化器」被視為中國落實「大眾創業，萬眾創新」政策的載體，更被用以促進中國經濟穩定增長的重要舉措之一。本研究試圖透過相關重要文獻及次級數據，輔以極具代表性的深圳及武漢地區之孵化器為案例，再透過財務政策及法律改革等相關數據，系統性地分析科技企業孵化器在中國經濟成長下所扮演的角色，以及中國政府在引領並推進此一創新載體所發揮之作用。研究發現，中國科技企業孵化器可做為促進科技創新與經濟增長之媒介－催化劑，為新創企業匹配早期所需之資源(包含知識移轉、社區實體及關係網絡對接)，直接與間接地促進區域經濟轉型升級，證明了科技企業孵化器有能力促進國家創新能力與經濟可持續增長，並成為推進中國經濟轉型的助力之一。同時，中國政府扮演主導推進孵化體系發展的政策指導者，通過一系列資源及政策支持，指導科技企業孵化器的發展路徑及進程，同時促進了政府職能的轉變。總結本研究結果，科技企業孵化器是中國創新體系的一部分，其與政府之間存在著不可分割的關係。政府對科技企業孵化器的支持參與度越大，科技企業孵化器與政府的相互依賴度就越大。作為中國創新和科技發展政策框架的重要組成部分，科技企業孵化器正推動經濟可持續增長並建立一個技術創業的生態系統，同時重塑政府、市場、社會之間的關係。本研究結果可提供未來相關研究探討科技企業孵化器的可持續發展之創新能力。在中國經濟新常態下，探就可持續性的科技企業孵化器有助於全面了解中國科技與經濟成長之關係，相關研究值得後續進一步分析實證。 / Innovation and entrepreneurship are regarded as an economic tool to promote independent innovation and economic growth in the sluggish economy. In China, the Technology-based Business Incubators (BIs) focusing on promoting technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional development are viewed as the innovative carriers under the initiative of “Mass Entrepreneurship and Innovation”. This study attempts to systematically analyze the role of BIs in Chinese economic growth and the role of government play in advancing BIs development through the important literatures and secondary resources, complemented in part with incubation case studies in Wuhan and Shenzhen, and the implementing results of the financial policies and legal reforms. Findings demonstrate that Chinese BIs serves as the catalyst to accelerate S&T development and to provide matching service at technopreneurial functions on the resources of knowledge (high-tech research to patents), communities (high-tech SMEs, universities, and relevant entities), and networks (accessing government, investors, and entrepreneurs), which have promoted regional economic transformation. Meanwhile, the role of Chinese government plays a policy guidance in incubation system, while promoting the transformation of government functions. To conclude this research, BIs are part of the Chinese innovation systems. There is an inseparable relationship between Chinese BIs and the government. The greater the government involvement in BIs support, the greater the interdependence of the BIs and the government. BIs are one of the important factors to facilitate the self-reform of the government, remodeling relations among the government, market and society. In the background of China's “new normal”, the findings of this study provides a future direction to investigate the innovation capability of BIs sustainability. To understand the overall picture of China's rapid growth economic development, the innovation capability of BIs sustainability is worthy of further investigation and discussion.

Entrepreneurship and start-ups are important factors for economic growth and development. As the surrounding innovation ecosystem is becoming increasingly complex, it gets more difficult for entrepreneurs to find the right path. Incubators are important when it comes to facilitating and supporting new ventures. In this research, we conducted 19 semi-structured interviews of which five were held with public incubators, four with private incubators, nine with incubatees and one with Vinnova (a government authority that plays a huge part within the existence of public incubators) in order to gain an understanding of the interplay of the incubation process and the entrepreneurial process. As for analyzing the collected data we used a thematic analysis with an inductive approach. Throughout the coding process, we extracted the following three main topics: role of an incubator, incubation process and interplay. However, a distinction between public and private incubators was approved as applicable that determines the incubators’ purpose, objectives and operations. Our findings suggest that incubators play an important role in supporting and guiding the start-ups by transferring knowledge and asking the right questions as a fundament for the further entrepreneurial process. Continuous communication and expectation management are shown as crucial throughout the interplay of the two processes. Lastly, the disconnection from the incubatees should be done carefully, e.g. through a non-proactive aftercare.

