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Tripathi, N. (Nirnaya). "Initial minimum viable product development in software startups:a startup ecosystem perspective." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2019. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526224176.
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Abstract Context: Software startups are new companies that aim at developing innovative software-intensive products that stand out from those of other companies in the target market. A successful startup tries to scale its business rapidly, which in turn leads to job creation and an increase number in local products. Product development is an essential aspect of a software startup’s business, and therefore it is important to have a suitable startup ecosystem around a startup to support a new product idea from conception to development to a minimum viable product (MVP) and finally to a full-fledged product. Objective: The objective of this doctoral research is to understand the effect of the startup ecosystem elements on an initial MVP development in software startups and thereby assist startup companies in developing successful products. Method: To achieve the objective, two multivocal literature reviews and multiple empirical studies were conducted to examine: a) the elements in a startup ecosystem, b) initial MVP development in software startups, and c) the effects of startup ecosystem elements on the initial MVP development phase. Results: This doctoral research identified eight main elements in the startup ecosystem that affect the startup and its product development. Additionally, it was found that a product idea is based on a problem experienced by customers or on an unserved customer need. The requirements for developing an initial MVP from the product idea usually come from internal sources, and the elicited requirements are stored in text documents and prioritized based on their value to customers and stakeholders. These requirements are converted into product features, of which some can be used to develop a prototype that can act as an initial MVP. Furthermore, it was observed that the startup ecosystem elements can influence the initial MVP development phase. For instance, supporting organizations such as incubators and accelerators affect initial MVPs by assisting inexperienced founders with training and mentoring during MVP development. Conclusion: A prototype can be used as an initial MVP. Also, experienced founders prefer to develop an initial MVP by themselves, while, inexperienced founders need support from supporting organizations in a startup ecosystem during initial MVP developmentTiivistelmä Konteksti: Ohjelmistoalan startup-yritykset ovat uusia yrityksiä, jotka pyrkivät kehittämään innovatiivisia tuotteita monille eri kohdemarkkinoille. Uuden yrityksen menestyksekkään käynnistämisen tavoitteena on nopea kasvu, mikä puolestaan luo työpaikkoja ja nostaa kotimaista tuotetarjontaa markkinoilla. Koska tuotekehitys on tärkeä osa ohjelmiston käyttöönottoa, on tärkeää, että uuden yrityksen ympärillä on olemassa sopiva ekosysteemi, joka tukee uutta tuoteideaa konseptista pienimmän toimivan tuotteen kehittämiseen ja edelleen täyteen tuotteeseen. Tavoite: Tämän tutkimuksen tavoitteena on ymmärtää startup-ekosysteemin roolia ensimmäisen pienimmän toimivan tuotteen kehittämisessä ohjelmistoalan startup-yrityksissä ja sen kautta auttaa startup-yrityksiä menestyvien tuotteiden kehittämisessä. Menetelmät: Tutkimustavoitteen saavuttamiseksi tehtiin kaksi kirjallisuuskatsausta sekä useita tapaustutkimuksia, joissa tarkasteltiin a) startup-ekosysteemin elementtejä, b) ensimmäisen pienimmän toimivan tuotteen kehittämistä ja c) startup-ekosysteemin elementtien vaikutusta ensimmäisen pienimmän toimivan tuotteen kehittämisvaiheessa. Tulokset: Tutkimuksessa tunnistettiin kahdeksan tärkeää elementtiä startup -ekosysteemissä, jotka voivat vaikuttaa suoraan tai välillisesti yrityksen käynnistämiseen ja sen tuotekehitykseen. Lisäksi selvitettiin, että tuoteidea perustuu asiakkaiden kokemiin ongelmiin tai täyttymättömiin tarpeisiin. Pienimmän toimivan tuotteen vaatimukset ovat yleensä peräisin yrityksen sisäisistä lähteistä. Vaatimukset on tallennettu tekstidokumentteihin, ja ne priorisoidaan asiakkaille ja sidosryhmille syntyvän arvon mukaan. Vaatimukset muutetaan tuoteominaisuuksiksi, joista osaa voidaan käyttää, kun kehitetään prototyyppiä ensimmäiseksi pienimmäksi toimivaksi tuotteeksi. Edelleen havaittiin, että startup-ekosysteemin elementit voivat vaikuttaa pienimmän toimivan tuotteen kehittämisvaiheeseen. Esimerkiksi tukiorganisaatiot, kuten yrityshautomot ja -kiihdyttämöt, vaikuttavat pienimpiin toimiviin tuotteisiin kouluttamalla ja mentoroimalla kokemattomia perustajia. Päätelmät: Yksinkertaista prototyyppiä voidaan käyttää pienimpänä toimivana tuotteena. Lisäksi, kokeneet perustajat haluavat kehittää ensimmäisen pienimmän toimivan tuotteen itse, kun taas kokemattomat perustajat tarvitsevat tukea ulkopuolisilta organisaatioilta pienimmän toimivan tuotteen kehittämisessä
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Stock, Ingmar. "Getting engaged with Incubators : The Case of Startplatz." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-298156.
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In modern, fast moving business environments it is crucial for established corporations to find new sources of innovativeness in order to secure their competitiveness and long-term survival. Startups could be such a new source of innovativeness. Unfortunately, it is difficult for startups and corporations to cooperate. Mostly, this is because of the companies’ organization and the different way they operate. To overcome this gap, corporations started to get engaged with business incubators. Even though this phenomenon can be observed in practice already, little research has been done to better understand the forms this collaboration could have or the motives leading to such a cooperation. By studying an incubator that is engaged with established companies in many different ways, various forms of relationships could be identified. Moreover, based on the descriptions of those types of collaboration and in depth interviews, the motives leading corporations and incubators to get involved in various ways could be identified. The empirical contribution of this thesis is to better understand how established corporations can get engaged with entrepreneurial activity and startups in particular.
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Rutley, Nick. "Commercialization: Understanding Business Ecosystem Members : Observations from a biotech startup." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-449167.
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Cukier, Daniel. "Software startup ecosystems evolution: a maturity model." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/45/45134/tde-20062017-151018/.
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Resulting from the technological revolution over the last few decades, many software startup ecosystems have emerged around the globe. Boosted by the Internet, the omnipresence of mobile devices, and the abundance of cloud-based services, software companies with scalable business models, known as startups, became all the hype. With tech entrepreneurs as their main agents, some of these ecosystems have existed for over 50 years, while others are newly born. This difference in evolution and maturity makes comparing tech hubs a challenge. Moreover, if they are to evolve towards fruitful and sustainable environments, nascent ecosystems need a clear vision of how to develop their community. This thesis presents a multiple-case study research in three different ecosystems, and it was divided in three phases. During the first phase, we analyzed the Israeli entrepreneurship ecosystem and, using grounded theory, created a conceptual generalized framework to map ecosystems. We also developed a methodology and a systematic interview protocol to be used to analyze any ecosystem. The second phase was performed in São Paulo, with the objective of refining and validating both the methodology and the conceptual framework. The second phase resulted in the discovery of how important it is to analyze ecosystem dynamics and evolution process, leading us to create a maturity model for software startup ecosystems. The maturity model was based on the conceptual model we created, mapping the most important factors that define an ecosystem. To validate and refine the Maturity Model created in the second phase, we ran a third case-study iteration in New York City. Based on the feedback from over a dozen experts, we generated the final model and a practical guide to determine an ecosystems maturity level. With this model, it is possible not only to compare different ecosystems, but also to identify gaps and propose customized practical actions that can yield meaningful improvements and lead ecosystems to the next level of development.Resultado da revolução tecnológica das últimas décadas, vários ecossistemas de startups de software surgiram ao redor do globo. Acelerados pela Internet, pela onipresença dos dispositivos móveis e pela abundância de serviços de nuvem, empresas de software com modelos de negócio escalável, conhecidas como startups, se tornaram o assunto da moda. Com empreendedores de tecnologia como seus principais agentes, alguns desses ecossistemas já existem há mais de 50 anos, enquanto outros são apenas recém-nascidos. Essa diferença no grau de evolução e maturidade torna a comparação de aglomerados de tecnologia um desafio. Mais ainda, se alguns ecossistemas querem evoluir para um estágio próspero e sustentável, ecossitemas nascentes precisam de uma visão clara de como desenvolver suas comunidades. Esta tese apresenta nossa pesquisa baseada em um estudo de caso múltiplo em três diferentes ecossistemas, e foi dividade em três fases. Durante a primeira fase, nós analisamos o ecossistema empreendedor de Israel e, utilizando teoria fundamentada em dados, criamos um arcabouço conceitual que provê uma versão generalizada para mapear ecossistemas. Desenvolvemos, também, uma metodologia e um protocolo sistemático para entrevistas a serem usadas na análise de ecossistemas específicos. A segunda fase da pesquisa foi realizada em São Paulo, com o objetivo de refinar e validar a metodologia e o arcabouço conceitual. Esta fase resultou na descoberta de como é importante analisar a dinâmica e o processo de evolução dos ecossistemas, nos levando a criar um modelo de maturidade para ecossistemas de startups de software. O modelo de maturidade foi baseado no modelo conceitual que criamos, mapeando os fatores mais importantes que definem as características de um ecossistema. Para validar e refinar o modelo de maturidade criado na segunda fase, realizamos um terceiro estudo de caso em Nova Iorque que contou com o feedback de mais de uma dezena de especialistas. Geramos um modelo de maturidade final, um guia prático para determinar o nível de maturidade de cada ecossistema. Com esse modelo, é possível não somente comparar diferentes ecossistemas, como também identificar lacunas e propor ações práticas e personalizadas que podem resultar em melhorias significativas e levar ecossistemas ao próximo nível de desenvolvimento.
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Aka, Bouame Donald Magloire. "Challenges and opportunities for private investment funds in Western Africa's startup ecosystem." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/123570.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2019Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (page 53).
A number of regional research on the operations of private funds in Africa exist with varying levels of depth and detail. These research focus on the continent's regional hubs-North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, and South Africa. Given the varying economic realities among countries within these hubs, there is a need for more in-depth analysis within those regional entities at the sub-regional or national level. Additionally, the vast majority of those studies concentrate only on later stage investment funds. There is a gap in observations, analysis, and development of frameworks for early stage investment funds to successfully invest in this part of the world. The present work aims to study the challenges and opportunities for private funds, with a focus on early-stage investment funds that currently invest or wish to invest in Western-African countries at both sub-regional and national level.
by Bouame Donald Magloire Aka.
S.M. in Management Studies
S.M.inManagementStudies Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management
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Egbringhoff, Andrea. "Entrepreneurship in China : Small Batch Production of Consumer Goods." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-188821.
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The big country in the Far East appeared in the past as if only big corporates could do business there. This point of view changed immensely over the past 10 years. Nowadays, numerous co-working spaces, maker spaces, and incubators present a fertile ground for young ventures. The situation around the Chinese startup scene changed dramatically. With the current government’s Five-Year-Plan, it becomes obvious that the political change is in favor of those young individuals who bring jobs and new perspectives for the country. Obviously, the target is not to promote western startups to settle in China primarily but to give Chinese startups the inspiration through the foreign spirit. So the research question goes as follows: What aspects of a manufacturing project will influence the success of a foreign entrepreneur in China? The methodology for this study is widely based on literature review and semistructured interviews with entrepreneurs, consultancy agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. Whereas the focus lays on foreign startups whose goal is to set up manufacturing of a consumer product in China.
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Hall, Fred. "The rise of startup hubs in Europe: a qualitative study on the factors contributing to Berlin’s rise as a european startup hub." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/17986.
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This research study aims to analyze and provide insight into the rise of Berlin as a hub and destination for startups. An extensive literature review was conducted to understand and identify the concepts of entrepreneurship, startups, and the conditions and environments that make up the startup ecosystem. In addition, particular attention was paid to entrepreneurship and startups in Berlin, specifically, and Germany in general. A qualitative study was conducted through interviews with five startups that were located in Berlin with the questionnaire designed and formulated from the literature review. The tiered entrepreneurial ecosystem domain framework was adopted to analyze and interpret the results. Content analysis was used to analyze the qualitative interviews to gather in-depth understanding, trends and insights into the startup ecosystem in Berlin. The research suggests that some improvements are still needed in Berlin’s startup ecosystem, but that it is currently an attractive destination not only for people looking to work at startups but also for entrepreneurs looking to start their own.
