Ce travail de thèse a pour objectif la mise en place d’un processus d’intelligence économique au sein d’une start-up proposant une technologie émergente. Dans ce cas d’étude, nous avons mis en évidence une double émergence : l’environnement nouveau et l’entreprise en construction.Dans un premier temps, nous mobilisons un cadre analytique original pour le processus d’intelligence économique : les TIS – Technological Innovation Systems. Cette grille de lecture propose une analyse dynamique du système d’innovation de l’entreprise à travers la structure et les interactions auxquelles les acteurs du système prennent part. Dans un deuxième temps, nous abordons l’intérêt de considérer les éléments intrinsèques de la start-up pour la mise en place d’un processus d’intelligence économique. Notre compréhension des éléments spécifiques de la start-up, comme sa structure adhocratique, a permis dans un troisième temps, l’implémentation d’outils cohérents avec la prégnance de la dimension humaine et les ressources que l’entreprise peut mobiliser. Nous avons organisé la création de connaissances à partir du cycle de l’information, proposé une première évaluation du processus d’intelligence économique en place et déduit les prolongements envisagés. Dans un quatrième temps, nous nous sommes focalisés sur l’utilisation du brevet pour la compréhension de notre domaine technologique.Réalisée dans une démarche de recherche-action (menée dans le cadre d’une convention CIFRE), cette thèse expose l’expérimentation de notre méthode d’intelligence économique au sein de Poietis, start-up française de bioimpression. / This thesis aims to implement a competitive intelligence process within a start-up that develops an emerging technology. A double emergence has been identified: the environment of the company and the company itself.First, we call upon an original analytical framework for competitive intelligence: Technological Innovation Systems (TIS). This framework allows for a dynamic analysis of the innovation system of the company through the structure and the interactions between the agents within the system. Second, we address the benefit of taking into the account the intrinsic characteristics of the company for the implementation of a competitive intelligence process. Our understanding of specific elements of the start-up, its adhocratic structure for instance, has allowed in a third step to implement tools in line with the importance of the human dimension and the resources that the company can mobilize.We organized the creation of knowledge from the information cycle, suggest a first evaluation of the competitive intelligence process and deduced the considered extensions.Finally, we focused on the use of patent for the understanding of a technological domain.Carried out in an action research approach (conducted as part of a CIFRE contract), this thesis shows the test of our method of technology intelligence within Poietis, a French bioprinting start-up.

The dynamic and often hostile competitive landscape of the twenty-first century has created significant threats to existing patterns of successful competition. A review of the extant literature and research about innovation and entrepreneurship identifies their importance to ensuring corporate vitality and wealth generation in today’s global economy. For over one hundred andfifty years the foundation of Australia’s prosperity has been from resource based industries such as agriculture and mining. Changes in the world economy clearly require a much broader range of globally competitive industries to sustain Australia’s strong economic position. It is proposed that the older more traditional industries must also undergo rapid transformation if they are to maintain their competitive advantage. This thesis describes an action research study conducted over four years (2002-2006) in the Australian red meat industry. The study aimed to extend the body of knowledge on innovation and entrepreneurship in the industry. It also sought to explore options for improving practice through interventions which would accelerate the development of firm innovation capabilities and a culture of innovation more broadly across the industry.The thesis articulates a comprehensive contextual framework of the sector’s innovation and entrepreneurship system and an associated model of firm innovation and entrepreneurial capability. In addition, a new methodology for mapping the effectiveness of an innovation system is developed based on the emerging concept of system failures. By applying this methodology, a new SI-Intervention Framework is developed and a suite of intervention projects is tested for acceptance and potential impact with industry participants.It is proposed that the thesis offers a contribution to knowledge through convergence of the related fields of innovation and entrepreneurship into a single conceptual framework. In addition, the development of new theoretical and analytical models and methodologies build on and extend the work of previous researchers. Evidence of improved practice is demonstrated in relation to incorporation of the new framework and methodologies into the industry’s future innovation strategy, building internal capability in the innovation intervention agency, and acceptance by industry participants of the new approach.It is acknowledged that the models and concepts articulated in this thesis are at an early stage of development and that there is a significant amount of further research required. Similarly, as the study is focused on a single case, no attempt is made to offer broad generalisations. The value of the study will ultimately be determined by the specifics of future research contexts and can only be evaluated to the extent that it seems accurate, appropriate and authentic from the reader’s own perspective.