Muitos estudos analisam as características do empreendedor relacionando-as com desempenho (Lumpkin & Dess, 1996), com a descoberta de oportunidades empreendedoras (Shane, 2000), criação de novos empreendimentos (Gartner, 1985), entre outros. Em empresas baseadas em conhecimento a inovação é fundamental para a competitividade, refletido na capacidade de lançar novos produtos. Essa prerrogativa leva incubadoras a buscarem em seus processos de seleção empresas que apresentem potencial inovativo, analisando tanto o plano de negócios e a ideia, quanto as capacidades do time de gestão ou do empreendedor proponente da ideia (Aerts, Matthyssens & Vandenbempt, 2007). Assim, o objetivo geral desse estudo foi analisar a contribuição do background do empreendedor para a inovação de produtos em empresas incubadas de base tecnológica do estado de São Paulo. Especificamente, o estudo busca (1) identificar o background dos empreendedores de empresas vinculadas a incubadoras de empresas de base tecnológica; (2) Identificar o nível de inovação de produtos dessas empresas; (3) identificar a relação entre o background do empreendedor e a inovação de produtos nessas empresas; e (4) identificar a interferência do tamanho da organização nessas relações. Para alcançar esses objetivos, o estudo foi conduzido junto a incubadoras de empresas de base tecnológica localizadas no Estado de São Paulo, envolvendo 461 organizações. Um modelo conceitual foi elaborado, incluindo variáveis de input (características do empreendedor - educação e experiência), output (número de produtos lançados no mercado) e moderadora (tamanho da empresa). Um questionário foi aplicado aos gestores das empresas incubadas, resultando em 95 respostas válidas. Uma análise quantitativa foi realizada, baseado principalmente no método estatístico Regressão Logística. Como resultado, foi preliminarmente concluído que o background do empreendedor, particularmente, a formação técnica, tem uma importante associação com a inovação de produtos. Além disso, o tamanho da organização moderou significativamente essa relação, indicando que em empresas maiores parece indicar uma contribuição mais significativa da área de educação técnica - particularmente em disciplinas exatas, para a inovação em produtos. Já em empresas menores, além da associação significativa da educação técnica do empreendedor, a experiência também foi significativa para a inovação de produtos em empresas menores. Indicando que em empresas menores o conhecimento centra-se no empreendedor, enquanto que empresas maiores, o conhecimento é disseminado na equipe. Essas descobertas, a serem confirmadas em estudos futuros e considerando as limitações do presente estudo, complementam a literatura e abre novas perspectivas para instruir incubadoras a selecionarem melhor suas empresas incubadas / Many studies look entrepreneurial characteristics relating them with performance (Lumpkin & Dess, 1996), discovering new entrepreneurial opportunities (Shane, 2000), creation of new enterprises (Gartner, 1985), among others. In knowledge-based enterprises innovation is fundamental to competitiveness, reflected in their capacity of launching new products. This prerogative leads incubators to seek in their selection processes companies that present innovative potential, analyzing both, the business plan and the idea, as well as, the entrepreneurial or management team capabilities (Aerts, Matthyssens & Vandenbempt, 2007). The overall objective of this study was to analyze the contribution of the background of entrepreneurs to the innovative performance in technology-based Businesses Incubated Firms. More specifically, the study tries: (1) to identify the background of entrepreneurs of companies linked to technology based business incubators; (2) Identify the level of product innovation of these firms; (3) Identify the relationships between the background of the entrepreneur and the product innovation of the firms; and (4) Identify the interference of the size of the firms on these relationships. The study was conducted together incubators located in the State of São Paulo, evolving 461 organizations. A conceptual model was conceived, including input (entrepreneurial characteristics - education and experience), output (number of innovative products launched to the market) and moderating (firm size) variables. A questionnaire was applied to the general managers of the incubators, resulting in 95 valid answers. A quantitative analysis was made, based mostly on logistic regression statistical methods. As a result, it was preliminary concluded that entrepreneur background, particularly, the technical education, has an important influence on product innovation level. Also firm size moderated significantly those relationships, indicating that in larger firms it seems to appear a more significance contribution of technical education area - particularly in exact disciplines - to firm innovative performance. In smaller enterprises, in addition to significant association of entrepreneur\'s technical education, the experience was significant to product innovation, that indicate in smaller firms the organizational knowledge focuses on entrepreneur, while in larger companies the organizational knowledge is disseminated among the team. These finds, to be confirmed in future studies and considering the limitations of the present investigation, complement the literature and open new perspectives on the most adequated firms and managers to be selected to take place in Incubators