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FRANK, ERIK SIMON. "Corporate Innovation: A Case Study of the Corporate Incubation Process." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Inst.), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-240276.
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Incubators have become a popular way for corporations to stay in front of their competition because,y pos today´s startups are an immense spring of innovation as many possess emerging innovation. These corporate incubators offer the startups a support system where they can test and leapfrog their innovations, and add innovation to the corporations. However, there is a large difference between these two parties, which makrs successful collaboration a challenge. This study examines how to improve this collaboration based on information obtained through an embedded case study of a large corporate incubator and startups present within it. The main findings suggest three important factors for a large enterprise to gain the most value out of their incubators: (1) clear communication, (2) startups need to know what their objective is, and (3) incubator support from the organization. To leverage startup innovation in a corporate incubator and to attain these three factors, three building blocks for a corporate incubator have been identified: selection process, case building, and graduation.Inkubatorer har blivit ett populärt sätt för företag att vara konkurrenskraftiga eftersom dagens startups är en enorm källa av innovation. Dessa företagsinkubatorer erbjuder startups ett supportsystem där de kan testa och accelerera deras innovationsprocess och erbjuda innobation till företagen. Men, det är emellertid en stor skillnad mellan dessa två parter, vilket gör ett framgångsrikt samarbete till en utmaning. Denna studie undersöker hur man kan förbättra detta samarbete baserat på information som erhållits genom en fallstudie av en stor företagsinkubator och dess startups. Resultatet av denna fallstudie är tre viktiga faktorer som behövs för att ett företag ska få ut det mesta av deras inkubator. (1) Tydlig kommunikation, (2) medvetenhet från startups av vad de behöver och (3) inkbatorstöd från hela företaget. För att utnyttja den innovation som startups tillför och för att uppnå dessa tre faktorer, tre delar av processen för en företafsinkubator identifierades: Urvalsprocessen, sammarbetsfasen och examen.
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Tsagkidis, Panagiotis, and Gabriele Blomkvist. "Stay ahead of the competition : How the perception of Competitive Intelligence influences the way Swedish startups are dealing with international competition." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414564.
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This thesis is within the field of Competitive Intelligence. The thesis’s main purpose is to investigate how Swedish startups perceive Competitive Intelligence and how their perception influences how they are dealing with international competition in the domestic market. Even though Competitive Intelligence is not a new field, the existing literature over this topic is not very rich, especially regarding startups. In our work, through qualitative research based on eleven semi-structured interviews, with CEOs and founders of startups in Sweden, and a CEO of an Intelligence firm in Sweden, we argue that there are three approaches to Competitive Intelligence from Swedish startups. The competition-centric, the customer-centric and the market-centric approach. Furthermore, we propose that dealing with competition requires startups to establish an intelligence culture that involves everyone, as it enhances their alertness, contributes to the building of a competitive advantage, increases their sales efficiency and lastly using their “insidership” as it is proposed in the revised Uppsala Model, to gather information and deal with the competitors. Finally, from our findings we propose two new classifications in addition to Murphy’s five classifications of firms based on their engagement in Competitive Intelligence activities, “the Hesitant” and “The Arrogant”.
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Calatrava, Castagnetti Ruperto Andrés, and Zelati Alberto Coti. "Understanding Entrepreneurial Leadership that supports local entrepreneurship." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-364792.
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Leadership and entrepreneurship have often been associated to the ability of guiding ventures, but less to the ability of leading a startup community. This master’s thesis examines literature on entrepreneurship, in particular Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE), to understand the role of leadership in sustaining a startup community. Although Stam’s (2015) EE framework recognizes that leadership enables entrepreneurship, it doesn’t define its characteristics and therefore, a more theoretical understanding is demanded. We have thus developed a conceptual framework that aims to facilitate empirical explorations and future analyses of the leadership dimension of Stam’s (2015) EE framework. Our conceptual framework of Entrepreneurial Leadership (EL) includes the following characteristics: collective and bottom-up approach, presence of formal and informal leaders, promotion of social proximity and mentorship driven leadership. The use of interviews as research method and our EL conceptual framework as analytical tool was useful to explore and understand the current state of EL in the startup communities of Amsterdam and Utrecht. On the one hand, the startup community of Amsterdam experiences a shared leadership where formal and informal leaders are recognized. Moreover, the strong presence of supporting organizations, networks of mentors and entrepreneurial events favour interaction among the stakeholders of the EE. On the other hand, Utrecht, a smaller and younger startup community, lacks success entrepreneurial stories that results in supporting organizations exercising the leadership role. Furthermore, there is a poor presence of entrepreneurial events and networks of entrepreneurs that lead to an unconnected community.
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Cottin, Arredondo Randall Ismael, and Enzo Garry. "The Venture Capital behavioral bias and the ecosystem investment flows : A comparative quantitative study about the relationship between Venture Capitalist's drivers and their investment behavior in Stockholm and Silicon Valley." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-137128.
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The purpose of this study is to test if there is bias in the Venture Capital investment decision-making process towards ecosystems. To guide the research and ensure the fulfillment of the study’s main purpose, we will analyze two specific ecosystems (Stockholm and Silicon Valley). This choice is motivated by their respective importance (Worldwide and Nordics reference) in the global entrepreneurial landscape. The aim is to make an empirical contribution regarding how a herding behavior from Venture Capital investments can drive irrational investment flows towards specific ecosystem such a Silicon Valley, regardless available information towards other ecosystems, in this case, Stockholm. Most researches until today have been focusing on the assessment of startup-focused factors which we believe only picture partly the attractiveness of a startup ecosystem. In our perception, environmental factors in which the ecosystem take place also play an essential role in the attractiveness of an ecosystem to invest in. Is there a behavioral bias in the investment decision processes of Venture Capital regarding startup ecosystems? To assess the presence or absence of a behavioral bias in the investment decision of Venture Capital investors, we are first going to establish an objective attractiveness score using environment-based factors. These factors are going to be combined into six main variables that picture the environmental attractiveness of both ecosystems. In a second time, we are going to submit these six variables to two populations of investors operating in each ecosystem. To do so, we will operate a quantitative study of Stockholm and Silicon Valley-localized private Venture Capital investors towards our different environmental variable. This will enable us to obtain their specific drivers toward these variables and therefore adapt our objective attractiveness scores to obtain weighted attractiveness scores. In a third time, we are going to compare our obtained weighted attractiveness scores per ecosystem with the investment flows effectuated respectively in both ecosystems in 2016. To be able to compare both settings on the same range, we are going to calculate both investment flow data: investment volumes and number of deal closed per capita. The results of this comparison will then bring us either a correlation relation between weighted attractiveness and investment flows per capita for both ecosystems, infirming our theory or a non-correlative relation, which would confirm our theory. Indeed, a non- correlative relation will show that investors do no follow a rational investment behavior based only on the attractiveness of their ecosystem.
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Granhed, Anna, and Hanna Söderlund. "The Paradox of User Perceived Performance : An Empirical Study on User Experience in a Digital Platform Ecosystem." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-300895.
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User experience is today widely known but the complexity of this phenomenon is rarely left unnoticed. It is righteous to claim that the mobile application landscape is characterized by tough competition and high demands from users. To meet these demands the performance of the application is essential. There appears to exist consensus in existing literature regarding the importance of performance attributes for the user experience of mobile applications. However, there is limited research on how startup time is perceived and its effects on the user experience. Hence, this thesis aims to contribute to this field by investigating the formulated research question: To what extent does startup performance affect the user experience for a mobile application? Using a mixed method approach, this research aims to deepen the understanding of how end users of mobile applications perceive performance. The quantitative part of this study investigates what proxy variables that affect the performance during the startup process of a mobile application. The qualitative part aims to assess how users perceive startup time with respect to influencing factors and the effects on user experience.Användarupplevelse är idag ett välkänt men komplext fenomen. Marknaden för mobila applikationer karaktäriseras av hård konkurrens och höga krav från användarna där tidigare studier har fastställt att prestanda-attribut har betydelse för användarupplevelsen. Det finns däremot begränsad empirisk litteratur kring hur prestanda uppfattas av användarna och effekterna på användarupplevelsen. Det är inom detta område som denna uppsats syftar till att bidra med kunskap. Detta genom att undersöka och besvara den formulerade forskningsfrågan: I vilken utsträckning påverkar start-prestandan användarupplevelsen för en mobilapplikation? Genom att använda en kombination av kvantitativa och kvalitativa metoder, syftar studien till att öka förståelsen kring hur användare av mobila applikationer uppfattar prestanda. Den kvantitativa studien undersöker vilka proxy-variabler som påverkar starttiden för en mobilapplikation. Den kvalitativa studien syftar följaktligen till att utvärdera hur användare uppfattar starttiden för en mobilapplikation med hänsyn till externa faktorer och dess effekt på användarupplevelsen.
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Hiltunen, M. (Marja). "Business ecosystems and startup development." Master's thesis, University of Oulu, 2017. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:oulu-201705101758.
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This study aims at finding out how ecosystems affect the development of startups. This is a current topic because startups are a prominent phenomenon, the development and growth of which studies have not been able to fully describe or explain so far. Furthermore, it has been noted that more research should be aimed at providing insights and guidelines for startup managers on how to grow their company, especially in the international markets.
We are looking at the business ecosystem because it is a good way of describing the complex business environment of the startups today. By looking at the ecosystem that the startup is a part of, we can find out how the characteristics and interactions, as well as other actors and their actions can affect the development of a startup. Therefore, we need close observations on the ecosystem.
The study approaches the startup development from a case study point of view and utilizes qualitative interview data as its primary source for analysis. The interviews are recorded and transcribed and the transcription coded. Within case analysis is utilized to get a more comprehensive and reliable understanding of the phenomenon.
This study supports the view that ecosystems are important for startups and can offer them opportunities for development. It is noted that startups should take the ecosystem realities into consideration when strategizing and planning the activities and actions of the company. The specific ecosystem structures and ways of interaction and participation are important indicators on how a startup should participate in the ecosystem, what kind of information is available, what areas are to pursue and with what kind of strategies. It is also noted that different ecosystem actors, also other than for-profit companies, can be important for company development in the ecosystem. All, in all, the study offers support to the notion that business ecosystems are important these days, and that startups can benefit from knowing, participating in, and adjusting to these ecosystems.
The results of this study can be used by startup managers to gain insights for planning and strategizing. The results can be used as guidance on what the managers should take into consideration when entering new international markets, but also point out the ways in which the ecosystem can affect the company development. The results can be generalized to some extent, even though this is a case study into a certain ecosystem and a certain startup as a part of that ecosystem.
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Pinto, Felipe de Matos Sardinha. "A construção de um modelo de acompanhamento da evolução de startups digitais em contexto de aceleração: o caso Start-Up Brasil." Universidade de São Paulo, 2017. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12142/tde-21022018-110337/.
