Business Incubators in Brazil: Main Gaps to Be Explored by Academic Researchers

Gustavo Tietz; Rosley Anholon; Robert Cooper Ordoñez; Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas

doi:10.4067/S0718-27242015000400003

Authors

Gustavo Tietz School of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Materials, State University of Campinas. São Paulo
Rosley Anholon School of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Materials, State University of Campinas. São Paulo
Robert Cooper Ordoñez School of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Materials, State University of Campinas. São Paulo
Osvaldo Luiz Gonçalves Quelhas Department of Post-Graduation on Production Engineering, Fluminense Federal University. Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-27242015000400003

Keywords:

administration, management, business incubators, literature review, innovation, entrepreneurship

Abstract

The business incubators have an essential role at any global entrepreneurial ecosystem. Through the support offered to entrepreneurs in terms of infrastructure and management, they reduce mortality risk of startup companies and contribute to better performance of the country's economy. In order to make a contribution to the academia and to business incubators, this paper is primarily engaged in performing a literature review on Brazilian and international academic basis in order to identify which are the main themes of research conducted involving Brazilian business incubators. The results show that most of the themes are associated with the services provision by the incubators and its management; however, there are many gaps yet to be explored by academic researchers, such as internal characteristics or the interrelationship between business incubators and triple helix.