Submitted by Karen Britto (karenbritto@unipampa.edu.br) on 2018-05-22T13:28:01Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Émerson Oliveira Rizzatti - 2018.pdf: 3594638 bytes, checksum: b7f79d8069a1fc1a4aceeb745ba52d54 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-22T13:28:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Émerson Oliveira Rizzatti - 2018.pdf: 3594638 bytes, checksum: b7f79d8069a1fc1a4aceeb745ba52d54 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-23 / O ambiente competitivo internacional em que estão imersas as atividades produtivas está baseado na capacitação tecnológica, na inovação, na flexibilidade e nas mudanças constantes e aceleradas. Tal cenário exige mudanças nas estratégias dos agentes econômicos e um aumento na participação do Estado no apoio aos sistemas produtivos regionais visando sua inovação e o seu desenvolvimento sustentável. Por isso, muitos governos investem na criação e manutenção de incubadoras de empresas, buscando fomentar o empreendedorismo, dar suporte aos empreendedores nos anos inicias do negócio e incentivar o desenvolvimento tecnológico de regiões ao redor do mundo. No entanto, o êxito das incubadoras e das empresas nelas incubadas é inter-relacionado e influenciado por diversos fatores, com dimensões internas e externas, estáticas e dinâmicas, táticas e estratégicas, organizacionais e técnicas, que influenciam diretamente na gestão e que garantem a sustentabilidade das organizações. O presente estudo, de caráter exploratório-descritivo, objetivou investigar a influência dos Fatores Críticos de Sucesso (FCS) no desempenho de incubadoras de empresas do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Após a revisão da literatura, foram identificados 33 FCS para as incubadoras. Esses FCS foram transcritos como perguntas no instrumento de coleta de dados para a entrevista com os 19 gestores de incubadoras de empresas em funcionamento no Estado. Na entrevista, além de identificar a percepção dos gestores com relação ao nível de prática de cada um dos FCS, também foram questionados os valores de 5 indicadores de desempenho das incubadoras para os anos de 2012 a 2016. Visando alcançar o objetivo específico de analisar a influência dos Fatores Críticos de Sucesso mais praticados sobre o desempenho de incubadoras de empresas do Rio Grande do Sul, foi aplicada como técnica o cálculo do coeficiente de correlação de Pearson para cada FCS em comparação com os 5 indicadores de desempenho. Após a realização das quarenta análises, não foi encontrada nenhuma correlação com valor significativo, o que indica que não é possível afirmar, que as oito categorias de Fatores Críticos de Sucesso exerçam influência sobre os cinco indicadores de desempenho das incubadoras estudadas. Esse fato pode ser explicado pelo pouco tempo de existência das incubadoras, pois 37% delas tinham quatro anos ou menos de atividades na data desta pesquisa, ou seja, essas incubadoras tiveram pouco tempo de colocar em prática muitos dos FCS aqui questionados, já que, de acordo com Dornelas (2002) o tempo médio de duração do ciclo de uma empresa dentro de uma incubadora é de 2 a 4 anos. Por outro lado, pode-se dizer que, de modo geral, o desenvolvimento dos FCS das incubadoras gaúchas é ainda inicial, pois poucas se avaliaram como tendo processos bem implementados e maduros dentre aqueles que foram avaliados. Mesmo assim, a questão de pesquisa foi respondida e os resultados apontam que três categorias de FCS apresentaram os maiores níveis de prática nas cinco incubadoras com as maiores médias nos indicadores de desempenho, sendo eles: Localização, Pré-Incubação e Graduação. / The international competitive environment in which productive activities are embedded is based on technological empowerment, innovation, flexibility and constant and accelerated change. Such scenario requires changes in the strategies of the economic agents and an increase in the participation of the State in the support to the regional productive systems aiming its innovation and its sustainable development. Therefore, many governments invest in the creation and maintenance of business incubators, seeking to foster entrepreneurship, support entrepreneurs in the early years of the business and encourage the technological development of regions around the world. However, the success of business incubators and incubated companies is interrelated and influenced by a number of factors, with internal and external dimensions, static and dynamic, tactical and strategic, organizational and technical, that directly influence management and ensure sustainability of organizations. This exploratory-descriptive study aimed to investigate the influence of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) on the performance of business incubators in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. After reviewing the literature, 33 CSFs were identified for the