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Esta pesquisa tem como objetivo apresentar um modelo metodológico para o acompanhamento da evolução de startups digitais em contexto de aceleração, a partir do estudo de caso do programa governamental de fomento a startups denominado Start-Up Brasil, construído no período compreendido entre 2013 e 2014. Para tanto, descreve o modelo e seu processo de desenvolvimento, bem como os principais elementos presentes na literatura que o embasaram, tais como as abordagens customer development (BLANK, 2003) e lean startup (RIES, 2011), dentre outras. A pesquisa contextualiza os principais conceitos relacionados à temática abordada, tais como startup, aceleradora, ecossistema de empreendedorismo e habitats de inovação. Sendo assim, através de um levantamento teórico e do acompanhamento direto do autor no processo de desenvolvimento e implementação deste modelo, enquanto diretor de operações do programa no período estudado, o trabalho baseia-se em metodologia que combina relato técnico, pesquisa descritiva e revisão bibliográfica a partir de relato técnico para então apresentar o modelo. Considerando a importância das startups para o desenvolvimento de inovações com alto potencial de crescimento, especialmente aquelas ligadas ao setor de tecnologia de informação e comunicação (TIC), espera-se que esta pesquisa possa contribuir para o desenvolvimento do setor, uma vez que metodologias de acompanhamento bem implementadas podem levar a uma melhor qualidade na seleção e aceleração de startups, e por consequência, seu desenvolvimento e o incremento dos ecossistemas em que estão inseridas.This research aims to present a methodological model to monitor the evolution of digital startups in acceleration context, based on the case study of the Brazilian public program Start-Up Brasil, that supports digital startups, specifically in the period between years 2013 and 2014. Thus, it describes the model developed by the program and its development process, as well as the main elements present in the literature that have supported it, such as the customer development (BLANK, 2003) and lean startup (RIES, 2011) approaches, among others. The research also contextualized the main concepts related to the thematic, such as startup, accelerator, entrepreneurship ecosystem and innovation habitats. By utilizing both theoretical references and the professional report of the author, who held the position of Operations Director of the program during that period, this work is based on a combination of technical report, descriptive research and bibliographic review methods to then introduce the model. Considering the importance of startups to the development of high impact innovations, especially those related with the Information Technology and Communications (ITC) sector, it is expected that this work can contribute to the development of this area, once that monitoring methods, when well applied, can lead to a better quality of the selection and acceleration of startups, and as a consequence, to the development of the ecosystems in which they are present.
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Duarte, Kenia Soares. "Top management team influence on early internationalization strategy and decision of moving location to startup ecosystems." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22789.
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Mestrado Bolonha em Economia e Gestão de Ciência, Tecnologia e InovaçãoThe impact of the top management team in the early internationalization strategy has been largely studied in the literature since the 1980s and its influence is listed as one of the antecedents for the international new ventures phenomenon. Overall, the existing literature argues that the members of the top management team use their cognitive, social, behavioral and background influences acquired through their lives to define their company’s internationalization strategy. Aiming to understand why the top management team decide to start the internationalization earlier and within startup ecosystems, this study utilizes a case study methodology. Members of the top management team of two Portuguese international new ventures that decided to have their locations in prominent startup ecosystems since company’s inception were interviewed. This research findings show that top management team plays a relevant role in defining a company’s early internationalization process and in deciding whether to located it in a startup ecosystem. The results of this study indicate that the factors that support their decision are the following: increase access to funding, having access to better public policies and incentives for small business, and the proximity to the target markets. Additionally, it was perceived the relevance of the previous professional experiences of the top management team in the internationalization and location strategy design and execution.
O impacto da equipe de alta administração na estratégia de internacionalização precoce é estudado na literatura desde a década de 1980 e sua influência é listada como um dos antecedentes para o fenômeno de international new ventures. De modo geral, a literatura existente argumenta que os membros da equipe de alta administração usam suas influências cognitivas, sociais, comportamentais e de experiência adquiridas ao longo de suas vidas para definir a estratégia de internacionalização de sua empresa. Com o objetivo de entender por que a equipe de alta administração decide iniciar a internacionalização mais cedo e dentro dos ecossistemas de startups, este estudo utiliza a metodologia de estudo de caso. Foram entrevistados membros da equipe de gestão de duas international new ventures portuguesas que decidiram ter as suas localizações em ecossistemas de startups proeminentes desde a incorporação de suas empresas. Os resultados deste estudo mostram que a equipe de alta administração desempenha um papel relevante na definição do processo internacionalização precoce de uma empresa e na decisão de localizá-la em um ecossistema de startups. Além do mais, os resultados deste estudo indicam que os fatores que suportam a decisão de localizar a empresa em um ecossistema de startups são os seguintes: maior acesso a financiamento, acesso a melhores políticas públicas e incentivos para pequenas e médias empresas, e proximidade dos mercados alvo. Adicionalmente, foi percebida a relevância das experiências profissionais anteriores dos membros da equipe de alta direção das empresas na definição e execução da estratégia de internacionalização e localização.
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Bertin, Clarice. "Driving factors for symbiotic collaborations between startups and large firms in open innovation ecosystems." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2020. https://publication-theses.unistra.fr/restreint/theses_doctorat/Bertin_Clarice_2020_ED221.pdf.
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La collaboration entre startups et grandes entreprises s’avère de plus en plus nécessaire dans le contexte actuel d’innovation ouverte, d’accélération de la demande du marché et donc de course de plus en plus rapide à l’innovation. Ces partenaires asymétriques présentent toutefois des différences notoires qui peuvent générer une distance entre eux, susceptible de mettre en péril le projet de collaboration. Au-delà de la dyade, d’autres acteurs de l’écosystème, en particulier les intermédiaires de l’innovation, participent également au projet de collaboration. L’objectif de cette thèse est de faire émerger les facteurs favorisant la collaboration symbiotique entre startups et grandes entreprises, basés sur une indépendance organisationnelle et financière des acteurs. Cette thèse vise également à montrer l’intérêt du recours à l’analogie avec la symbiose biologique entre symbiotes interagissant dans un écosystème donné. Il s’agit ainsi de mettre en exergue les facteurs d’équilibre de la relation, dans une optique gagnant-gagnant. Partant des différences mises en lumière à travers la distance cognitive, cette recherche propose d’étudier le phénomène de la collaboration startup - grande entreprise selon une approche exploratoire et une méthode mixte, qualitative et quantitative, basée sur la méthode des cas. L’étude de 38 cas réalisée (ayant conduit à une collecte de données auprès de 53 répondants sous forme d’entretiens et de questionnaire) propose une approche temporelle, multi-perspectives et holistique, mobilisant le cadre théorique de la proximité (géographique, cognitive, sociale, organisationnelle) et celui des capacités dynamiques. Cette recherche a donné lieu à quatre articles conduisant à plusieurs contributions théoriques et managériales. En premier lieu, l’étude selon la perspective des startups a permis d’identifier les facteurs favorisant la proximité et la collaboration entre startups et grandes entreprises en fonction de quatre niveaux : intra-organisationnel de la grande entreprise, intra-organisationnel de la startup, inter-organisationnel et écosystémique. La poursuite de l’exploration a mis en lumière la complémentarité des compétences des équipes fondatrices de startups, en comparaison avec les startupers solos, et qui est source de proximité avec les grandes entreprises. La suite de l’étude, selon la perspective des grandes entreprises, a mis en évidence l’importance d’un management fondé sur l’intelligence collective ainsi que de l’évolution du rôle des managers intermédiaires des grandes entreprises dans l’implémentation d’une stratégie d’innovation ouverte intégrant une variété d’acteurs, telles que les startups. Enfin, l’étude de la perspective des intermédiaires de l’innovation quant à leurs rôles dans le développement de la collaboration startup - grande entreprise a permis de faire émerger ces différents rôles selon trois phases de la construction de la collaboration, dont celui de constituer une ressource externe pour la grande entreprise pour la régénération de ses capacités dynamiques. Une contribution transversale est également l’identification et l’opérationnalisation des 2+1 phases de la collaboration suivant un axe chronologique : les phases Amont, de Design et de Processus de la collaborationCollaboration between startups and large firms is becoming increasingly necessary in the current context of open innovation, accelerating market demand and thus the increasingly rapid race to innovate. These asymmetrical partners, however, present significant differences that can generate a distance between them that can jeopardize the collaboration project. Beyond the dyad, other actors of the ecosystem, in particular innovation intermediaries, also participate in the collaborative project. The objective of this thesis is to bring out the factors fostering symbiotic collaboration between startups and large firms, based on an organizational and financial independence of the actors. This thesis also aims to show the interest of using the analogy with the biological symbiosis between symbionts interacting in a given ecosystem. The aim is thus to highlight the balance factors of the relationship, in a win-win perspective. Starting from the differences brought to light through cognitive distance, this research proposes to study the phenomenon of startup - large firm collaboration according to an exploratory approach and a mixed qualitative and quantitative method, based on the case method. The study of 38 cases carried out (leading to a data collection from 53 respondents in the form of interviews and survey) proposes a time-based, multi-perspective and holistic approach, mobilizing the theoretical framework of proximity (geographical, cognitive, social, organizational) and that of dynamic capabilities. This research resulted in four articles leading to several theoretical and managerial contributions. Firstly, the study from the startup's perspective allowed to identify the factors fostering proximity and collaboration between startups and large firms according to four levels: intra-organizational of the large firm, intra-organizational of the startup, inter-organizational and ecosystemic. Further exploration has then highlighted the complementary skills of startup founding teams, compared to solo startuppers, which is a source of proximity to large firms. The continuation of the study, from the perspective of large firms, brought to light the importance of a management based on collective intelligence as well as the evolving role of middle managers in large firms in the implementation of an open innovation strategy integrating a variety of actors, such as startups. Finally, the study of the perspective of innovation intermediaries regarding their roles in the development of startup - large firm collaboration has allowed these different roles to emerge according to three phases of the collaboration construction, including that of constituting an external resource for the large firm for the regeneration of its dynamic capabilities. A transversal contribution is also the identification and operationalization of the 2+1 phases of the collaboration along a chronological axis: the Upstream, Design and Process phases of the collaboration
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Johnson, Nickie B. "Facilitating Innovation in Technology Startups in Ghana : A Multiple Case Study of the Technology Entrepreneurship Ecosystem in Ghana." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Företagsekonomi, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-36668.
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Thesis purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate which circumstances technology entrepreneurs believe facilitate innovation, in the context of developing countries, and in Ghana in particular. Additionally, to explore the institutional and environmental factors that enable or prevent innovative activity from taking place in the technology startup ecosystem. Methodology: Multiple case qualitative research study of the Ghanaian technology entrepreneurship ecosystem. Data collection by conducting semi-structured interviews with 20 technology entrepreneurs in Accra, Ghana. The data collection and analysis process is inspired by the phenomenography approach. Theoretical framework: Theoretical concepts found in the literature on entrepreneurship and innovation. The institutional pillars of the entrepreneurship ecosystem, developed by GEDI (Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute), are discussed and applied in the analysis of the interview results. Conclusions: This paper identifies a number of areas where the majority of the entrepreneurs reported having similar experiences and challenges. Many of the challenges are related to institutional factors such as regulation and bureaucratic processes. Despite this, the technology entrepreneurship system in Ghana is growing, and the country offers a lot of opportunities for entrepreneurs. Ultimately, to facilitate innovation further, the institutional environment requires change in a number of areas, in order to better support technology entrepreneurs, and to create an enabling environment in which they can act on and take advantage of the opportunities that exist.
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Lövström, Georg, and Hampus Olofsson. "The unicorn factory : Examining Stockholm tech-startups and their pursuit of internationalization." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-75920.
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The idea behind this thesis was born from the success of the so-called unicorn companies originating from Stockholm. Unicorn companies are highly successful tech-startups which reached an evaluation of 1 billion USD while remaining private companies. This has created international attention to Stockholm, and the number of tech startups in the city has increased dramatically. The purpose of this thesis is to achieve a deeper understanding of how tech-startups in Stockholm design their internationalization strategy. To do this, comprehensive information regarding the background of this situation was given, which was then used to form the research questions. To answer them, research regarding internationalization, entrepreneurial strategies and business networks and relations were collected. The theories were then formulated into a conceptual synthesis. To answer our research questions, qualitative data was gathered through four semi-structured interviews with tech-startups operating in Stockholm. The abductive research approach was found to be the most useful approach for our research design. The analysis chapter was built upon the structure of our theories and analyzed through the lens of our conceptual synthesis. Formulating a discussion on the similarities between the theories and the empirical findings as well as unforeseen differences. Concluding our analysis of the gathered empirical data, we found an implication that there was a connection between the environment, the company and the strategy that they choose in order to internationalize, and that all factors impact each other. Following the analysis, the theoretical synthesis was adjusted based on the gathered data and restructured into a conceptual framework. This thesis stresses the importance of networks in entrepreneurial businesses and showcases why this is. It is of interest to entrepreneurs wishing to establish their own companies in Stockholm, but can also be of interest to entrepreneurs at large concerning their presence in tech-hubs.
