Atividades inovativas em parques tecnológicos: Um estudo comparativo no Nordeste brasileiro

Abstract

Innovation is crucial for organizations to ensure their survival and development. Technology parks are environments that promote the culture of innovation and the increase of entrepreneurial capacity, based on the transfer of knowledge and technology. This article aims to characterize the technology parks in the Northeast region of Brazil, to describe the main products developed and to do a comparative investigation of the impact of the innovative activities developed by these institutions. To operate the research, which has a descriptive nature, it was used as a data collection instrument the semi-structured questionnaire, applied to the representatives of each technology park approached. The results showed that the majority are in search of structural conformation, implanting the necessary elements to the activities inherent to the technological parks. As for the impact of innovative activities, most of the items covered were considered of high and medium relevance by the largest number of parks.