Atualmente, o número de incubadoras de empresas brasileiras tem crescido como nunca. Sendo um dos principais mecanismos de auxílio aos empreendedores iniciantes, as ações desenvolvidas junto a estas incubadoras precisam ser muito bem planejadas e posteriormente avaliadas com critérios claros e eficientes. Neste sentido, são propostos, utilizados e analisados: um modelo de plano de negócios para incubadoras de empresas, um método de implantação do plano de negócios em incubadoras de empresas e um sistema de medida de desempenho de curto prazo para se avaliar o impacto que o plano de negócios causa na gestão destas organizações. A experiência desenvolvida junto às incubadoras de empresas paulistas, com a implantação do plano de negócios como ferramenta de gestão, usada pelos gerentes destas organizações no planejamento de suas ações, contribuiu para a melhoria nos seus índices de desempenho e tem servido de base aos seus principais mantenedores - SEBRAE-SP e FIESP - na condução do programa de incubadoras de empresas no Estado de São Paulo. / Nowadays, the number of Brazilian business incubators has been growing as never. Being one of the main mechanisms to aid the beginner entrepreneurs, the actions developed by these incubators need to be very well planned, and evaluated with clear and efficient approaches. In this sense, this work has proposed, used, and analyzed: a business plan model for business incubators, a method to implement the business plan in business incubators, and a short-term performance measure system to evaluate the impact of the business plan in these organizations. The experience that was developed with the business incubators from São Paulo State, with the implementation of the business plan as an administrative tool, used by the managers of these organizations to the planning of their actions, has contributed to the improvement of their performance indexes and it has been used as reference to their main stakeholders - SEBRAE-SP and FIESP - for the conduction of the program of business incubators in the State of São Paulo.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-145).

nÃo hà / O movimento de incubadoras de empresas no Brasil teve inÃcio na dÃcada de 80 e a literatura aponta sua solidez nos Ãltimos dez anos. As incubadoras de empresas fornecem subsÃdios na preparaÃÃo de novos empreendimentos, favorecem a disseminaÃÃo de uma cultura empreendedora, estimulando o desenvolvimento e crescimento de novos e pequenos negÃcios. Neste sentido, sÃo formadas as redes de incubadoras, que tÃm uma funÃÃo executiva junto ao conjunto de incubadoras. Na rede de incubadoras, ocorre um relacionamento sinÃrgico entre as incubadoras, em prol da eficiÃncia destas, que resulta em empresas incubadas de maior competitividade. EntÃo, pode-se conjecturar que uma rede de incubadoras contribui efetivamente para que o objetivo das incubadoras de empresas seja alcanÃado. Para tanto, à necessÃrio que a rede seja capaz de fazer com que um conjunto de organizaÃÃes ligadas entre si desenvolva aÃÃes cooperativas no longo prazo, voltadas ao alcance de determinados objetivos comuns e/ou complementares. Estudos sinalizam que uma rede de incubadoras pode ser operacionalizada a partir de um modelo de governanÃa, que representa a forma como os objetivos da rede de incubadoras devem ser alcanÃados, sendo inclusive identificados alguns modelos de governanÃa adotados em incubadoras, parques tecnolÃgicos e redes de incubadoras. A adoÃÃo de princÃpios de governanÃa pelas redes de incubadoras pode melhorar o nÃvel de transparÃncia e comunicaÃÃo dos responsÃveis pela gerÃncia com as partes interessadas, alÃm de gerar valor para a instituiÃÃo. Nesse contexto, o objetivo desta pesquisa consiste em verificar a aderÃncia da Rede de Incubadoras de Empresas do Cearà (RIC) a um modelo teÃrico de governanÃa para redes de incubadoras. A RIC tem a finalidade de promover o desenvolvimento integrado entre as empresas inovadoras, atravÃs das incubadoras de empresas, parques tecnolÃgicos e programas de incubaÃÃo. Desta forma, trata-se de uma pesquisa exploratÃria, de natureza qualitativa, realizada atravÃs de um estudo de caso Ãnico, sendo os dados primÃrios obtidos por meio da aplicaÃÃo de questionÃrios e em reuniÃes junto aos sujeitos sociais da pesquisa que sÃo a Presidente da RIC e os gestores de sete das oito incubadoras associadas à rede, entre setembro de 2012 e marÃo de 2013. Com base na investigaÃÃo realizada, constatou-se que o perfil das incubadoras associadas à rede revela consonÃncia com os resultados da pesquisa nacional da ANPROTEC (2012), o que diverge do esperado inicialmente, tendo em vista que o movimento de incubadoras no Estado do Cearà à recente e ainda incipiente. Os resultados demonstram que a RIC adere a alguns princÃpios de governanÃa corporativa, como a equidade e a responsabilidade corporativa, segundo a percepÃÃo dos gestores das incubadoras associadas. Conclui-se, portanto, que apesar da RIC nÃo possuir nenhum modelo estruturado de governanÃa atà o momento, a rede adere parcialmente ao modelo teÃrico de governanÃa para redes de incubadoras. Contudo, a rede, como agente de governanÃa, pode otimizar seu relacionamento com seus stakeholders voluntÃrios e especialmente involuntÃrios â representados no modelo pelas incubadoras associadas, empresas incubadas e empresas graduadas â, com vistas à maior competitividade da rede com o aumento do nÃvel de confianÃa existente entre os atores.

