Partnerships in business incubators in Brazil

For business incubators installed in a developing country with continental dimensions like Brazil, it should act in a collaborative way to join efforts and share experiences the Brazilian incubation stage is marked by initiatives from different regions and particular contexts. The annual seminar of the National Association of Entities Promoting Innovative Enterprises (ANPROTEC) is one of the main events held in Brazil on entrepreneurship and incubation of companies in the country. The National Seminar on Business Incubators and Technology Parks annually gathers the greatest contributions of the different elements of the National System of Innovation Brazilian and allows the analysis of the evolution of the themes and the main trends in management and operation of the different incubators presented. The present study aims to analyze the theme of business incubators in partnerships in Brazil, from the analysis of papers presented at the Seminar ANPROTEC in the years 2010 to 2014. The 144 selected works allow the identification of incubators partnerships such as clusters, partnerships with educational institutions, research and government programs. Three main themes were identified: examples of partnerships, technology parks and networking, with the latter registering a growing trend of interest and relevance. At the level of the authors involved, as almost 80.0% of authors published only one article in five editions of the event, a low recurrence and co-authorship is perceived among authors, which suggests a new research development potential in order to understand how these related cooperations and partnerships occur in Brazil.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Entrepreneurial predisposition and intention of students from the IFRN – Mossoró, Brazil

IFRN – Mossoró is a Brazilian technical education institute that develops several activities to encourage entrepreneurship, such as a curricular discipline about enterprise management and the existence of a business incubator. Despite efforts, the business incubator does not produce the expected effects. Therefore, what predisposes students to start their own business? If literature review explores determinant factors like the family and personal characteristics, it can be sustained that entrepreneurship skills can be taught since primary level, until university level. This paper presents the results of research project “Empreende IFRN” to understand the entrepreneurial predisposition and intention of the students from technical level courses. Data from 365 students from technical level courses reveal an increased entrepreneurial intention of students during time (from a 2 years period to someday in the future). The entrepreneurial behavior of parents affects students’ perception about starting their own business. Students also present a cautions behavior, preferring bank deposit and investment fund instead starting a business

O desempenho financeiro associado à gestão de Branding

Este trabalho aborda as estratégias de branding integrado como ferramenta fundamental para o desenvolvimento financeiro das empresas. Retratando sua importância diante do mercado e das novas tendências de consumo. Apresentando uma abordagem das principais características dessa ferramenta, seus objetivos, a necessidade de sua incorporação e entendimento e seus reflexos financeiros e sociais para a consolidação de uma empresa em um mercado-alvo

Performance of business incubators: a systematic review of evidence

As a business incubator is located at the intersection of different actors (e. g. universities, governments, market), processes (e.g. entrepreneurship, innovation), micro and macro levels, investigate your performance is a great challenge for researchers. To understand what has already been done and the new paths to follow, here will be presented the state of the art of this topic in a systematic way. First, using bibliometric techniques. Second, analyzing the main contributions of the papers over the years. The results demonstrate an increase of interest in this topic, especially in the last 10 years. Using the tools of the Web of Science and some indexes (also suggesting a new one), relevant journals and routes for new research were identified. In addition to the greater presence of researchers from the United States of America (USA), Europe and Asia, it was also realized that many questions from the beginning continue today. The relationship with universities and research centers are great opportunities for further studies. Although network behavior is recognized as a relevant factor, many researches still present contradictory or ambiguous results. Delve deeper the dynamics of the incubation process, at each level of analysis, seems to be a more effective strategy for the research field progress.This work has been supported by COMPETE: POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007043 and FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia within the Project Scope: UID/CEC/00319/2013.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

The academic incubation impact: a selection process evaluation

Among the main issues pointed out in the literature, much of the attention in the research has been related to impact evaluation of business incubation. Although the internal process is considered as a black box by several studies, the main components of incubation are already known. The focus of this work is an evaluation strategy of the first component - the selection process. The effectiveness of this stage was evaluated as the alignment between the incubator desired profile and the companies entrepreneurial orientation. Although innovativeness was perceived as the main characteristic, the survival-of-the-fittest strategy was more evident. The entrepreneurial orientation offers a set of relevant selection criteria because it expands the term weak-but-promise into better-defined concepts and relates to the existing incubation literature. Therefore, this analysis presents a more structured approach to effectiveness evaluation of selection process, opening the incubator black box. As future work, it is suggested to evaluate pre-incubation activities to verify their impact along with this approach

Stillborn in Brazil: could neonatal mortality be just the tip of the iceberg? / Natimortos no Brasil: a mortalidade neonatal pode ser apenas a ponta do iceberg?