business incubators. These CSFs were transcribed as questions in the data collection instrument for the interview with the 19 incubator managers that are operating in the State. In the interview, in addition to identifying the managers' perception regarding the level of practice of each of the CSF, the values of 5 performance indicators of the incubators for the years 2012 to 2016 were also questioned. Aiming at reaching the specific objective of analyzing the influence of the most practiced CSFs on the performance of business incubators in Rio Grande do Sul, the Pearson’s correlation coefficient calculation for each CSF was applied as a technique in comparison with the 5 performance indicators. After the forty analyzes, no correlation with significant value was found, which indicates that it is not possible to affirm that the eight categories of Critical Success Factors influence the five performance indicators of the incubators studied. This fact can be explained by the short time of existence of the business incubators, since 37% of them had four years or less of activities at the time of this research, ie, these incubators had little time to put into practice many of the CSFs questioned here, according to Dornelas (2002) the average time of the cycle of a company within an incubator is 2 to 4 years. On the other hand, it can be said that, in general, the development of the CSFs of the incubators in the State of Rio Grande do Sul is still an initial one, as few have been evaluated as having well-implemented and mature processes among those that were evaluated. Even so, the research question was answered and the results show that three categories of CSFs presented the highest levels of practice in the five incubators with the highest averages in the performance indicators, being: Location, Pre-Incubation and Graduation.

As mudanças advindas da globalização estão mudando a forma das empresas atuarem. As empresas lançam-se para o mercado externo atendendo a uma série de premissas tais como a busca por recursos, a busca por racionalização na produção, a busca por novos mercados e a aquisição de novas competências. Na literatura, encontram-se diferentes concepções para as formas de entrada nos mercados externos, ao mesmo tempo, em que novas teorias surgem, como a teoria metanacional e a teoria de born global. Esta literatura relata oportunidades às empresas de base tecnológica (EBTs), empresas que podem ser definidas como aquelas que realizam esforços tecnológicos significativos e concentram suas operações na fabricação de novos produtos.. Neste trabalho, a caracterização da internacionalização de empresas de base tecnológica incubadas considerou 3 dimensões: o perfil empreendedor e o empreendedorismo organizacional, o financiamento e mecanismos complementares de apoio e desenvolvimento tecnológico e cooperação. Os dados coletados atingiram o objetivo de caracterizar estas empresas, tendo elas atuação internacional ou não. As proposições P1 de que as empresas de base tecnológica não se preocupam com uma atuação internacional e P4 de que As empresas que possuem financiamento e mecanismos complementares de apoio contam com a internacionalização de suas atividades não foram comprovadas. As proposições P2 de que O empreendedor que possui experiências internacionais, aprendizado e redes de contatos no exterior possui empresas com atividades internacionais e P3 de que As empresas com preocupações quanto ao desenvolvimento tecnológica e cooperação no exterior possuem disposição à internacionalização de suas operações foram comprovadas. / The globalization are changing the way companies act. Companies throw themselves to the foreign market given a series of assumptions such as the search for resources, the quest for rationalization in production, the search for new markets and the acquisition of new skills. In literature, there are different approaches to the ways of entry into foreign markets at the same time, in which new theories arise as the theory metanational and the theory of born global. This literature describes opportunities for technology-based firms (NTBFs). NTBFs can be defined as those that \"carry significant technological efforts and concentrate their operations in the manufacture of new products\". In this work, the characterization of the internationalization of technology-based companies incubated considered three dimensions: the entrepreneurial profile and organizational entrepreneurship, funding, and additional mechanisms to support technological development and cooperation. The collected data to reach the goal of characterizing these companies, being them internationalized or not. The propositions P1 that technology-based companies do not bother with an international performance and P4 that Companies that have complementary mechanisms of funding and support have the internationalization of their activities were not proven. Propositions P2 that The entrepreneur who has international experience, learning and networking with overseas companies have international activities and P3 that Companies with concerns about the technological development and cooperation abroad are available to the internationalization of their operations were proved.