Banca de DEFESA: BARBARA EMANUELE DANTAS SANTANA GONZAGA

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DISCENTE : BARBARA EMANUELE DANTAS SANTANA GONZAGA
DATA : 14/08/2019
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: Escola de Administração
TÍTULO:

THE ROLE OF INTERACTION WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT TO THE ORGANIZATIONAL LEARNING CAPACITY IN BRAZILIAN NORTHEASTERN STARTUPS.

PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Ecosystems of innovation; mechanisms for generating innovative enterprises; learning; interaction; company size

PÁGINAS: 92
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
ÁREA: Administração
RESUMO:

This exploratory and descriptive research aimed to analyze the role of interaction with the innovation environment and the development stage in organizational learning capacity (OLC) in Brazilian Northeastern startups based on the perception of the managers of these companies. This is a quantitative study. In the exploratory phase, in order to delimit the scope of this work, as well as its object of study, techniques of documentary analysis, non-participative observation and unstructured interview with actors of Bahia's innovation environment were applied. The database of 758 Northeastern startups registered in the Brazilian Startups Association (ABSTARTUP) was defined as the sampling frame, and the startup and its manager as the unit and sample element of the survey, respectively. During the descriptive phase, questionnaires were sent to the managers of startups in the Northeastern Brazilian states via electronic means (Facebook, WhatsApp, LinkedIn and e-mail). Through the collection instrument, information about the profile of companies was collected, especially in the which refers to their stage of development and interaction with the innovation environment and the perception of the presence of facilitators to the organizational learning capacity. 54 completed instruments were returned, composing a non-probabilistic sample. The collected data were analyzed through descriptive analysis and multiple linear regression. The obtained results revealed that the startup managers, who respond them, perceive that the level of interaction of the companies is still little frequent with the innovation environment, and the spaces called co-working are the most used. Likewise, data analysis pointed out that the same managers identify as significant the presence of OLC facilitators in their companies, with a greater emphasis on those who compound the dimensions of experimentation and dialogue. For the stages of development, the managers of the sample units affirm that it represents, in the majority, companies during the growth phase, followed by companies in the validation phase and finally, those that are in the formatting phase. The hypothesis was confirmed, (H1) higher levels of the startups' developmental stage are positively associated with higher levels of organizational learning capacity (OLC) in the sample. It was not confirmed the hypothesis (H2) in which it was inferred that the level of startup interaction with the innovation environment is positively associated with its organizational learning capacity. Neither was confirmed the hypothesis (H3) that affirmed that the size of the startup is negatively associated to its organizational learning capacity. However, a negative association between the startup type being of manufacturing and its OLC level, but with a significance of α <0.1, which increases the Type 1 error risk of this conclusion. This research is not generalizable and has as main limitations the small size of the sample and its collection instrument on OLC present individual perceptions of what would be the reality of the companies studied.

MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Interno - 1095744 - ELISABETH REGINA LOIOLA DA CRUZ SOUZA
Externo à Instituição - FRANCISCO UCHOA PASSOS - Senai
Presidente - 2329765 - PAULO SOARES FIGUEIREDO