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StartUp Angra: estudo de caso de uma incubadora de base local
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O presente Relatório de Estágio foi realizado no âmbito da estrutura curricular do Mestrado em Gestão, Empreendedorismo e Inovação da Faculdade de Economia da Universidade do Algarve. Tem o intuito de apresentar o trabalho desenvolvido durante o estágio curricular conducente à obtenção do grau de mestre que decorreu na StartUp Angra, uma incubadora de empresas de base local, durante o período de 18 de outubro de 2021 a 29 de dezembro de 2021.
A criação e desenvolvimento de empresas é um dos principais objetivos das incubadoras, enquanto instrumentos de promoção do empreendedorismo. Após o tema de incubação de empresas ter sido lecionado numa unidade curricular do citado mestrado, esta temática despertou a minha curiosidade sobre o processo empreendedor e a importância das organizações de suporte. Tendo conhecimento da existência de uma incubadora de empresas na Ilha Terceira (Região Autónoma dos Açores), surgiu a oportunidade de estudar o tema em maior profundidade através de um estágio curricular na StartUp Angra.
A StartUp Angra é uma incubadora de empresas de base local, jovem, com cinco anos de atividade, que tendo como objetivos principais, fomentar o empreendedorismo na região e criar um maior número de postos de trabalho, afirma-se como uma incubadora de desenvolvimento económico, de cariz regional. Este tipo de incubadoras, têm um importante papel a desempenhar no apoio às empresas, uma vez que estas são mais vulneráveis nos primeiros anos de atividade, e, muitas não conseguem ser bem-sucedidas.
Dado que a taxa de mortalidade empresarial é elevada nos primeiros anos de vida (Aernoudt, 2004), as incubadoras vêm proporcionar um maior número de recursos – infraestruturas, serviços, acesso a redes – que irão ajudar as empresas a ultrapassar as adversidades colocadas pela competitividade no mercado, nos seus estádios iniciais.
Este estudo de caso teve como objetivo compreender o funcionamento da incubadora em estudo, determinar as práticas de incubação e fatores críticos de sucesso da StartUp Angra, analisar a evolução da incubadora considerando o impacto de Covid-19 na atividade recente. A metodologia de natureza qualitativa, do tipo exploratório baseou-se em análise documental, observação participante e entrevistas semiestruturadas. Os resultados indicam uma evolução positiva da incubadora nos últimos dois anos, com as atividades de networking a favorecerem os negócios. Por outro lado, fica evidente a necessidade de aumentar a notoriedade local/regional da incubadora, através do investimento na comunicação institucional e no aumento de redes externas, através da construção de redes de relacionamento com parceiros estratégicos.
This Internship Report was carried out within the curricular structure of the Master's Degree in Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve. It aims to present the work developed during the curricular internship leading to the degree of Master that took place in StartUp Angra, a locally based business incubator, during the period from 18 October 2021 to 29 December 2021. The creation and development of companies is one of the main objectives of incubators, as instruments to promote entrepreneurship. After the subject of business incubation had been taught in a curricular unit of the aforementioned master's degree, this theme aroused my curiosity about the entrepreneurial process and the importance of support organisations. Having knowledge of the existence of a business incubator on Terceira Island (Azores Autonomous Region), the opportunity arose to study the subject in greater depth through a curricular internship at StartUp Angra. StartUp Angra is a local business incubator, young, with five years of activity, whose main objectives are to foster entrepreneurship in the region and create a greater number of jobs, and is an incubator of economic development of regional nature. This type of incubators have an important role to play in supporting companies, since they are more vulnerable in the first years of activity, and many do not succeed. Given that the business mortality rate is high in the first years of life (Aernoudt, 2004), incubators provide a greater number of resources - infrastructures, services, access to networks - that will help companies overcome the adversities posed by market competitiveness in their initial stages. This case study aimed to understand the operation of the incubator under study, determine incubation practices and critical success factors of StartUp Angra, analyse the incubator's evolution considering the impact of Covid-19 on recent activity. The methodology of qualitative nature, of exploratory type was based on documental analysis, participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Results indicate a positive evolution of the incubator over the last two years, with networking activities favouring business. On the other hand, the need to increase the incubator's local/regional notoriety, via investment in institutional communication and in the increase of external networks, by building relationship networks with strategic partners, is evident.
This Internship Report was carried out within the curricular structure of the Master's Degree in Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve. It aims to present the work developed during the curricular internship leading to the degree of Master that took place in StartUp Angra, a locally based business incubator, during the period from 18 October 2021 to 29 December 2021. The creation and development of companies is one of the main objectives of incubators, as instruments to promote entrepreneurship. After the subject of business incubation had been taught in a curricular unit of the aforementioned master's degree, this theme aroused my curiosity about the entrepreneurial process and the importance of support organisations. Having knowledge of the existence of a business incubator on Terceira Island (Azores Autonomous Region), the opportunity arose to study the subject in greater depth through a curricular internship at StartUp Angra. StartUp Angra is a local business incubator, young, with five years of activity, whose main objectives are to foster entrepreneurship in the region and create a greater number of jobs, and is an incubator of economic development of regional nature. This type of incubators have an important role to play in supporting companies, since they are more vulnerable in the first years of activity, and many do not succeed. Given that the business mortality rate is high in the first years of life (Aernoudt, 2004), incubators provide a greater number of resources - infrastructures, services, access to networks - that will help companies overcome the adversities posed by market competitiveness in their initial stages. This case study aimed to understand the operation of the incubator under study, determine incubation practices and critical success factors of StartUp Angra, analyse the incubator's evolution considering the impact of Covid-19 on recent activity. The methodology of qualitative nature, of exploratory type was based on documental analysis, participant observation and semi-structured interviews. Results indicate a positive evolution of the incubator over the last two years, with networking activities favouring business. On the other hand, the need to increase the incubator's local/regional notoriety, via investment in institutional communication and in the increase of external networks, by building relationship networks with strategic partners, is evident.
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Incubação de empresas Empreendedorismo Empresas Ecossistema empresarial Startup angra Açores