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Padilla, Gálvez Diana Ivet, and Franco Diego Alonso Pinto. "Principales factores que facilitan la internacionalización de las Start-Ups en Perú." Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/626447.
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La presente tesis desarrolla la investigación enfocada en el fenómeno conocido como start-ups, donde Perú ha sido escenario del rápido crecimiento de este tipo de innovaciones y cómo algunos de ellos ya están alcanzando mercados internacionales.
Precisamente, el foco de esta investigación es conocer de manera más profunda aquellos factores que han logrado facilitar a estos emprendedores el ingreso a mercados extranjeros. Es en este punto que se busca conocer el nivel de importancia que representa para las start-ups cada uno de estos factores.
La investigación se desarrolla considerando distintos puntos de vista. Por un lado, se encuentran los expertos del ecosistema emprendedor, representantes de instituciones públicas y privadas que están directamente relacionadas con las start-ups y el desarrollo de su ecosistema. Por otro lado, se tiene a los mismos emprendedores que son los usuarios de todas estas herramientas generadas en dicho ecosistema y cómo eso llevó a que algunos pudieran lograr la internacionalización. A partir de este enfoque, se logró identificar una serie de factores claves que necesitaban ser validados por la población de start-ups peruanas a través de una encuesta de opinión. Esto con el objetivo de identificar a los principales factores y tener un aporte que sirva de guía para aquellos que pertenecen al ecosistema. Conocer si existen relaciones o patrones entre los factores y las características de las start-ups, a través de metodologías cuantitativas.
Finalmente, la tesis expone todos los resultados obtenidos, las conclusiones, recomendaciones e incluso las limitaciones bajo las que se desarrolló la investigación, contribuyendo de esta manera con el ecosistema emprendedor para que este documento sirva como guía para investigaciones más profundas acerca de este fenómeno que cada vez tiene mayor importancia en el Perú.This thesis develops research focused on the phenomenon known as start-ups, where Peru has been the scenario of the rapid growth of this type of innovation and how some of them are already reaching international markets. Precisely, the focus of this research is to know more deeply those factors that have managed to facilitate these entrepreneurs entering foreign markets. It is at this point that we seek to know the level of importance that each of these factors represents for start-ups. The research was developed considering different points of view. On one hand, there are experts from the entrepreneurial ecosystem, representatives of public and private institutions that are directly related to start-ups and the development of their ecosystem. On the other hand, we have the entrepreneurs who are the users of all these tools generated in this ecosystem and how that led some of them to achieve internationalization. Based on this approach, it was possible to identify a series of key factors that needed to be validated by the Peruvian start-up population through an opinion poll. This with the objective of identifying the main factors and having a contribution that serves as a guide for those who belong to the ecosystem. To know if there are relations or patterns between the factors and the characteristics of the start-ups, through quantitative methodologies. Finally, the thesis exposes all the obtained results, conclusions, recommendations and even limitations under which the research was developed, contributing in this way with the entrepreneurial ecosystem so that this document serves as a guide for deeper investigations about this phenomenon that it is increasingly important in Peru.
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Zhang, Chi S. M. Sloan School of Management. "A study on cybersecurity start-ups : a financial approach to analyze industry trends, entrepreneurship ecosystems and start-up exits." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/104506.
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Thesis: S.M. in Management Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2016.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 54-57).
Now a multi-billion dollar industry, cybersecurity is becoming one of the most attractive industries for investors today. Despite emerging government involvement for cybersecurity governance and even cybersecurity warfare, private sector still dominates cybersecurity today and will remain the backbone of the industry due to its ubiquitous nature and rapid technological evolution. Consequently, success factors behind cybersecurity entrepreneurship in this industry is a necessary topic to study. Entrepreneurship has attracted scholars' attention for decades, and especially in the context of cybersecurity, an industry built solely by entrepreneurs thus far, what in particular drives them to success? My studies focus on three aspects of cybersecurity entrepreneurship, and explore how they contribute to entrepreneurial success in cybersecurity. First I begin by examining key characteristics within the cybersecurity industry, and spell out the emerging trends in investments. I then study the ecosystems behind cybersecurity entrepreneurship, studying the effectiveness of government policies and the impact of culture. Finally, I explore cybersecurity start-ups and compare how they are different from the broader Software and Services industry from a financial perspective. The results from this study helps to map out the key distinctions of cybersecurity entrepreneurship and attempts to identify key interests in this area for future study.
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Santos, Monna Cleide Fonsêca Rodrigues dos. "O ecossistema de startups de software da cidade de São Paulo." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/45/45134/tde-23022016-204626/.
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O empreendedorismo e a cultura de inovação ganham cada vez mais lugar na realidade econômica mundial. Grandes centros inovadores, como o Vale do Silício, nos Estados Unidos, e Tel-Aviv, em Israel, surgem como modelos para outras nações que pretendem introduzir definitivamente o empreendedorismo como uma cultura local. Nesta dissertação, uma nova metodologia de coleta e análise de dados proposta pelo Grupo de Pesquisa em Empreendedorismo do IME-USP foi refinada e utilizada para desenvolver um modelo do ecossistema de startups de software da cidade de São Paulo. Para tanto, os dados que compõem o modelo foram reunidos através de pesquisa qualitativa com membros e fundadores de startups, aceleradoras, investidores de risco e outros agentes importantes para o ecossistema. Os resultados do estudo constatam que a cidade possui todos os elementos fundamentais para o ecossistema empreendedor, tais como instituições, clientes interessados em experimentar novos produtos, a presença de importantes agentes financeiros, e um ambiente promissor; no entanto, ainda é necessária uma melhor conexão entre esses componentes, e certos problemas críticos de grandes metrópoles, tais como a mobilidade urbana e o alto custo de vida, precisam ser melhorados para que o ecossistema da cidade possa continuar progredindo. A dissertação conclui com sugestões de ações para a melhoria do ecossistema, baseadas nos comentários dos entrevistados e em recomendações de outros estudos e relatórios com foco similar.Entrepreneurship and the innovation culture are increasingly gaining ground in the global economy. Great innovative centers, such as the Silicon Valley, in the United States, and Tel-Aviv, Israel, arise as models for other nations wishing to definitely introduce entrepreneurship as part of the local culture. In this thesis, a new methodology for collecting and analyzing data proposed by the IME-USP Entrepreneurship Research Group was refined and used to build a model of the software startups ecosystem in São Paulo, Brazil. Data that make up the model were gathered through qualitative research with members and founders of startups, accelerators, venture capitalists and other important agents of the ecosystem. The study findings show that the city possesses all vital elements for the entrepreneurial ecosystem, such as institutions, customers interested in experimenting new products, the presence of important financial agents, and a promising environment; however, better connections among these components are required, and certain critical problems common in very large cities need to be improved so that the city\'s ecosystem can continue evolving. The thesis concludes by suggesting concrete actions for the improvement of the ecosystem based on the results from the qualitative research.
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Ikenami, Rodrigo Kazuo. "A abordagem \"ecossistema\" em teoria organizacional: fundamentos e contribuições." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3136/tde-28092016-112348/.
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Este trabalho teve por objetivo avançar no entendimento acerca do constructo \"ecossistema\" quando aplicado na área da teoria organizacional, especificamente dentro do campo da gestão da inovação. A investigação desse termo foi considerada importante por despertar o interesse tanto da comunidade científica quanto dos empreendedores. Após uma revisão de literatura com as principais publicações sobre esse tema, percebeu-se que essa abordagem utilizava conceitos de outras teorias, principalmente da teoria de sistemas, cadeia de valor e teoria de rede. A partir dessa constatação, o estudo chegou a seguinte questão de pesquisa: \"Como a abordagem de Ecossistema explica - de maneira original em relação à cadeia de valor e a teoria de rede - a atividade empreendedora de base tecnológica em sua fase nascente?\". Dessa discussão, intuiu-se que a lógica de ecossistema propiciava maiores benefícios em momentos de instabilidade de um empreendimento, onde o caminho a ser perseguido era incerto. Essa característica, se confirmada seria de particular proveito para os empreendimentos inseridos nos chamados mercados dinâmicos, que são ambientes constantemente envoltos em incertezas. A fim de testar essa hipótese, foram formuladas quatro proposições: (P1) A lógica de ecossistema tem boa aderência em empreendimentos nascentes, pois ela consegue adaptar-se às mudanças que não foram previstas no escopo inicial do planejamento; (P2) A cadeia de valor, pelo fato de não considerar atores complementadores perde capacidade de avaliar um empreendimento em fase inicial; (P3) A cadeia de valor, por se tratar de uma ferramenta de análise de melhoria contínua, tem dificuldades para lidar com mudanças disruptivas, que altere seu estado estável; (P4) O mapeamento de uma rede pode ser difícil e custoso, dificultando sua execução prática. A investigação dessas proposições foi conduzida por meio de entrevistas semiestruturadas realizadas com quatro empresas nascentes de base tecnológica. Em relação à proposição (P1), concluímos que além da adaptação esperada da abordagem ecossistema perante as mudanças ocorridas na trajetória planejada do empreendimento, o ecossistema consegue ainda sugerir que metas concretas a serem perseguidas pelo empreendimento a fim de conseguir sobreviver e evoluir para os próximos estágios. A proposição (P2) também foi confirmada na pesquisa de campo, sugerindo que os atores complementadores são sim de relevância significante para que o cliente reconheça valor à oferta da firma focal. Além disso, esta pesquisa sugere ainda que de todos os complementos da sua oferta, devem ser monitorados com especial cuidado aqueles que estão na fronteira da inovação tecnológica. A proposição (P3) não pode ser verificada neste trabalho e a proposição (P4) precisa de maior verificação para uma conclusão segura. A pesquisa conclui com um posicionamento otimista em relação à abordagem \"ecossistema\", acreditando ser uma abordagem promissora para o gerenciamento de empreendimentos inseridos em ambientes de alta velocidade. Por se tratar de um estudo exploratório, sugere que as investigações não se encerrem neste trabalho, apresentando por fim alguns caminhos que podem ser aprofundados.This dissertation is an attempt to push forward the knowledge boundary concerning the construct \"ecosystem\" placed in the organizational theory, precisely within the innovation management field. The investigation was considered important because it arouses the interest both of the scientific community than the managers and entrepreneurs. After the literature review, which included the most important publications about the theme, it came to our sight that this approach use concepts of different theories, mainly the system theory, the value chain and the network theory. Along with this finding, this study arrive to the following research question: \"How does the Ecosystem approach explains - in an original basis facing the value chain and the network theory - the entrepreneurship activity in technological startups?\". From this debate, an insight sparkles, saying that the ecosystem logic offers more benefits during the instability phases of a business, when the way to follow is uncertain. This feature, assuming to be right, would be particular useful for organizations placed in dynamic markets, which are environments surrounded by uncertainties. In order to test this hypothesis, four propositions were formulated: (P1) The ecosystem logic has good adherence in startups, because it can adapt to the changes that were not expected in the first planning scope; (P2) because the value chain do not consider the complementors, it loses capability to evaluate a business startup; (P3) the value chain is a tool for continuous improvement , and therefore, have difficulties to deal with disruptive changes that modifies an organization stable state; (P4) mapping a network is complex and costly, hampering its practical execution. The investigation of these propositions was conducted through semi structured interviews performed with four startups. Concerning to the proposition (P1), we concluded that beyond the adaptation expected in the first place, the ecosystem can also suggest objective goals to be chased so that the ecosystem can survive and evolve to the next stage. The proposition (P2) was also confirmed in the field research, suggesting that the complementors have significant relevance on the client\'s value perception regarding the focal firms\' offer. Besides, this research also proposes that not every complementors should be tracked from the focal firm, but only the ones that are at the technological innovation boundary edge. The proposition (P3) couldn\'t be verified in this study while the proposition (P4) needs more investigation to a reliable conclusion. The research concludes with a positive perspective about the ecosystem, believing it is a promising approach for organizations residing in high velocity markets. Since this is an exploratory study we strongly suggest that the investigations do not end in this dissertation, where is presented some possible paths so that this work can be continued.