Atualmente, o número de incubadoras de empresas brasileiras tem crescido como nunca. Sendo um dos principais mecanismos de auxílio aos empreendedores iniciantes, as ações desenvolvidas junto a estas incubadoras precisam ser muito bem planejadas e posteriormente avaliadas com critérios claros e eficientes. Neste sentido, são propostos, utilizados e analisados: um modelo de plano de negócios para incubadoras de empresas, um método de implantação do plano de negócios em incubadoras de empresas e um sistema de medida de desempenho de curto prazo para se avaliar o impacto que o plano de negócios causa na gestão destas organizações. A experiência desenvolvida junto às incubadoras de empresas paulistas, com a implantação do plano de negócios como ferramenta de gestão, usada pelos gerentes destas organizações no planejamento de suas ações, contribuiu para a melhoria nos seus índices de desempenho e tem servido de base aos seus principais mantenedores - SEBRAE-SP e FIESP - na condução do programa de incubadoras de empresas no Estado de São Paulo. / Nowadays, the number of Brazilian business incubators has been growing as never. Being one of the main mechanisms to aid the beginner entrepreneurs, the actions developed by these incubators need to be very well planned, and evaluated with clear and efficient approaches. In this sense, this work has proposed, used, and analyzed: a business plan model for business incubators, a method to implement the business plan in business incubators, and a short-term performance measure system to evaluate the impact of the business plan in these organizations. The experience that was developed with the business incubators from São Paulo State, with the implementation of the business plan as an administrative tool, used by the managers of these organizations to the planning of their actions, has contributed to the improvement of their performance indexes and it has been used as reference to their main stakeholders - SEBRAE-SP and FIESP - for the conduction of the program of business incubators in the State of São Paulo.

