PROGRAMAS OFERECIDOS PELAS INCUBADORAS BRASILEIRAS ÀS EMPRESAS INCUBADAS

Abstract

The objective of this article is to very the programs that the Brazilian incubators make available to the incubated companies to ease the difficulties during the incubation process and to face the challenges that it presents. This is a descriptive research, using quantitative approach, done through data collection, based on a questionnaire sent to the coordinators of 377 Brazilian Incubators, which was answered by 37 of them. The results of the research makes evident, besides the programs made available by the incubators, the location and business area of the incubators, the development level of the incubated companies, the requirements for enterprises installation in the incubators and a synthesis of the easy and difficult points of the companies in different incubation phases. The conclusion is that, among the programs available by the incubators during the incubation process, three aspects are outstanding: reinforcement of the enterprising characteristics by the available programs; programs developed by the incubators in each phase of incubation; programs developed by development agents working with the incubators in each phase of the incubation.