Innovation is a critical component for long term success of an organization. However, being innovative is rarely easy. Successful implementation of any innovation (product, process, or business system) can heavily rely on the functionality of the current innovation system in a given industry. An innovation system is composed of policies, companies, individuals, and other major actors that may play a role in the development and diffusion of an innovation into the marketplace. Historically, the forest products industry has faced numerous challenges in remaining innovative: outside forces provide few incentives or favorable policies while poor communication among industry sectors impedes creative growth from within. An in-depth analysis of why the forest sector innovation system is not performing at a higher level is therefore essential. This thesis outlines results gathered from personal interviews with industry professionals and an industry survey on key policies, incentives, organizations, and the condition of Oregon's forest sector innovation system in general. Ultimately, the research provides recommendations for an improved forest sector innovation system that can, in turn, increase competitiveness and synergies among forest sector companies, higher education, and other businesses in Oregon. / Graduation date: 2013

The developing knowledge economy affects organizations within the innovation system where higher education institutions (HEI) are regarded as a significant part. There is a large amount of research that focus on different aspects of collaboration such as the outcome, the process and its infrastructure. To emphasize HEIs role in the national and regional innovation systems concepts such as Mode 2 and Triple helix, and the Knowledge triangle, have developed. These concepts have also heavily influenced Swedish innovation policy.   This thesis is set to analyze collaboration work between Swedish HEIs and the public and private sectors, and to understand how collaboration: i) occurs in practice in research and undergraduate education; ii) is influenced by policy efforts, and; iii) influence HEI’s internal and external social capital building. Firstly, research and teaching links is analyzed to highlight the integration of collaboration, research and education within specific research profiles. This is because previous research has neglected collaboration and its effect on undergraduate education. Secondly, social capital theory is used as a framework for the analysis. Social capital theory is used to obtain a thorough understanding of individual researchers’ attitude to collaboration and participation in collaboration activities.   The results indicate that short term projects had long-term effects since it established new education programs and projects. Collaboration also effects undergraduate education through research profiles with their integration of research and education in groups within as well as outside the HEI. The results also show that social capital building through top steered initiatives is complex. In the HEIs there was no relation between researchers expressing a positive attitude towards different forms of collaboration and a high participation level in collaboration activities. This suggests that building of external social capital within HEIs is not related to the nature of the internal social capital. There was interfaculty differences in both the researchers’ attitude to collaboration activities and participation in collaboration activities. As expected, professors had more opportunities and ability for collaboration. They also indicated a resistance to use a central infrastructure for collaboration to build external social capital. The opposite was demonstrated for professors from the humanities who had little experience of collaboration. They still did not to use the infrastructure to a large extent. Suggestively policy makers should encourage a more efficient external social capital building through earmarked funding for collaboration on a department level rather than on the HEIs’ central level.

This study explores the Regional Innovation System (RIS) approach which is an efficient policy tool for the achievement of regional development in the global competition environment and aims to evaluate the social and institutional gains of Mersin RIS following the implementation of Mersin Regional Innovation Strategy (RIStr). An analysis of Mersin RIStr, which is the first and the only RIStr of Turkey, has been taken as a case study. Mersin RIStr, as being a project supported in the context of European Union 6. Framework program, aims to improve the regional innovation infrastructure and capacity of Mersin. RIS is not only technological but is also a social process and accordingly requires intense regional interaction networks. In this context, the impact of RIStr on the improvement of RIS in Mersin has been evaluated through the determinants of new institutional structures, improvements in lobor market conditions, newly occured cooperation networks and newly produced project-products-services-skills. Indepth interview method has been used for the survey. Interviews were carried out with the stakeholders of strategy project. Throughout the survey, gains of the region in general terms and gains of the specified leading sectors / i.e. tourism, logistic and agro-food, have been evaluated from the perspective of stakeholders. Social and institutional achievements of Mersin RIS have been evaluated in detail with the aim of presenting the effectiveness and weaknesses of strategy as being a new model case for the other regions in Turkey.