INTRODUCTION: Stillbirth has an estimation of more than 2.5 million cases across the world. A great percentage of the cause of stillbirths is reported as unknown or unexplained. The aim of this study was the identification of the causes, incidence and profile of the fetal and also the mothers in a maternity hospital in the State of Sergipe. METHODS: This was an observational and cross-sectional study in which all stillbirths of the maternal hospital in the State of Sergipe from June 2020 to May 2021 were included. Fetal death investigation forms were analyzed and some women were interviewed through telephone calls. The interview was based on the SAMPLE VA questionnaire 1 from the WHO Verbal autopsy instrument and an additional list to assess the maternal, pregnancy and labor history, and also history of signs and symptoms of COVID-19 infection. RESULTS: A total of 10375 births were delivered at the hospital and the months with highest births were May and March of 2021. We found 64 cases of stillbirth. Forty-two cases of neonatal deaths were also registered. Only 11 women with cases of stillbirth were interviewed in our study. The major participants were married or living with a partner (60%) and finished secondary education (63.63%). There were 5 cases of women with gestational age at 37 weeks or greater. Antenatal care was completed by 90.9%(n=10) of women. The majority (54.5%) had Unknown or unexplained causes of death. The remaining categories also showed relevant results. CONCLUSION: Fetal deaths were responsible for approximately 60% of perinatal deaths, in which the most reported cause in our interview were unexplained or unknown. The total number of deaths when neonatal deaths were added almost duplicated the percentage of the mortality rate at the maternity hospital. All women went into labor with less than 42 weeks of gestational age and greater or equal to 22 and most were healthy and had no diagnosed diseases

Relations Between Executive Functions and Different Symptomatic Dimensions in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Não há consenso na literatura quanto ao funcionamento neuropsicológico, a gravidade dos sintomas obsessivo-compulsivos (SOC) e as definições de suas dimensões. Realizou-se um estudo transversal para investigar a relação entre as funções executivas e a gravidade dos SOC nas várias dimensões, de acordo com os critérios dimensionais da Escala de Sintomas Obsessivo-compulsivos de Yale-Brown. Foram avaliados 28 pacientes com SOC, por meio de oito instrumentos de avaliação das funções executivas. A gravidade dos SOC, na dimensão contaminação/limpeza, correlacionou-se negativamente com as funções executivas controle inibitório e atenção. A gravidade da dimensão colecionismo foi positivamente correlacionada com a flexibilidade cognitiva, o processamento visual e o raciocínio lógico. Houve uma correlação negativa com a capacidade de desenvolver estratégias eficientes de resolução de problemas. Houve também uma correlação positiva entre a gravidade na dimensão simetria/ordenação e controle da atenção. Resultados sugerem que o perfil de funções executivas no TOC é definido pela gravidade das dimensões dos SOC.No hay consenso en la literatura sobre el funcionamiento neuropsicológico, la gravedad de los síntomas obsesivo-compulsivos (SOC) y las definiciones de sus dimensiones. Fue llevado a cabo un estudio transversal para investigar la relación entre la función ejecutiva y la gravedad de la SOC en diversas dimensiones de estudio, de acuerdo con los criterios de trastorno obsesivo-compulsivo Escala de Síntomas Dimensión de Yale-Brown. Fueron evaluados 28 pacientes con SOC, utilizando ocho instrumentos para evaluar las funciones ejecutivas. La gravedad de los SOC en la dimensión contaminación / limpieza se correlaciona inversamente con la función ejecutiva control inhibitorio y atención. La gravedad de la dimensión de la recolección se correlacionó positivamente con la flexibilidad cognitiva, el procesamiento visual y el razonamiento lógico. Fue encontrada una correlación negativa con la capacidad de desarrollar estrategias eficaces para la resolución de problemas. Hubo también una correlación positiva entre la gravedad en la dimensión simetría / ordenación y control de la atención. Los resultados sugieren que el perfil de funciones ejecutivas en el TOC se define por la gravedad de las dimensiones de los SOC.There is no consensus in the literature as to neuropsychological functioning, the severity of obsessive-compulsive symptoms (OCS) and the definitions of the OCS dimensions. We conducted a cross-sectional study investigating the relationship between executive function and OCS severity in the various dimensions, according to the Dimensional Yale-Brown Obsessive-Compulsive Scale criteria. We evaluated 28 patients with OCS, using eight neuropsychological instruments to evaluate executive function. We found that OCS severity in the contamination/cleaning dimension correlates negatively with executive function, inhibitory control and attentional control. Severity in the hoarding dimension correlated positively with cognitive flexibility, visual processing and logical reasoning, whereas it correlated negatively with the capacity to develop efficient complex problem-solving strategies. There was also a positive correlation between severity in the symmetry/ordering dimension and attentional control. Our findings suggest that the profile of executive function in OCD is defined by the severity of the various OCS dimensions

