Universities in Entrepreneurial Ecosystems – The Recent Experience of IT UFABC in Brazil

Autor: Anapatrícia Morales Vilha, Alberto Sanyuan Suen, Debora Maria Rossi de Medeiros
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship ISBN: 9783319913339
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-91334-6_139
Popis: The purpose of this paper is to describe the emerging concept of entrepreneurial ecosystems, reviewing definitions of ecosystems found within the academic literature. In addition, the concept of technological incubators is also examined. Finally, the paper shows the case of IT (Technological Incubator) UFABC (Federal University of ABC), an initiative developed at Federal University of ABC in Brazil and concludes discussing the challenges and perspective for the region of ABC, an important industrial neighborhood, which is part of the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, the main city of the country.
Databáze: OpenAIRE