The dynamic and often hostile competitive landscape of the twenty-first century has created significant threats to existing patterns of successful competition. A review of the extant literature and research about innovation and entrepreneurship identifies their importance to ensuring corporate vitality and wealth generation in today’s global economy. For over one hundred andfifty years the foundation of Australia’s prosperity has been from resource based industries such as agriculture and mining. Changes in the world economy clearly require a much broader range of globally competitive industries to sustain Australia’s strong economic position. It is proposed that the older more traditional industries must also undergo rapid transformation if they are to maintain their competitive advantage. This thesis describes an action research study conducted over four years (2002-2006) in the Australian red meat industry. The study aimed to extend the body of knowledge on innovation and entrepreneurship in the industry. It also sought to explore options for improving practice through interventions which would accelerate the development of firm innovation capabilities and a culture of innovation more broadly across the industry.The thesis articulates a comprehensive contextual framework of the sector’s innovation and entrepreneurship system and an associated model of firm innovation and entrepreneurial capability. In addition, a new methodology for mapping the effectiveness of an innovation system is developed based on the emerging concept of system failures. By applying this methodology, a new SI-Intervention Framework is developed and a suite of intervention projects is tested for acceptance and potential impact with industry participants.It is proposed that the thesis offers a contribution to knowledge through convergence of the related fields of innovation and entrepreneurship into a single conceptual framework. In addition, the development of new theoretical and analytical models and methodologies build on and extend the work of previous researchers. Evidence of improved practice is demonstrated in relation to incorporation of the new framework and methodologies into the industry’s future innovation strategy, building internal capability in the innovation intervention agency, and acceptance by industry participants of the new approach.It is acknowledged that the models and concepts articulated in this thesis are at an early stage of development and that there is a significant amount of further research required. Similarly, as the study is focused on a single case, no attempt is made to offer broad generalisations. The value of the study will ultimately be determined by the specifics of future research contexts and can only be evaluated to the extent that it seems accurate, appropriate and authentic from the reader’s own perspective.

The dynamic and often hostile competitive landscape of the twenty-first century has created significant threats to existing patterns of successful competition. A review of the extant literature and research about innovation and entrepreneurship identifies their importance to ensuring corporate vitality and wealth generation in today’s global economy. For over one hundred andfifty years the foundation of Australia’s prosperity has been from resource based industries such as agriculture and mining. Changes in the world economy clearly require a much broader range of globally competitive industries to sustain Australia’s strong economic position. It is proposed that the older more traditional industries must also undergo rapid transformation if they are to maintain their competitive advantage. This thesis describes an action research study conducted over four years (2002-2006) in the Australian red meat industry. The study aimed to extend the body of knowledge on innovation and entrepreneurship in the industry. It also sought to explore options for improving practice through interventions which would accelerate the development of firm innovation capabilities and a culture of innovation more broadly across the industry.The thesis articulates a comprehensive contextual framework of the sector’s innovation and entrepreneurship system and an associated model of firm innovation and entrepreneurial capability. In addition, a new methodology for mapping the effectiveness of an innovation system is developed based on the emerging concept of system failures. By applying this methodology, a new SI-Intervention Framework is developed and a suite of intervention projects is tested for acceptance and potential impact with industry participants.It is proposed that the thesis offers a contribution to knowledge through convergence of the related fields of innovation and entrepreneurship into a single conceptual framework. In addition, the development of new theoretical and analytical models and methodologies build on and extend the work of previous researchers. Evidence of improved practice is demonstrated in relation to incorporation of the new framework and methodologies into the industry’s future innovation strategy, building internal capability in the innovation intervention agency, and acceptance by industry participants of the new approach.It is acknowledged that the models and concepts articulated in this thesis are at an early stage of development and that there is a significant amount of further research required. Similarly, as the study is focused on a single case, no attempt is made to offer broad generalisations. The value of the study will ultimately be determined by the specifics of future research contexts and can only be evaluated to the extent that it seems accurate, appropriate and authentic from the reader’s own perspective.