O objetivo do presente estudo foi levantar o modelo de formação do ecossistema de inovação que orbita as incubadoras integrantes da rede alvo, AGROINNCUBA, identificando as variáveis que compõem o ecossistema e avaliando a resultante deste processo no desempenho de empresas inovadoras voltadas para o agronegócio. A fim de caracterizar o modelo de formação de cada ecossistema de inovação da rede, a metodologia utilizada foi baseada em pesquisa quantitativa (análise multivariada) com os Coordenadores e empreendedores das incubadoras filiadas à AGROINNCUBA, através de um questionário com respostas abertas e fechadas aplicado online via Google formulários, além de entrevistas com os gestores das incubadoras e parques participantes. Os atores dos ecossistemas de inovação da rede AGROINNCUBA, têm desenvolvido uma cultura direcionada a inovação, dedicando-se a pensar e agir de forma a gerir o conhecimento por meio da tecnologia da informação, da organização do trabalho, da gestão da inovação, gestão de pessoas e de recursos, possibilitando assim ambientes que estimulem a criatividade, a viabilização de talentos, contribuindo para o seu desenvolvimento e fortalecimento. Diante do levantamento realizado para a verificação da existência de um ecossistema de inovação estabelecido ao redor das incubadoras e parques científicos da rede AGROINNCUBA, pode-se afirmar que este conjunto de atores tem contribuído para a geração de novos negócios inovadores, assim, promovendo o desenvolvimento econômico e social. / The objective of the present study was to analyze the formation model of the innovation ecosystem that orbits the incubators of the target network, AGROINNCUBA, identifying the variables that compose the ecosystem and evaluating the resulting process in performance of innovative agribusiness companies. In order to characterize the formation model of each innovation ecosystem, the methodology used was based on quantitative (multivariate analysis) and qualitative (discourse analysis) research with coordinators and entrepreneurs from the incubators affiliated with the AGROINNCUBA, through a questionnaire with open and closed responses applied online via Google forms and interviews with the managers of the participating incubators. The actors of the innovation ecosystems of the AGROINNCUBA network, have developed a culture directed to innovation, dedicating themselves to thinking and acting in order to manage knowledge through information technology, work organization, Innovation management, Management of people and resources, thus enabling environments that stimulate creativity, the feasibility of talents, contributing to their development and strengthening. In view of the survey carried out to verify the existence of an innovation ecosystem established around the incubators and scientific parks of the AGROINNCUBA network, it can be affirmed that this set of actors has contributed to the generation of new Innovative business, thus promoting economic and social development.

With the influx of state-funded business development programs and organizations, it is of increasing relevance to understand the success and value creation of said programs and organizations. Sweden is one of the states in the world with the highest number of incubators per capita, and has an extensive knowledge network surrounding incubation. However, the success of them is hard to predict at best, owing to different incubator practices and selection processes for different industries, for example. This creates the question of whether incubators are a worthwhile investment strategy to create growth, and how this should be assessed. Prior literature on the field have used a range of different measures, such as survival rate over time, but we are more interested in the long-term growth caused by incubators by their graduated firms. Thus, this study’s purpose is to assess whether Northern Swedish incubator graduates see stronger growth than comparable non-incubated firms over time. The approach taken has been to study the 5-year cumulative average employee and turnover growth rates of firms in IT & non-digital technology in Northern Sweden. Quantitative firm data was analyzed deductively in accordance to hypotheses developed on prior theory on the field. The incubator firm sample had been affiliated with either Uminova Innovation or Arctic Business Incubator (ABI), as the 3rd incubator in Northern Sweden, Bizmaker, had no suitable firms for our study. The comparable reference firms were from all counties related to Northern Sweden, Norrland Land. Analyzing the data revealed a significantly higher turnover growth rate for incubator graduates in the region, as opposed to the numbers of non-incubated firms. Incubated IT firms seemed to have a quicker turnover growth than that of incubated non-digital technology firms as well. However, this was not the case regarding employee growth, where no significant relation was between that and incubation, or lack thereof. The data suggests that incubators create some lasting economic growth, at the very least, but cannot show to great growth in things such as employment, societal growth, and creation of other kinds of value like environmental and social. The suggested course of action for further actors in the field is to expand the study, e.g. by using different time spans, regions and researched types of value. Incubators do seem to have an effect on their firms, but it is difficult to pinpoint and harder to assign a value to in comparison to the resources spent on them.

Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering; and, (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1976. / Microfiche copy available in Archives and Engineering. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 41). / Carl A. Wales. / B.S.