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Cavalheiro, Cristian Mairesse. "Fatores determinantes para o sucesso de startups de TI no Brasil: uma avaliação crítica." Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, 2015. http://www.repositorio.jesuita.org.br/handle/UNISINOS/3789.
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O trabalho apresenta uma avaliação crítica dos fatores determinantes para o sucesso de startups de TI no Brasil. As startups tem adquirido crescente interesse no mundo todo por empreendedores ávidos em seguir os caminhos do sucesso de players de tecnologia que como iniciantes, começaram numa garagem apenas com uma ideia e muita dedicação. Da expressão em inglês “começar do zero”, startups são as empresas que partem de uma ideia diferente com potencial de fazer dinheiro em pouco tempo e baixo investimento, ou seja, inovação com alto potencial de rentabilidade e escalabilidade, mas alto risco. Embora as startups de tecnologia de expressivo valor de mercado possuam relevância na economia, ainda são obscuros os fatores que levam ao seu sucesso, com poucas pesquisas acadêmicas explorando o tema. Como objetivos específicos a pesquisa identifica as referências de base culturais, econômicas e sociais que influenciam os fatores de sucesso e fracasso comparativos entre alguns dos principais clusters de inovação dos Estados Unidos e do Brasil, e identifica os fatores comparativos do empreendedorismo nas startups de TI entre alguns destes principais clusters de inovação. Analisa ainda as principais limitações enfrentadas por empreendedores no Brasil que resultam nas principais barreiras para o crescimento das startups de TI brasileiras e indica estratégias que possam oferecer suporte aos investidores em relação à viabilidade de startups, aumentando suas chances de criar uma empresa de elevado potencial no Brasil. Foi realizada uma pesquisa na literatura para identificar os elementos a serem pesquisados. A pesquisa apresenta um estudo de campo exploratório de natureza quantitativa que abordou 217 empreendedores do Brasil e qualitativa com 37 pessoas do ecossistema de startups, sendo nove dos Estados Unidos e 28 do Brasil. Nos Estados Unidos o pesquisador visitou o Vale do Silício e região de Boston. No Brasil foram visitados cinco clusters de inovação, em Recife, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre e São Paulo. As evidências foram agrupadas em dimensões de análise e os resultados levaram às seguintes considerações: foi possível identificar uma lacuna na educação empreendedora e no papel da universidade quanto a uma maior integração com o segmento empresarial; no governo observa-se a necessidade de desburocratização do setor público e privado na melhoria dos serviços básicos de infraestrutura; um dos fatores mais relevantes da pesquisa foi a identificação da determinação do principal fundador na busca da realização do sonho grande e na criação do time de talentos, sendo que inicialmente seu objetivo não é especificamente o de tornar-se rico; outro fator é a dificuldade do brasileiro em utilizar capital para o risco, visto que o custo Brasil e os fatores culturais geram um elevado grau de incerteza do retorno. Por fim, apesar de o Brasil ser “too little, too late”, existe um desejo generalizado de gerar startups de elevado potencial, ou seja, com valor de mercado superior a U$ 1 bilhão.
This dissertation presents a critical assessment of the determining factors for the success of IT startups in Brazil. The world of startups has gained increasing worldwide interest for eager entrepreneurs in following the ways of the success of major players in technology that once beginners, began in a garage only with an idea and a lot of dedication. From the expression in English "start from the scratch", startups are companies that start from a different idea with potential to make money in a short time and low investment, that is, innovation with a high potential for profitability and scalability, but high risk. Although the technology startups with great market value have relevance in the economy, the factors that lead to their success are still unclear with few academic researches exploring the theme. As specific objectives the research identifies the economic, social and cultural basis references that influence the comparative factors of success and failure among some major innovation clusters in the United States and in Brazil, identifies the comparative factors of entrepreneurship in IT startups among some major innovation clusters in the United States and in Brazil, analyzes the main constraints faced by entrepreneurs in Brazil that result in major barriers to the growth of Brazilian IT startups and indicates strategies that can offer support to the investors regarding the viability of startups , increasing their chances of creating a great potential company in Brazil. A survey was conducted in the literature to identify the elements to be searched. The research presents a quantitative exploratory study field that approached 217 entrepreneurs from Brazil and a qualitative one with 37 people from the startup ecosystem, 9 of them from the United States and 28 from Brazil. In the United States the researcher visited the Silicon Valley and Boston area and in Brazil five innovation clusters were visited in Recife, Belo Horizonte, Porto Alegre and São Paulo. Data was grouped into analysis dimensions and the results have led to the following considerations: it was possible to identify a gap in the entrepreneurial education and in the role of the university in a greater integration with the corporate sector; in the government on the need of reducing bureaucracy of the public and private sector in improving basic infrastructure services; one of the most relevant factors of the research was the identification of the principal founder determination in pursuing the realization of the great dream and in the creation of the talent team, considering that his initial goal was not specifically to become rich; a difficulty of the Brazilian to use the capital for risk, as the cost in Brazil and cultural factors generate a high uncertainty degree about the return. Finally, although everything in Brazil is "too little, too late", there is widespread hope of generating highly successful startups in Brazil, that is, with a market value of more than $ 1 billion.
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Johansson, Sofia. "Scaling Frugal Innovation Based Startups to Accelerate Sustainable Development : A Minor Field Study in Cape Town, South Africa." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-276737.
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With the rise of a global economy and the growing importance of emerging markets, socioeconomic and environmental issues are becoming the main driving forces for many innovation practitioners. As a result of the recognition that traditional ways of managing innovation are not sustainable and that more inclusive and accessible efforts are needed, the exploration of frugal approaches to innovation has emerged. Startups that apply frugal innovation have the potential to stimulate sustainable growth and reduce development gaps between less developed and developed countries. Yet, given their specific context, many startups face difficulties to commercialize technologies and scale to new markets. There is a need to understand how to support startups and entrepreneurs to scale up in their early stages as a means to drive sustainable growth in emergent economies. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate what factors influence frugal innovation-based startups’ potential to accelerate (economic, environmental, and social) sustainable development. To understand the influencing factors, an investigation of the barriers and enablers to scale up as well as the entrepreneurial behaviors in relation to their social settings, is necessary. Literature within frugal innovation was reviewed and a study was performed in Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa is a relevant research area for frugal innovation since startups have the potential to leverage resources of the high-income market to solve large problems in lowincome communities (i.e. informal settings or townships). In-depth interviews were conducted with startup representatives and stakeholders within the entrepreneurial ecosystem. The study revealed that due to the entrepreneurs’ background, they have the ability to understand customer needs and influence mindset change. Meanwhile, the entrepreneurs are dependent on social support, because they often lack self-advocacy, skills, and resources required to scale up. The importance of democratizing digital technologies as well as leverage entrepreneurial ecosystems was highlighted. The author also suggests further discussions on how sustainable impact is assessed as well as the role of power dynamics within entrepreneurial ecosystems.I linje med utvecklingen av att den globala ekonomin och den ökade vikten av tillväxtmarknader har socioekonomiska och miljörelaterade faktorer blivit en central drivkraft för många innovationsutövare. Från vetskapen att de traditionella sätten att hantera innovation inte är hållbara och att mer inkluderande och tillgängliga processer krävs, har appliceringen av frugala tillvägagångssätt av innovation uppkommit. Startups som tillämpar frugal innovation har potential att stimulera hållbar tillväxt och minska utvecklingsgapen mellan mindre utvecklade och utvecklade länder. Dock, givet deras unika kontext, har många startups svårt att kommersialisera teknik och skala upp till nya marknader. Följaktligen, finns det behov att förstå hur man kan stödja entreprenörer och startups att skala upp i tidigt skede för att driva hållbar utveckling i tillväxtmarknader. Därför är syftet med denna studie att undersöka vilka faktorer som påverkar frugala innovationsbaserade startups möjligheter att accelerera (ekonomisk, ekologisk och social) hållbar utveckling. För att förstå de influerande faktorerna är det nödvändigt att undersöka hinder och möjliggörare till att skala upp samt entreprenörernas beteende i förhållande till deras sociala kontext. Litteratur inom Frugal innovation granskades och en fältstudie utfördes i Kapstaden, Sydafrika. Sydafrika är ett relevant forskningsområde för frugal innovation eftersom startups har möjlighet att utnyttja höginkomstmarknadens resurser för att lösa stora problem inom låginkomstmarknaden. Fördjupade intervjuer genomfördes med startups representanter och intressenter inom entreprenöriella ekosystem. Studien avslöjade att på grund av entreprenörernas bakgrund har de en unik förmåga att förstå den informella marknadens behov och möjlighet att influera nya tänkesätt. Samtidigt är entreprenörerna beroende av socialt stöd på grund av brist på kompetenser, kunskaper och resurser nödvändiga för att skala upp. Därav belystes vikten av att demokratisera digital teknik samt utnyttja entreprenöriella ekosystem. Författaren föreslår också ytterligare diskussioner om hur hållbarhetskrav mäts samt maktdynamikens roll inom entreprenöriella ekosystem.
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Tischlinger, David, and Wordragen Bas Van. "What are the Critical Success Factors of Start-Ups in the Digital Transformation? : A multiple case-study." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-43967.
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Throughout the last years, we have been able to experience one of the most significant economic disruptions in history: The Digital Revolution. In a world that becomes more and more digitalized, companies must get an understanding of the fundamental rules of doing business in the digitalized business world in order to be able to innovate effectively and succeed with their business. The purpose of this paper is to get an in-depth understanding on how the digitalization affected the dynamics of doing business, and what the necessary key components are according to the literature and interviewees to succeed as a business in the digital era. Our contribution to the theory is achieved by conducting a multiple-case study in which eight case companies were selected and interviewed via semi-structured interviews. Subsequently, a grounded analysis was conducted to identify the subjective success factors of the interviewees which resulted in five major themes which contribute significantly to a firm’s success. We came to the conclusion that the main success factors for Start-Ups in the digital transformation are: 1. Lean Approach to Customer Orientation, 2. Entrepreneurial Goals & Culture, 3. Participation in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, 4. Integration & Utilization of Third-Party Technologies, and 5. Acquisition of Capital for Business Growth.
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SPRINGER, JULIAN, and MIKO KINNUNEN. "Value creation through digital services in start-up support organisations." Thesis, KTH, Industriell Management, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-239721.