215 p. / Submitted by Santiago Fabio (fabio.ssantiago@hotmail.com) on 2012-12-17T18:23:49Z No. of bitstreams: 1 222.pdf: 2375965 bytes, checksum: 1671d76717afa5d9f59e38a0994e6946 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-12-17T18:23:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 222.pdf: 2375965 bytes, checksum: 1671d76717afa5d9f59e38a0994e6946 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / O presente estudo apresenta uma perspectiva longitudinal das experiências de incubação de empresas no Estado da Bahia, desde a gênese até os dias atuais (2010), com o propósito de encontrar o porquê das Incubadoras de Empresas (IE) do Estado da Bahia, não terem conseguido perdurar ou alcançar seus objetivos propostos, ao longo de quase duas décadas de existência (1993-2010), bem como inferir quanto às perspectivas futuras do movimento incubador empresarial baiano. A fundamentação teórica respalda-se na visão schumpeteriana de Inovação, no modelo da tríplice hélice (poder publico, a academia e o setor produtivo) e no conceito de Sistema de Inovação. O texto introduz uma revisão histórico-conceitual do cenário internacional e brasileiro acerca das incubadoras de empresas antes de penetrar à realidade baiana. Tomando por base estudos a jusante, que retrataram com diferentes olhares as incubadoras baianas, foi possível identificar quatro momentos distintos do movimento de incubação local: o primeiro (1991-1998) demonstrou sua importância pelo pioneirismo das iniciativas ligadas a organismos dos poderes federal, estadual e municipal na criação de diversos projetos de incubação empresarial, mas destes, poucos vingaram. No momento seguinte (1999-2003) caracterizado pela quase ausência de ações de fomento ao empreendedorismo e a consolidação de habitats de inovações baianos. O terceiro momento (2004-2008) tem como limites a publicação do marco regulatório de incentivo à inovação federal e estadual, respectivamente, gerando forte estímulo à pesquisa aplicada, levando ao surgimento da Rede Baiana de Incubadoras, a reestruturação de algumas incubadoras, em declínio, e o surgimento de novas referências no Estado, embora sem atingir os efeitos desejados. Por fim, o período atual (2009-2010) insinua-se promissor quanto às pretensões futuras do movimento de inovação local, devido à adoção do modelo CERNE (SEBRAE-ANPROTEC), criado em 2009, como paradigma de gestão das incubadoras, pelos novos aportes de capital (FAPESB e FINEP) nestas, e pela proximidade de inauguração do Tecnocentro, do Parque Tecnológico Baiano (Tecnovia) prevista para 2011-2012. A investigação empírica constituiu-se em um estudo de caso coletivo das incubadoras ativas e inativas baianas, no período 1993- 2010, com o uso da técnica de pesquisa exploratória (bibliográfica e em fontes documentais) e de depoimentos colhidos em entrevistas semi-estruturadas com stakeholders. A conclusão do trabalho conduz a uma confirmação do pressuposto construído que aponta razões políticas, institucionais e culturais para o insucesso do movimento empresarial baiano, embora o cenário atual (2010) apresente um viés positivo, desde que cada stakeholder demonstre aprendizado com os erros passados e, trabalhando em rede, consiga viabilizar suas atividades planejadas para o biênio por vir (2011-2012), mas não limitado a este. / Salvador

O mundo volta suas atenções para o fenômeno de crescimento econômico observado na China nas últimas décadas. Neste contexto, a literatura contemporânea destaca as iniciativas do governo chinês para transformar o país em uma potência voltada para a geração de inovações tecnológicas. Essa trajetória diferenciada começa a ser determinada, de forma mais contundente, a partir da abertura econômica promovida sob liderança de Deng Xiaoping em 1978 e possui em seus sucessores a continuidade deste projeto estratégico. Assim, sustenta-se a ideia de que exista um projeto estratégico, idealizado pelo Estado chinês, que busca promover a capacidade de gerar inovações tecnológicas como um dos meios para a resolução dos principais entraves ao crescimento do país, tais como: a manutenção da alta produtividade; a diminuição da deterioração na distribuição de renda; a redução dos impactos do crescimento em termos de poluição ambiental; a criação de fontes de energia sustentáveis e renováveis, das quais o país possui enorme carência; aproximação do país da fronteira tecnológica global. Para além disso, o desenvolvimento da capacidade de gerar inovações é fundamental para garantir o crescimento sustentável da renda e evitar a armadilha da renda média, facilitando a transição do país do status de renda média para a alta. Presume-se, assim, que o esforço em promover as inovações faça parte de