‘Corporate Venturing (CV)', which is broadly defined as an innovation practice by creating and nurturing internal CV teams or investing in external start-ups (Burgelman, 1983b; Dushnitsky and Lenox, 2005), has been adopted by large incumbent firms wishing to ensure their survival and business s growth in the future. Despite its promised benefits, CV activities are often terminated in the early stages. Nevertheless, some firms start their CV programs again, and these recurring patterns of CV activities contribute towards ‘CV cyclicality'. However, we have limited understandings of the phenomenon of CV cyclicality at the level of the firm. This thesis, therefore, aims to develop a better understanding of the cyclical nature of CV (i.e. CV cyclicality) in a way that helps managers manage CV activities—engaged scholarship (Van de Ven, 2007). To explore CV cyclicality at the firm level, this thesis adopted an in-depth case study approach. A large Korean ICT firm (pseudonym: Company Alpha), which is the exemplar of a large firm in Korea that repeated CV activities over time, was examined (from early 2013 to 2017) to find out how CV activities were developed, terminated, and then re-started during the period between 1990 and 2015. This approach enabled to find the importance of the term ‘direction' for the CV practitioners at Company Alpha and in the Korean context. Hence, this thesis also aims to usefully conceptualize ‘direction' itself to understand and explain Company Alpha's corporate venturing activities and how they repeat over time. This thesis suggests that the direction of corporate venturing (CV) can be usefully conceptualized as an internal consistency between the firm's structure (with actors residing in the structure) and its strategy. Drawing on research orchestration theory (Sirmon et al., 2007; 2011), a conceptual framework (the direction of CV) was developed by combining both the main managerial actors who conduct CV activities (the starting point) and the primary strategic objective that the CV program pursues and is designed to achieve (the end point). The thesis demonstrates that this new framing of direction helps us to better understand and explain Company Alpha's repeating CV cycles. From the examination of the twenty-six years history of CV (from 1990 to 2015) at the Korean ICT firm through the lens of the direction of CV, this thesis makes its main argument about the CV cyclicality at Company Alpha: rather than being terminated separately, a series of CV programs evolved over time for the purpose of combining resources in a new way; results of deliberate and experimental efforts then formed an evolutionary cycle of CV. The thesis also argues that what was terminated during the firm's repeated CV activities was, instead, a distinct evolutionary cycle of CV, which later re-initiated with the next CV cycle. This thesis makes substantial contributions to knowledge. Firstly, this thesis makes contributions to the CV literature by providing a detailed and empirical evidence-based explanation of CV cyclicality at a large Korean high-tech firm (repeated evolutionary CV cycles aimed at new resource combination), which goes beyond a relatively simple dichotomy between termination and evolution. Secondly, the thesis also contributes to the strategy and innovation management literature by suggesting a new framing of direction from an internal firm perspective. This helps us to understand organizational and strategic change in a new way that organizations can generate changes proactively by reconfiguring their internal elements, even without stimuli external to the firm. Thirdly, for practitioners, the findings from the thesis contribute by providing an empirical insight that can help managers manage their CV activities. Almost no organizational memory about their previous CV efforts remained within the firm, however, this thesis casts an empirical light by unfolding how a repeating pattern (the evolution of CV) occurred within the first (1997–2002) and the second CV cycle (2011–2015) of the firm. The case firm and other companies may benefit from having knowledge of a corporate history of CV cycles including failures.

This study explores the worth of state sponsored Business Incubators to the South African economy in respect of job creation and enterprise development. Using The Innovation Hub Management Company (TIHMC)‟s Maxum Business Incubator as a case study, and employing mixed methods, this non experimental longitudinal research undertakes to interrogate the quality of service rendered by one of South Africa‟s premier enterprise development facilities and its contribution to employment generation since its formation in 2000. The study surveys Pre - Incubatees, Incubatees and Post - Incubatees and interviews key informants in the TIHMC management to unravel this relatively under-researched area. The results show that the TIHMC Maxum Business Incubator has nurtured up to 81 firms which in turn have provided a combined total of 821 jobs between 2000 and 2011 - constituting 0.10% of the 800,000 employment opportunities generated by the Gauteng Provincial Government within the same period. However, the results also indicate that a range of services, particularly business skills, planning, financial management and book-keeping training require vastly improved technical expertise to sustain the incubated firms‟ market potentials. Further, the TIHMC needs to develop accessible information management systems and evaluative tools to enable regular performance appraisals, beneficiary feed-back and tracking of success stories in order to improve its strategic visions. The study‟s ambitions were to inform the TIHMC management‟s future plans and to contribute more generally to informed national discourses, policy making and academic inquiry into the efficacy of the novel notion of Business Incubation and its value to developing world contexts.

Thesis (M.A.)--Northern Kentucky University, 2009. / Made available through ProQuest. Publication number: AAT 1469758. ProQuest document ID: 1902458221. Includes bibliographical references (p. 23-25)