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Background and purpose - Digitisation is connecting various business actors to create interconnected ecosystems through digital platforms. Meanwhile entrepreneurial ecosystems are offering various benefits for start-ups e.g. through support organisations that offer services for them. Currently, these start-up support organisations face the challenge of leveraging digital services to create value for their member start-ups. The purpose of this study is to investigate how the digital services offered in start-up support organisations create value for start-ups. Approach - From a theoretical perspective, the sociology of value and service dominant logic concepts such as value co-creation and service ecosystems are considered. Qualitative methods were used to conduct a pre-study and an in-depth case study with a start-up hub in Stockholm's entrepreneurial ecosystem. Data was collected using 18 semi-structured interviews with start-ups and other actors in the ecosystem and participant observations of 17 events. Findings - Needs and challenges for start-ups were identified and mapped against the digital services used by the start-ups. These services facilitate interaction between various actors in the start-up hub. Seven interconnected value types for the start-ups were identified emerging from the use of digital and non-digital services in the start-up hub. Moreover, many of the digital services are not provided by the start-up hub alone but in collaboration with other actors, connecting the start-up hub to other actors in the start-up ecosystem. Research limitations and implications - The findings contribute to the understanding of how start-up support organisations leverage digital services to support their member start-ups. The connection of digital service usage to the creation of various value types provides a theoretical concept to research about service ecosystem. As the study has been conducted with a limited number of respondents and events in Stockholm, further research in other ecosystems and using different methods is suggested to ensure generalisability of the findings of this study. Practical implications - A number of practical suggestions for start-up support organisations can be derived from the findings, including that start-up support organisations can benefit from establishing and moderating a digital community, involving several actors from the ecosystem and continuously adapting digital services to the changing environment and needs of start-ups. Originality - To the best knowledge of the authors, this is the first study to investigate digital services in entrepreneurial ecosystems from the perspective of value in service ecosystems.Bakgrund och syfte - Digitalisering förbinder olika affärsaktörer för att skapa sammankopplade ekosystem genom digitala plattformar. Samtidigt erbjuder start-up ekosystem olika fördelar för start-ups, till exempel genom stödorganisationer som erbjuder tjänster för start-ups. För tillfället möter dessa start-up stödorganisationer utmaningen att utnyttja digitala tjänster för att skapa värde för sina medlems start-ups. Syftet med denna studie är att undersöka hur de digitala tjänster som erbjuds av stödorganisationerna skapar värde för start-ups. Tillvägagångssätt - Från ett teoretiskt perspektiv beaktas sociologin av värde och service dominerande logik begrepp som värde medskapande och serviceekosystem. Kvalitativa metoder användes för att genomföra en förstudie och en fördjupad fallstudie med ett start-up hub i Stockholms entreprenörsekosystem. Data samlades in med 18 halvstrukturerade intervjuer med start-ups och andra aktörer i ekosystemet och deltagarobservationer av 17 evenemang. Fynd - Behov och utmaningar för start-ups identifierades och mappades mot de digitala tjänster som start-ups använde. Dessa tjänster underlättar interaktion mellan olika aktörer i start-up hubben. Sju sammankopplade värdetyper för start-ups identifierades som en följd av användningen av digitala och icke-digitala tjänster i start-up hubben. Dessutom är många av de digitala tjänsterna inte tillhandahållen av start-uperna ensam men i samarbete med andra aktörer, som kopplar ihop start-up hubben till andra aktörer i start-up ekosystemet. Forskningsbegränsningar och konsekvenser - Fynden bidrar till att förstå hur start-up stödorganisationer utnyttjar digitala tjänster för att stöda sina medlemmar. Anslutningen av digital serviceanvändning till skapandet av olika värdetyper ger ett teoretiskt koncept för att undersöka serviceekosystemet. Eftersom studien har genomförts med ett begränsat antal respondenter och evenemang i Stockholm, föreslås ytterligare forskning i andra ekosystem och användande av olika metoder för att säkerställa generaliserbarhet av resultaten i denna studie. Praktiska konsekvenser - Ett antal praktiska förslag till start-up stödorganisationer kan härledas från resultaten, bland annat att de start-up stödorganisationerna kan dra nytta av att etablera och moderera ett digitalt samhälle, involvera flera aktörer från ekosystemet och kontinuerligt anpassa digitala tjänster till förändringen av miljön och behovet av start-ups. Originalitet – Till bästa kunskapen av författarna, är detta den första studien för att undersöka digitala tjänster i entreprenörsekosystem från perspektivet av värdet i service ekosystemen.
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Asokan, Aravind. "Effectiveness of the University Entrepreneurial Eco-System in the Growth of Entrepreneurship and Threshold Capability Development of Students." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/41975.
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This case study features an exploratory investigation involving capability development among technologically oriented student entrepreneurs within the University of Ottawa’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. Utilization took place of a mixed methods approach involving a survey of student entrepreneurs, interviews with facilitators and student entrepreneurs, and secondary data where possible. This mixed methods approach was necessary to collect a ‘thickness’ of data to justify a case study research design, including a check for robustness such as to demonstrate ‘trustworthiness’ of the data. Unique insights build on existing literature to offer a contribution to knowledge. Although the university ecosystem offered varied supporting mechanisms, perceived barriers also existed. Moreover, invariably the development of threshold rather than dynamic capabilities took place. Implications for practitioners follow from the theoretical contributions in order to facilitate a more effective university entrepreneurial ecosystem. In particular, a need exists to enhance the development of capabilities that build traction and scalability.
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Johansson, Johan. "The Role of Big Data Facilitators in the Business Ecosystem : Drivers, Barriers and Value offered." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik och samhälle, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-69589.
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This research focuses on Big Data Facilitators, companies that can help to reduce the complexities of Big Data and offer the value residing in it. These types of companies are highly unexplored, thus the purpose of this research paper is to create an understanding of Big Data Facilitators by studying their drivers and barriers concerning Big Data application, and their general role in the business ecosystem. To answer the overarching purpose four research questions has been proposed: RQ1: What drivers are prominent for Big Data Facilitators concerning the application of Big Data Analytics? RQ2: What barriers are prominent for Big Data Facilitators regarding the application of Big Data? RQ3: What value do Big Data Facilitators offer for their customers? RQ4: What type of customer do Big Data Facilitators offer value to? To answer these questions two phases of research were conducted. Phase one consisted of interviews with 10 different Big Data Facilitators, with the primary focus of understanding their drivers and barriers. The second phase consisted of qualitative analysis of text on websites from 27 Big Data Facilitators, with the primary focus of understanding what value these companies offer and what general customer type they target. The study found that the primary drivers for these companies are Technology as an Enabler, Organisational Knowledge, Agile Organisational Structure and Innovative Foundation and the barriers are Finding Correct Expertise, Process Difficulties, Resource Restrictions and Security Issues. This resulted in the adapted force-field model which shows a weighted representation of these factors. The identified generalizable value being offered was found to be Improved Processes, Innovative Technology, Insight and Convenience. A model called the Four-dimensions model was created with the two phases as basis. It represents an aggregation of the primary factors of influence affecting Big Data Facilitators as well as the value that they offer and most importantly, how the parts interrelate. This thesis provides further depth to the research around Big Data and Big Data analytics, as well as insight in the highly unexplored topic of SMEs relationship with Big Data and Big Data analytics. This since the Big Data Facilitators at hand were either start–ups or small enterprises. Moreover, the research added insight into the almost non-existent research area of Big Data Facilitators and analytics vendors. The managerial implications suggest that companies should strive to, first create an environment for innovation to prosper and continuously strive for keeping an agile organisation structure, by ensuring flexibility, adaptive processes and short lines for data-driven decision making. Second, to create awareness and utilization of the tools and open source–software available during its rapid development. Third, create an attractive environment for managing organisation knowledge and attracting the right expertise needed to understand the complexities of Big Data and handle the abstract algorithms in machine learning and deep learning
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Stenbom, Agnes. "Understand That Everything is Different and be Humble to the Task : An Exploratory Study on Establishment Challenges for Swedish Micro-Sized Tech Businesses in NYC." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-231439.
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Swedish micro-businesses are encouraged by the government to internationalise and participate in entrepreneurial ecosystems. Yet research on how they should be supported while doing so is thin. Current research on entrepreneurial ecosystems shows that value co-creation breads sustainability, and increased attention is given to intermediary organisations. While scholars stress aligned expectations as key to value co-creation, intermediaries today are basing their actions on what they think businesses need and expect. This study challenges that logic. This study focused on the entrepreneurial ecosystem of New York, specifically looking at Swedish technology startups, intermediaries and investors. Trough semi-structured interviews the study sought to understand how congruent startups’ and intermediaries’ perceptions of challenges during business establishment in NYC are, and also, how they could be aligned. The study employed the framework of Gioia et al. (2012) when distilling challenges from the interviews. The results show congruence in some identified challenges, with a key difference in their temporal approaches. The intermediaries primarily focused on instrumental challenges and initial barriers-to-entry, while the startups (and investors) in higher regard focused on open-ended challenges related to relationships and legitimacy. This was considered proof of intermediaries employing an outdated theoretical perspective on their role as an instrumental broker. The study thus concluded by suggesting an alternative perspective, emphasizing dynamic and situation-based support.Svenska mikro-företag uppmanas av regeringen att internationalisera tidigt och delta i entreprenöriella ekosystem. Mängden forskning på hur de bäst bör stödjas i detta är dock blygsam. Samtida studier på entrepreöriella ekosystem visar hur kollektivt värdeskapande (eng: value co-creation) föder långsiktig hållbarhet, och uppmärksamhet riktas allt mer åt intermediära organisationer. Även om forskare menar att kongruenta förväntningar är en nyckel till kollektivt värdeskapande baserar intermediärer idag ofta sina handlingar och stöd på vad de tror att företag behöver och förväntar sig. Denna studie utmanar den logiken. Studien fokuserade på New Yorks entreprenöriella ekosystem och undersökte svenska högteknologiska startupbolag, intermediärer och investerare. Genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer sökte studien lära hur kongruenta startups och intermediärer är i sina uppfattningar av utmaningar vid företagsetablering i New York, samt hur dessa kan göras mer samstämmiga för att föda långsiktigt hållbara stödfunktioner Studien nyttjade ett ramverk av Gioia et al. (2012) i destillationen av utmaningar från intervjuerna. Resultaten visar kongruens i vissa identifierade utmaningar, med en tongivande skillnad i dess tidsmässiga förhållningssätt. Intermedärerna fokuserade primärt på instrumentella utmaningar och initiala inträdesbarriärer, medan startups (och investerare) i högre utsträckning fokuserade på mindre tidsbegränsade utmaningar som t.ex. relationer och legitimitet. Detta ansågs vara bevis på hur intermediärer brukar ett daterat teoretiskt perspektiv på sin egen roll som instrumentella mäklare. Studien sammanfattade därför slutligen att ett nytt, mer dynamiskt och situationsbaserat perspektiv på intermediärer och stöd bör välkomnas.
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Marquês, Joana Maria das Neves. "Ecossistemas de empreendedorismo : análise da Área Metropolitana de Lisboa." Master's thesis, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/13028.
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Mestrado em Gestão e Estratégia IndustrialA presente investigação enquadra um tema muito presente na realidade económica mundial, o empreendedorismo. Devido aos efeitos do empreendedorismo na sociedade, cada vez mais existe a preocupação por parte de vários organismos públicos, em aumentar o número de empreendedores existentes. Assim sendo, é de extrema importância, a análise do ambiente empreendedor para obter a compreensão sobre os fatores que fomentam o aumento do número de empreendedores existentes numa determinada área geográfica. Portugal não é exceção no que respeita a ânsia de aumentar o nível de empreendedorismo nacional, assim sendo, existem determinadas zonas do país que proporcionam um elevado nível de suporte às empresas recém-criadas como, apoio financeiro, realização de eventos mundiais na área do empreendedorismo e da tecnologia, auxílio jurídico, apoio ao nível das infraestruturas, desenvolvimento da rede de networking, isto é, todo o tipo de acompanhamento que uma empresa recém-criada necessita para puder desenvolver a sua atividade e tornar-se sustentável. Visto que, a área metropolitana de Lisboa é uma das principais localizações nacionais para o apoio às empresas, assim sendo, é objeto desta investigação identificar os fatores que mais contribuem para o aumento do número de empreendedores, caracterizando o ecossistema de empreendedor da área metropolitana de Lisboa. Para esta análise, foi feita a recolha de dados mediante um questionário proposto às start-ups, cujo objetivo cingia-se, na identificação dos fatores proporcionados pelo ecossistema da área metropolitana de Lisboa, que possibilitam a criação de start-ups.
This research is framed in an actual theme in the global economic reality, entrepreneurship. Due to the effects of entrepreneurship in society, concerns from several public organizations? in increasing the number of entrepreneurs? are increasing. Therefore, it is utterly important the analysis on the entrepreneurial environment to understand the factors that promote the increase in number of entrepreneurs in a geographical area. Portugal is not an exception regarding the concern to increase the level of national entrepreneurship, therefore, there are areas in the country that provide a high level of support to newly established companies such as financial support, creation of worldwide events in the area of entrepreneurship and technology, legal assistance, support in terms of infrastructures, networking development, that is, all kinds of monitoring a newly created company needing to develop their activity and become sustainable. Given that the Metropolitan area of Lisbon is one of the main national locations for business support, therefore, it is the target of this investigation, to identify the factors that more contribute to the increase of the number of entrepreneurs, characterizing the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the metropolitan area of Lisbon. For this analysis, data collection was done through a questionnaire sent to start-ups, whose objective was to identify the factors provided by the ecosystem of the metropolitan area of Lisbon that allow the creation of start-ups.