CORONELISMO, INTERVENÇÕES INCONSTITUCIONAIS E PODER ECONÔMICO

O presente artigo se propõe a tecer uma análise acerca da influência do coronelismo em intervenções estaduais ocorridas no Estado de Sergipe e o papel do poder econômico nos resquícios dessa forma de fazer política, bem como nas referidas intervenções. Para tanto, foi feita uma análise acerca do que exatamente foi o coronelismo e em que se sustentou essa forma de fazer política. Em seguida, tratou-se das intervenções ocorridas no Estado de Sergipe, pós Constituição Cidadã, a partir do viés da constitucionalidade das mesmas. Essa análise nos permitiu verificar em que medida o poder econômico influenciou a política coronelista e de que forma esse poder se fez presente nas intervenções ocorridas no Estado de Sergipe pós Constituição de 1988. Para tanto, foram tomadas por bases teóricas as concepções de um autor local acerca do que foi o coronelismo em Sergipe, Ibarê Dantas, um autor de repercussão nacional que trata do tema do coronelismo, Vitor Nunes Leal, bem como dos renomados teóricos acerca do poder econômico e suas relações com o poder político, Vicente Bagnoli e Raymundo Faoro. O presente artigo é resultado de pesquisa bibliográfica e processual e teve por objetivo analisar a influência do poder econômico nos resquícios do coronelismo verificados na atualidade. Para tanto, foi usado como objeto de análise, os processos de intervenção ocorridos no Estado de Sergipe desde 1988, posto que duas das três intervenções foram inconstitucionais e apresentavam claros traços de política coronelista dominada pelo poder econômico

Fashion design teaching: using draping as a pedagogical tool

O presente artigo discute questões referentes ao papel da educação formal no desenvolvimento do potencial criativo de jovens profissionais. Com enfoque na formação universitária em design de moda, aponta as possíveis causas para a desmotivação dos alunos quando deparados com as disciplinas que envolvem práticas de criatividade. É percebido que, além das dificuldades técnicas para expressar as ideias do projeto, há também entraves em relação à não exigência de resultados predefinidos. Tomando como base os estudos de pesquisadores que atribuem às causas do bloqueio criativo dos alunos a uma formação educacional formal estagnada e que pouco privilegia o desenvolvimento humano, o texto levanta a hipótese do uso de uma ferramenta que, embora comum ao cotidiano dos profissionais da área de moda, ainda é pouco explorada em seu pleno potencial. Trata-se do manequim de moulage, mais comumente usado para a concepção de moldes de vestuário em três dimensões. Este artigo defende que o processo criativo, fazendo uso das técnicas de moulage, possui potencialidades pouco exploradas que podem contribuir para o aprimoramento do ensino do design de moda, desenvolver o potencial criativo, motivar o aprendizado, bem como servir de alternativa para a expressão de ideias em vestuário. Apresentam-se neste trabalho o conteúdo e os resultados de uma atividade de criação em moulage desenvolvida com o intuito de experimentar e comprovar as hipóteses aqui levantadas.This article discusses questions pertaining to the role of formal education in building the creative potential of young professionals. In approaching higher education in fashion, the paper indicates the possible causes of demotivation in students when faced with disciplines involving creative practice. In addition to students’ technical difficulties to express their design ideas, another obstacle we found is that students are not required to provide predefined results. Building on studies of researchers that attribute students’ creative block to a stagnant formal education that fails to privilege human development, this paper raises the hypothesis that a tool common in fashion professionals’ daily practice is still unexplored to its full potential. This tool is draping, which is most commonly used in the creation of fashion molds in three dimensions. We advocate that the use of draping techniques in the creative process has underexplored potentialities which can contribute to enhance fashion design teaching, develop students’ creative potential, motivate learning, and serve as an option in expressing ideas for clothing. In this work, we present the content and results of a creation activity using draping, which was conducted with the purpose of testing and verifying the hypotheses raised here

Bolsonaro Zuero 3.0: Um estudo sobre as novas articulações do discurso da direita brasileira através das redes sociais

Este artigo faz um estudo de caso da página do Facebook Bolsonaro Zuero 3.0, uma fanpage do Deputado Federal Jair Messias Bolsonaro (PP – RJ), visando a entender o papel das redes sociais na dinâmica da opinião pública. Inicia-se com uma apresentação sobre o fenômeno da "nova direita" política no Brasil. A fim de analisar a posição política da página e o caráter transmidiático do seu conteúdo, propõe-se uma categorização das tendências ideológicas manifestadas e das diversas mídias de origem. Uma abordagem teórica busca esclarecer o fenômeno com base em estudos recentes sobre opinião pública online. Os resultados indicam que, agrupando conteúdos dispersos por meio de fotomontagens e compartilhamentos, a página colabora com a construção da imagem de Jair Bolsonaro como representante da extrema direita no Brasil, criando um canal para que partidários dessa posição política se expressem online