Entrepreneurial ecosystem: Analysis of the contribution of universities in the creation of technology-based firms

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https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2021.68011

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entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial ecosystem, technology-based firms, universities, multiple cases

Abstract

This paper aimed to analyze how higher education institutions contribute to the creation of technology-based firms. The research method was that of multiple cases, represented by two universities and five technology-based firms in Belo Horizonte. We selected businesses that had as founders students or former students of the researched universities. The results showed that the institutions have robust structures and programs, but still act in a little internally integrated way. In addition, the entrepreneurs do not identify the contribution of their university education in their entrepreneurial trajectory. The study contributes to the understanding of the role of the university in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. From a theoretical point of view, the study identified categories of analysis to evaluate entrepreneurial universities.

Author Biographies

João Paulo Moreira Silva, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PPGA/PUC Minas), Brasil

Doutorando pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PUC Minas), Brasil.

Liliane de Oliveira Guimarães, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PPGA/PUC Minas), Brasil

Doutorado em Administração pela Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (EAESP/FGV), Brasil.

Professora pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PPGA/PUC Minas), Brasil.

Edmundo Inácio Júnior, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas da Unicamp (PPGA/Unicamp), Brasil

Doutorado pela Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Brasil.

Professor pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração da Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas da Unicamp (PPGA/Unicamp), Brasil

José Márcio de Castro, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PPGA/PUC Minas), Brasil

Doutorado pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brasil.

Professor pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração – Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais (PPGA/PUC Minas), Brasil

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2021-05-31

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Silva, J. P. M., Guimarães, L. de O., Inácio Júnior, E., & Castro, J. M. de. (2021). Entrepreneurial ecosystem: Analysis of the contribution of universities in the creation of technology-based firms. Contextus - Contemporary Journal of Economics and Management, 19, 160–175. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2021.68011

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