Study of the Innovation Environment of Petrópolis, RJ: technological park, company incubator and ecosystem actors

Abstract

This paper presents the results obtained in doctoral research whose general objective was to make a diagnosis of the innovation environment of Petropolis, RJ, composed of incubator sand companies and linked companies, technological park and ecosystem actors. The focus of the research was the companies incubated and graduated in the LNCC Incubator and we sought to identify the difficulties of these actors in order to contribute to the proposition of public policies and actions to support innovative entrepreneurship. The results showed that the Technopole of the Imperial City is still immature, close to the initial phase of structuring its innovative environment. The actions practiced are still punctual and restricted the initial conditions of access to the incubation environment with few relationships with local actors, without or little participation in a knowledge network outside the territory. The study reinforces the success factors of the innovative environment listed by the literature of milieu innovateur, in which it is pointed out that there is a need for a strong structuring of knowledge (learning dynamics and cooperation between the actors).