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Piqué, Huerta Josep Miquel. "Understanding the urban development and the evolution of the Ecosystems of Innovation." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/665076.
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Aquesta tesi doctoral és un compendi de publicacions en el camp dels Ecosistemes d’Innovació. Aquests articles es basen en els marcs conceptuals del model de la Triple Helix, el paradigma del Knowledge Based Urban Development, Clusters of Innovation i el Model de Cicle de Vida d'una start-up.
Aquesta tesi pretén contribuir a la comprensió dels projectes de revitalització de les àrees metropolitanes i l'evolució dels Ecosistemes d’Innovació. Mitjançant un enfocament del mètode del cas, aquest treball ha explorat quatre revitalitzacions urbanes brasileres, l'evolució del Districte d'Innovació 22@Barcelona i l'evolució de l'ecosistema San Francisco-Silicon Valley. A partir d'aquests casos, es poden extreure diverses implicacions. Des del punt de vista acadèmic, el model Quintuple Helix i la teoria del Knowledge Based Urban Development (KBUD) proporcionen un marc adequat per descriure els processos de revitalització que s'han analitzat. Des de la perspectiva dels responsables polítics en la revitalització urbana, aquest treball pot inspirar a altres ciutats que vulguin transformar àrees industrials antigues (transformació de brownfields) en nuclis econòmics, socialment conscients, creatius i basats en el coneixement. Aquest estudi suggereix proposar una perspectiva holística del paper de les Universitats, la Indústria i el Govern que inclou les especificitats locals en els processos de revitalització en la dimensió urbana, econòmica, social i de govern, i una nova perspectiva per a teoritzar l'evolució de les Àrees d'Innovació (AOI) des de l’inici fins a la maduresa.Esta tesis de doctorado es un compendio de publicaciones en el campo de los Ecosistemas de Innovación. Estos artículos se basan en los marcos conceptuales del modelo de Triple Helix, el paradigma Knowledge Based Urban Development, Clusters of Innovation y el Modelo del Ciclo de Vida de una start-up. Esta tesis pretende contribuir a la comprensión de los proyectos de revitalización de áreas metropolitanas y la evolución de los Ecosistemas de Innovación. Utilizando un enfoque de método de caso, este trabajo ha explorado cuatro revitalizaciones urbanas brasileñas, la evolución del Distrito de la Innovación 22@Barcelona y la evolución del ecosistema San Francisco-Silicon Valley. De estos casos, pueden extraerse varias implicaciones. Desde el punto de vista académico, el modelo Quintuple Helix y la teoría Knowledge Based Urban Development (KBUD) proporcionan un marco apropiado para describir los procesos de revitalización que se han analizado. Desde la perspectiva de los responsables políticos en la revitalización urbana, este trabajo puede inspirar a otras ciudades que desean transformar las áreas industriales antiguas (transformación de brownfields) en centros de economía socialmente conscientes, creativos y basados en el conocimiento. Este estudio sugiere proponer una perspectiva holística del rol de las Universidades, la Industria y el Gobierno que incluya las especificidades locales en los procesos de revitalización en la dimensión urbana, económica, social y de gobernanza y una nueva perspectiva para teorizar la evolución de las Áreas de Innovación (AOI) desde el inicio hasta la madurez.
This PhD dissertation is a compendium of publications in the field of Ecosystems of Innovation. These articles are based on the conceptual frameworks of the Triple Helix model, Knowledge Based Urban Development paradigm, Clusters of Innovation and the Lifecycle Model of a New Venture. This thesis aims to contribute to the understanding of the revitalization projects of metropolitan areas and the evolution of the Ecosystems of Innovation. Using a case method approach, this work has explored four Brazilian urban revitalizations, the evolution of 22@Barcelona Innovation District and the evolution of San Francisco-Silicon Valley Ecosystem. From these cases, several implications can be drawn. From the academic point of view, the Quintuple Helix model and the Knowledge Based Urban Development (KBUD) theory provide an appropriate framework to describe the revitalization processes that have been analysed. From the perspective of policy makers in urban revitalization, this work can inspire other cities that want to transform old industrial areas (brownfield transformation) into socially conscious, creative and knowledge based economy hubs. This study suggests proposing a holistic perspective of the role of the Universities, Industry and Government that includes local specificities in the revitalization processes in the urban, economic, social and governance dimension and a new perspective for theorizing the evolution of Areas of Innovation (AOIs) from inception to maturity.
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Halm, Lisa, and Oscar Mörke. "Exploring the interplay of the entrepreneurial process and the incubation process." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388776.
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Entrepreneurship and start-ups are important factors for economic growth and development. As the surrounding innovation ecosystem is becoming increasingly complex, it gets more difficult for entrepreneurs to find the right path. Incubators are important when it comes to facilitating and supporting new ventures. In this research, we conducted 19 semi-structured interviews of which five were held with public incubators, four with private incubators, nine with incubatees and one with Vinnova (a government authority that plays a huge part within the existence of public incubators) in order to gain an understanding of the interplay of the incubation process and the entrepreneurial process. As for analyzing the collected data we used a thematic analysis with an inductive approach. Throughout the coding process, we extracted the following three main topics: role of an incubator, incubation process and interplay. However, a distinction between public and private incubators was approved as applicable that determines the incubators’ purpose, objectives and operations. Our findings suggest that incubators play an important role in supporting and guiding the start-ups by transferring knowledge and asking the right questions as a fundament for the further entrepreneurial process. Continuous communication and expectation management are shown as crucial throughout the interplay of the two processes. Lastly, the disconnection from the incubatees should be done carefully, e.g. through a non-proactive aftercare.
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Regnér, Susanna, and Johanna Wasberg. "Implementering av stadsgrönska och ekosystemtjänster i urbana miljöer : från start till mål." Thesis, Högskolan Väst, Avdelningen för Matematik, Data- och Lantmäteriteknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-14496.
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Denna studie undersöker processkedjan för att implementera stadsgrönska och ekosystemtjänster i urbana miljöer. Hur kedjan ser ut från det att ett uppdrag ges av regeringen, till arbetet vidare hos den aktuella myndigheten för att sedan komma till hur arbetet tas vid ute hos kommuner och andra berörda aktörer. Ekosystemtjänster är de fördelar som vi människor får indirekt och direkt av naturen. Vi är beroende av att ekosystemen fortsätter producera tjänster som är livsviktiga för människans hälsa, välbefinnande samt för hela vår existens. Ett gemensamt arbete och hänsynsfullt nyttjande av våra resurser behövs för att säkerställa ekosystemtjänsterna. Att bevara, utveckla och nyskapa tätortsnära natur och grönområden kan resultera i stora samhällsvinster och att integrera ekosystemtjänster i den fysiska planeringen är ett steg i rätt riktning. Två etappmål togs fram 2018, där det ena målet innebär att kommunerna ska ha tillgång till en utvecklad metod gällande integrering av stadsgrönska och ekosystemtjänster i urbana miljöer senast år 2020. Det andra målet innebär att en majoritet av kommunerna senast 2025 ska ta tillvara och integrera ekosystemtjänster och stadsgrönska i planering, byggande och förvaltning. Studiens resultat bygger på hur långt kommunerna har kommit i arbetet med de två etappmålen, samt Boverkets insats i arbetet bakom den utvecklade metoden och med att nå ut med informationen till kommuner och andra aktörer. Resultatet innefattar även arbetet tillsammans med Naturvårdverkets då uppdraget skulle ske i samverkan med dem. Detta har genomförts med både kvalitativa och kvantitativa metoder, genom intervjuer och enkätutskick.This study investigates the process chain for implementing urban greenery and ecosystem services in urban environments. This is done from the time the assignment is given by the government to the relevant authority, the continued work there, on to the work out at the municipalities and other relevant actors. Ecosystem services are the benefits that we humans receive indirectly and directly by nature. We are dependent on the ecosystems continuing to produce services that are vital to human health, well-being and for our entire existence. Commonly work and careful use of our resources are needed to ensure ecosystem services. Preserving, developing and innovating urban and green areas can result in great social benefits and integrating ecosystem services into physical planning is a step in the right direction. Two stagegoals were developed in 2018, where one goal means that the municipalities should have access to a developed method regarding the integration of urban greenery and ecosystem services in urban environments by 2020. The second goal means that a majority of the municipalities must use and integrate urban greenery and ecosystem services by 2025 at the latest, in planning, construction and management. The study result is based on how far the municipalities have come to work on the two stagegoals, as well as Boverkets work behind the developed method and with reaching out with the information to the municipalities and other concerned. The result also includes the work in conjunction with Naturvårdsverket when the assignment would take place in collaboration with them. This has been done with both qualitative and quantitative methods, through interviews and questionnaires.
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Almeida, João Nuno Barreiros. "Porto’s startup ecosystem : how are tech startups shaping the development & growth of Porto’s ecosystem?" Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/26370.
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The area of entrepreneurship and innovation has been increasingly debated
during the last years. Major cities across the world have been focused on creating
ecosystems capable of supporting its startups, aiming to bring innovation and
socio-economic improvements to their citizens.
The city of Porto is not an exception, and over the last few years has been
assuming its position, focused on foster entrepreneurship and innovation.
The process is slow and complex, and as suggested by the literature, the
creation of an ecosystem is only possible when a set of different factors and
elements align together and form interconnections that allow mutual
development. The problem is that there are no two equal ecosystems, each one
has its own characteristics and limitations that constitute a unique case study that
can lead to the ecosystem’s growth, or to its destruction.
Therefore, the objective of this investigation was to study the unique case of
Porto’s startup ecosystem, resorting to different types of documentary analysis
and conducting interviews with experts and professionals inserted in the context
of Porto’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, to explore the impact of startups activity in
the city, and to understand the connections, relations, and major limitations of
the different elements of study.
Through the analysis of Porto’s policies, support, human capital, finance and
culture, it was possible to understand the efforts being made towards the success
of its entrepreneurial activity, as well as the major limitations that are holding
entrepreneurs and getting in the way of startups growth.
Because the only way to overcome limitations is to become aware of them,
although the praiseworthy increasing number of cooperation initiatives and
talented people in technological and scientific areas, Porto is an early-stage
ecosystem with room for improvements in different areas of knowledge, as talent
management, financial supports, entrepreneurial incentives, and startup’s
programs, all addressed during this investigation and with great relevance to the
ecosystem sustainable growth.
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Águeda, André Filipe Pelicano. "Interconnectivity between Ecosystem Builders and Investor Groups in European Startup Ecosystems." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/18268.
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Currently the world’s economies are facing great challenges in the creation of employment, especially due to the transformation of the employment structure associated to the technological progress and globalization of organizations. To address this issue, entrepreneurship has been increasingly used by policy-makers in developed economies as a central element in their policies to promote economic growth.
While entrepreneurship is now considered to be a key element in growth-oriented policies, there exists a need for a larger foundation of knowledge about how to develop successful entrepreneurship ecosystems. Several studies have been conducted with the purpose of understanding the characteristics and specificities of the ecosystem actors in startup ecosystems, however most research works have tended to ignore how these actors interact and cooperate with other ecosystem actors within the ecosystem. The development of an academic study about this subject could provide valuable insights with the potential to impact greatly the effectivity of future approaches to the development of startups ecosystems.
The objective of this work is to characterize the interconnectivity between ecosystem builders and investor groups in European startup ecosystems, with particular attention to the aspects of the ecosystem builders’ contribution to startups and to the cooperation between ecosystem builders and investor groups. This investigation is composed by an extensive literature review to startups, startup ecosystem and ecosystem actors, and by an empirical study to investor groups’ perception concerning to this subject. To acquire empirical data it was conducted an online questionnaire directed to a sample of investor groups located in Portugal, U.K. and Germany.
