Sobrevivência de empresas de base tecnológica pós‐incubadas: estudo sobre a ação empreendedora na mobilização e uso de recursos

Abstract

This research studied the phenomenon of survival of technology‐based companies (TBCs) post‐incubated, from the actions of the entrepreneur. It was tested and rejected the hypothesis according to which the actions of the entrepreneur, to mobilize and use resources, does not influence the survival of post‐incubated TBCs. The guiding theory of this study was the theory of resource‐based view. It was used the quantitative research approach, from the use of survey method. The survey was conducted from a list of 1025 Brazilian TBCs post‐incubated over 30 years of business incubation in Brazil, which resulted in a valid non‐probabilistic sample of 92 companies. The technique used for processing and analysis of data was the Structural Equation Modeling with estimation by partial least squares (PLS‐PM). The research findings have shown a relationship between resources and firm survival, confirming previous knowledge of the theory of resource‐based view. Additional findings revealed that the actions of entrepreneurs conducted to mobilize and appropriately use such resources were crucial to the survival of TBCs studied. Another contribution is that survival was explained from a set of actions taken and not necessarily from the isolated actions of mobilization and use of resources.