uma escolha estratégica adotada pelo Estado que busca, através da melhoria técnica, a solução para os enormes desafios expostos anteriormente. Inspirado pelos pontos de convergência das perspectivas neo-schumpeteriana e institucionalista, esta tese se propõe a avaliar a intencionalidade do Estado na criação de instituições voltadas para a promoção das inovações nativas na China, denominadas de “Zizhu Chuangxin”. Mais especificamente, quer se demonstrar a dinâmica de atuação do Estado no sistema nacional de inovações do país. Com base na análise das instituições criadas, extintas ou modificadas, expressas na forma física (criação de institutos, organismos, ministérios, etc.) ou representadas por leis, hábitos, costumes, padrões de comportamento e crenças, quer se sugerir uma periodização histórica das políticas e das intenções do Estado na promoção das inovações tecnológicas como forma de diminuir os obstáculos estruturais na continuidade do processo de desenvolvimento econômico da China. Diante do exposto, a principal hipótese de pesquisa é a de que, conforme amadurecem as capacidades internas nacionais de aquisição, da assimilação e do aperfeiçoamento de tecnologias existentes na fronteira do conhecimento, os canais de atuação do Estado chinês na indução das inovações têm-se alterado ao longo do tempo em resposta às demandas estratégicas constituídas pelo avanço econômico do país. Essa situação demostra que o processo de melhoria das condições tecnológicas da China não é um processo espontâneo guiado pelas forças de mercado, mas sim, liderado em grande parte, por ações executadas pelo Estado chinês na intenção de criar um ambiente institucional favorável à inovação. / The world turns its attention to the phenomenon of economic growth observed in China in recent decades. In this context, the contemporary literature highlights the initiatives of the Chinese government to transform the country into a Great Power aimed at generating technological innovations. This differentiated trajectory begins to be determined, more incisively, from the economic opening that was taking place under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping in 1978 and has in its successors the continuity of this strategic project. Thus, the idea that there is a strategic project is maintained, the one idealized by the Chinese State, which seeks to promote the capacity to generate technological innovations as one of the means to solve the main obstacles to the country's growth, such as: productivity; the decrease of the deterioration in the distribution of income; reducing the environmental impacts of growth; the creation of sustainable and renewable energy sources, of which the country has an enormous deficiency; bringing the country closer to the global technological frontier. Beyond that, developing the ability to generate innovation is critical to ensuring sustainable income growth and avoiding the middle income trap, facilitating the country's transition from middle to high income status. It is presumed, therefore, that the effort to promote innovation is part of a strategic choice adopted by the State that seeks, through technical improvement, the solution to the enormous challenges presented above. Inspired by the points of convergence of the neo-Schumpeterian and institutionalist perspectives, this thesis proposes to evaluate the intentionality of the State in the creation of institutions aimed at promoting native innovations in China, called "Zizhu Chuangxin". More specifically, the thesis wants to demonstrate the dynamics of State action in the country's national innovation system. Based on the analysis of the created, extinct or modified institutions, expressed in the physical form (creation of institutes, agencies, ministries, etc.) or represented by laws, habits, customs, behavior patterns and beliefs, the work suggests a historical periodization of policies and State intentions in promoting technological innovations as a way to reduce structural obstacles in the continuity of China's economic development process. In view of the above, the main research hypothesis argues that, as national domestic capacities for acquiring, assimilating and improving of existing technologies at the knowledge frontier mature, the Chinese State's channels used to induce innovations have changed over time in response to the strategic demands made by the country's economic progress. This situation demonstrates that the process of improving China's technological conditions is not a spontaneous process driven by market forces but rather led, in large part, by actions intentionally carried out by the Chinese State to create a favorable institutional environment for innovation.

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No. of bitstreams: 1 QUADROS, Paulo Roberto Novais Soares de.pdf: 2375965 bytes, checksum: 1671d76717afa5d9f59e38a0994e6946 (MD5) / O presente estudo apresenta uma perspectiva longitudinal das experiências de incubação de empresas no Estado da Bahia, desde a gênese até os dias atuais (2010), com o propósito de encontrar o porquê das Incubadoras de Empresas (IE) do Estado da Bahia, não terem conseguido perdurar ou alcançar seus objetivos propostos, ao longo de quase duas décadas de existência (1993-2010), bem como inferir quanto às perspectivas futuras do movimento incubador empresarial baiano. A fundamentação teórica respalda-se na visão schumpeteriana de Inovação, no modelo da tríplice hélice (poder publico, a academia e o setor produtivo) e no conceito de Sistema de Inovação. O texto introduz uma revisão histórico-conceitual do cenário internacional e brasileiro acerca das incubadoras de empresas antes de penetrar à realidade baiana. Tomando por base estudos a jusante, que retrataram com diferentes olhares as incubadoras baianas, foi possível identificar quatro momentos distintos do movimento de incubação local: o primeiro (1991-1998) demonstrou sua importância pelo pioneirismo das iniciativas ligadas a organismos dos poderes federal, estadual e municipal na criação de diversos projetos de incubação empresarial, mas destes, poucos vingaram. No momento seguinte (1999-2003) caracterizado pela quase ausência de ações de fomento ao empreendedorismo e a consolidação de habitats de inovações baianos. O terceiro momento (2004-2008) tem como limites a publicação do marco regulatório de incentivo à inovação federal e estadual, respectivamente, gerando forte estímulo à pesquisa aplicada, levando ao surgimento da Rede Baiana de Incubadoras, a reestruturação de algumas incubadoras, em declínio, e o surgimento de novas referências no Estado, embora sem atingir os efeitos desejados. Por fim, o período atual (2009-2010) insinua-se promissor quanto às pretensões futuras do movimento de inovação local, devido à adoção do modelo CERNE (SEBRAE-ANPROTEC), criado em 2009, como paradigma de gestão das incubadoras, pelos novos aportes de capital (FAPESB e FINEP) nestas, e pela proximidade de inauguração do Tecnocentro, do Parque Tecnológico Baiano (Tecnovia) prevista para 2011-2012. A investigação empírica constituiu-se em um estudo de caso coletivo das incubadoras ativas e inativas baianas, no período 1993- 2010, com o uso da técnica de pesquisa exploratória (bibliográfica e em fontes documentais) e de depoimentos colhidos em entrevistas semi-estruturadas com stakeholders. A conclusão do trabalho conduz a uma confirmação do pressuposto construído que aponta razões políticas, institucionais e culturais para o insucesso do movimento empresarial baiano, embora o cenário atual (2010) apresente um viés positivo, desde que cada stakeholder demonstre aprendizado com os erros passados e, trabalhando em rede, consiga viabilizar suas atividades planejadas para o biênio por vir (2011-2012), mas não limitado a este. / The present study shows a longitudinal perspective from the experiences of business incubation in the State of Bahia, since its genesis until current days (2010), with the intention to find the reason why the local business incubators (BI) have not accomplished its objectives, throughout almost two decades of existence (1993-2010), as well as inferring the future perspectives of the Bahia’s enterprise incubation movement. The theoretical endorsement is based on Schumpeter’s vision of Innovation and on the concept of System Innovation’s Triple Helix model, engaging the government, the academy and the productive sector. The text introduces an international and Brazilian description-conceptual review concerning the business incubation before penetrating the local state scenario. Taking some studies downstream, which had portrait, with different views, the business incubators experience within Bahia, it was possible to identify four distinct moments. The first one (1991-1998) demonstrated its importance as a start point for several incubation’s initiatives hosted by organisms related to the federal, state or municipal governments, but among these, only few remained to the following moment (1999-2003) which was characterized by the absence of significant actions to promote both entrepreneurship and the consolidation of local innovation’s habitats. The third period (2004-2008) presents as limits the publication of the Brazilian’s and Bahia’s legal landmarks of innovation incentive, respectively. These laws generated strong stimulation to the applied researches, leading to the sprouting of the Business Incubators’ Web of Bahia (RBI), the reorganization of some incubation projects, in decline, and the birth of new references within the State, even so without reaching the desired effect. Finally, the current moment (2009-2010) presents itself as crucial for the future pretensions of the local innovation movement, represented by the adoption of CERNE’s model (SEBRAE-ANPROTEC), created in 2009, as a management paradigm for the local business incubators, also for the recent financial investments (FAPESB and FINEP) made in these, and for the proximity of the State Technological Park’s (TECNOVIA) Tecnocentro’s inauguration foreseen to happen within 2011-2012. The empirical inquiry consisted in a study of a collective case composed by active and inactive business incubators within the State of Bahia (1993-2010) using the technique of exploratory research (books and documents mostly) and the statements of several stakeholders, harvested in half-structuralized interviews. The conclusion of this study leads to a confirmation of the hypothesis constructed that pointed to the failure of the enterprise’s incubation movement within Bahia due to a combination of political, institutional and cultural reasons. Nevertheless the current scene (2010) presents a positive bias, since each stakeholder demonstrates maturity and awareness with past mistakes and, as a web, can perform its planned activities for the coming biennium (2011-2012), but not limited to it.