This study concluded that the aspects of the ecosystem builders’ contribution towards startups that investor groups most value are startup screening, entrepreneurial education and access to mentoring. As for the cooperation between ecosystem builders and investor groups the results showed that there exists room for improvement, especially with regard to communication and information sharing.
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Parracho, André Rodrigues. "The Portuguese startup ecosystem : key success factors on the entrepreneurial ecosystem." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/21833.
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The purpose of this research is to identify the main driver for Portuguese startups between team oriented factors and product/market oriented factors. Given the importance of startups in the economic growth of modern economies - in job creation or innovation, it is crucial to identify what drives startup success and how it differs between ecosystems. We aim at understand the characteristics of the Portuguese entrepreneurial ecosystem and compare the Portuguese environment with startup ecosystems in the USA and in Germany. First in terms of strengths and areas for improvement of the national ecosystem, and second on the critical factors for success in the perspective of entrepreneurs. The research was developed through survey interviews in which was asked to 92 entrepreneurs from Portuguese startups that participated in Web Summit 2016 to rank ecosystem factors in terms of satisfaction and importance to success. In this study, the factors that affect the startup ecosystems are analyzed and compared, suggesting that the Portuguese ecosystem for startups has a favorable human capital pool and a conductive culture that fosters entrepreneurship. On the other hand, should improve government policy and support from accelerators and incubators. The Portuguese entrepreneurial ecosystem, even though mixed in terms of primary driver for success, is mainly driven by people factors, being key in this ecosystem to access and capture talented people, but also to access international markets. It is found that ecosystems conditions are favorable to the main drivers for success in the perspective of entrepreneurs.O propósito deste estudo é a identificação do principal motivador para as startups portuguesas, entre fatores humanos e fatores relacionados com produto/mercado. Dada a importância das startups no crescimento económico nas economias modernas, seja por criação de emprego ou inovação, é crucial identificar o que leva as startups ao sucesso e como isso difere entre ecossistemas. Pretende-se perceber as características do ecossistema português para o empreendedorismo, comparando-o com ecossitemas de startups nos EUA e na Alemanha. Esta comparação é feita em termos de forças e áreas a melhorar no ecossistema nacional e posteriormente, em termos de fatores críticos para o sucesso na perspectiva do empreendedor. O estudo foi desenvolvido através da resposta a questionários feitos a 92 empreendedores de startups portuguesas que participaram na Web Summit 2016, para que avaliassem fatores do ecossistema, em termos da sua satisfação e importância para o sucesso. Neste estudo, os fatores que afetam o ecossistema de startups são analisados e comparados, sugerindo que o ecossitema português de startups tem capital humano favorável e normas culturais que fomentam empreendedorismo. Por outro lado, devem ser melhoradas políticas governamentais e apoio por parte de aceleradoras e incubadoras. O ecossistema português de empreendedorismo, apesar de misto em termos do principal condutor para o sucesso, é fundamentalmente impulsionado por fatores humanos, sendo essencial o acesso e retenção de pessoas talentosas mas também o accesso a mercados internacionais. Por fim, é exposto que as condições do ecossitema asseguram de forma satisfatória os fatores mais importantes para o sucesso de startups.
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Castro, José Pedro Freire Vieira de. "Do accelerated ventures learn what really matters? : an exploratory study of the Portuguese Ecosystem." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/22204.
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Entrepreneurs are drivers for economic prosperity and innovation. They take risks that
are normally avoided by established companies, pushing industry boundaries to the
next level. Several incubation mechanisms emerged in order to support new ventures
in coping with initial challenges. Accelerators were born in 2005 and completely
revolutionized how business incubation is done. By offering knowledge intensive and
specialized support, acceleration programs aim to speed up new ventures´
development in approximately three months. Scholars have studied this new
incubation mechanism over the last years but still little is known about the impact that
accelerators have on startups. In order to address this research gap, we interviewed ten
accelerated startups to understand the entrepreneurs´ perspective about the program.
Based on acknowledged research, we investigated the impact of accelerators on the
drivers of startup success. Literature divides the drivers in four main categories –
Team, Product, Marketing and Financials.
We found accelerators to be remarkable Team Builders for accelerated startups. Due
to the cohort effect and the knowledge-sharing environment promoted by accelerators,
ventures develop their Team Personality and Credibility throughout the program.
Additionally, we found that accelerators are great Market Development Champions
for high-tech startups. Our results suggest that the accelerators´ market-oriented mindset
positively impact all the drivers of startup success of the Marketing category.Os empreendedores são motores para o desenvolvimento económico e inovação. Eles correm riscos que são normalmente evitados pelas grandes empresas, desafiando os limites pré-estabelecidos pela indústria. Vários mecanismos de incubação surgiram para ajudar as novas empresas a enfrentar os seus primeiros desafios. Os aceleradores emergiram em 2005 e revolucionaram a forma como a incubação de novas empresas é feita. Através de um suporte especializado e baseado no conhecimento, os aceleradores têm como objetivo acelerar o desenvolvimento de novos negócios em aproximadamente três meses. Os académicos têm estudado este novo mecanismo de incubação durante os últimos anos, mas pouco se descobriu acerca do impacto que os aceleradores têm nas startups. De forma a preencher esta lacuna, foram entrevistadas dez startups previamente aceleradas para perceber a perspetiva dos empreendedores sobre o programa. Baseados em investigação reconhecida, indagamos o impacto dos aceleradores nos drivers de sucesso das startups. A literatura divide os drivers em quarto categorias principais – Equipa, Produto, Marketing e Financeiro. Concluímos que os aceleradores são um fantástico suporte ao Desenvolvimento de Equipa das startups aceleradas. Devido ao efeito cohort e ao ambiente de partilha do conhecimento promovido pelo acelerador, as empresas desenvolvem a sua Personalidade e Credibilidade enquanto equipa. Adicionalmente, descobrimos que os aceleradores prestam um grande apoio no Desenvolvimento de Mercado para as high-tech startups. Os nossos resultados sugerem que o pensamento orientado para o mercado dos aceleradores é responsável por um impacto positivo em todos os drivers de sucesso das startup, relativamente à categoria Marketing.
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Lin, Hung-Chun, and 林宏駿. "Startup Fever: The Development and Evolution of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem–A Case Study on the Taipei Metropolitan Area." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/wx9t5p.
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The research of the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (EE) has attracted attention in recent years with the rise of the global entrepreneurship boom. However, because of the complexity of the multi-dimensions in entrepreneurship research involved, current EE researches often have problems with over static-analysis, normative guidelines without context, and tautology in the way of Silicon Valley. Therefore, the study takes an evolutionary approach and institutional analysis in Taipei EE developments in the past 20 years as the case. Since 2015, it started through literature and historical document review, dozens of interviews, startup events, and meetings with a dynamic perspective of view to attempt to understand the evolutionary development mechanism, interaction, and influence among actors in the local ecosystem. Thus, the significant findings are as follows. First, after the early-stage investment activities sliding down sharply after the millennium year due to the cancellation of the investment tax deductions policy, the public budgets timely complemented to support of the entrepreneurial milieu. However, When the government confronts industry-promotion uncertainty and regulatory restrictions, the incubator institutions incrementally substitute to assist startups in the front line for simultaneously achieving the missions from the government and investors. Second, to ease the risk of the programs to assist startups, since 2010, the local incubators changed the business model from the long-term incubation to the short-term accelerator model which is learned from Y Combinator to help startups by pitch training, business development, and fundraising. The way accelerated the consumption cycle of the local startups with following up on the quality and quantity problem. To resolve the scarce, the incubation institutions mutually collaborate and introduce more Startups and entrepreneurs to each other. Third, recently as these startup program actors gradually accumulated the capacities of the global connection, exhibition, curation, and investment experience, differentiation and re-mediation were emerging and facilitated the incubation service network with diverse professionals. In the spring of 2014, since the Sunflower Student Movement occurred suddenly, the government afterward launched a large number of the entrepreneurial policies to benefit the young generation, ultimately produced more incubation players and institutions in the ecosystem. Consequently, the EE was expanded and diffused to other industries rapidly as collective actions mixed with technology buzzword hype, public initiatives, and social actions. Based on the results, the research follows in the evolutionary tradition and institutional theories as the foundation to analysis EE, the author generalizes three concepts to explain the evolutionary mechanism of EE: the adaptation to the uncertainty on the market boundary, the fast and scarce commodity of the startups, and the intermediary to maintain the advantage of transaction cost by the information asymmetry over the others, to conduct a dynamic evolutionary EE model as the theoretical contribution in the dissertation. The author also argues that the incubation programs, like the bio function of the gene, plays a critical role to the carriers, the intermediary institutions, make them acting like entrepreneurs to learn collaboratively and competitively with each other, and collectively maintain the EE milieu to fulfill the institutional functional and value locally. In conclusion, by considering the local development of the EE, we can learn the government collaborates with the intermediary institutions strategically to raise the volume of social capital by the infrastructure and service network to temporarily resolve the startup-fundraising problems. Besides, lately with the diverse development of these actors embedded into the system of the state’s governance, the local EE incubated the public awareness and local identity as a cross-border platform for exploring the innovative solution. Thus, the process of the institutional diffusion and transition has turned out to be an opportunity to continue the EE’s life cycle. Especially when the model of national champions is getting weak, but the risk keeps rising in the innovation and entrepreneurship of the digital era, the author argues that when those advance regions with substantial financial capital seems still too far for the latecomers to catch up, the evolution of the Taipei''s EE in the past 20 years would be a useful reference as a much practical model.
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Caldeira, Martim Lino da Cruz. "Does “The Lean Startup” increase startups’ chances of success in Lisbon? : introduction to a “Leanness” scale." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25331.
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When following “The Lean Startup” (TLS) methodology, described by Eric Ries, startups are
expected to have higher chances of success than conventional startups. The following study
is the first attempt to empirically assess TLS approach macroscopic impact on startups’ death
rates in the Lisbon’s ecosystem. A survey with validated “leanness” measuring scale, was
used to classify startups. A local startup database, built using mainly online resources, diffused
the survey through out Lisbon’s established startups. In addition, several semi-structured
interviews were held with local entrepreneurship experts to complement quantitative findings.
Lisbon’s “Lean” startups’ death rates were compared against “non-Lean” startups. No
meaningful correlation between TLS usage and lower startups’ death rates were found.
Additionally, studying TLS methodology adoption rates in Lisbon was not possible due to
sample size limitations. Furthermore, no connection between increased investor’s confidence
towards “Lean” investment opportunities was qualitatively found, neither have experts stood
behind standardized metrics to monitor startups’ progress. Startups’ information is scattered
and outdated, rendering research challenging and time-consuming. Startups struggle to
standout from small businesses also riding the entrepreneurial hype, forming a foggy
entrepreneurial hotspot. A startup certification process would be invaluable to highlight,
accurately entitle fiscal benefits, increase investors’ exposure and monitor real startups’
progress. The developed “Leanness” scale could also be used to measure how much startups
actually follow TLS methodology. Further groundwork is still needed to set the first research
foundations on the subject in Lisbon.Seguindo a metodologia "The Lean Startup” (TLS), descrita por Eric Ries, espera-se que as startups tenham maior sucesso que startups tradicionais. Este estudo classifica-se como uma primeira tentativa de avaliar empiricamente o impacto macroscópico da metodologia TLS nas taxas de mortalidade de startups no ecossistema de Lisboa. Construiu-se uma base de dados de startups em Lisboa e, posteriormente, difundiu-se o primeiro questionário com uma escala de "Leanness" para estudá-las. Adicionalmente, foram conduzidas entrevistas semiestruturadas com empreendedores especialistas para enriquecer a pesquisa quantitativa. Não foi encontrada uma correlação significativa entre o uso da abordagem TLS e a redução das taxas de mortalidade de startups. Devido à falta de informação, não foi possível perceber qual é o grau de adoção da metodologia TLS. Não foi encontrada uma razão que justifique a maior confiança de investidores relativamente a oportunidades de investimento em startups que usam os princípios TLS. Especialistas em empreendedorismo não chegaram a um consenso no que diz respeito a um conjunto de métricas para monitorizar o progresso de startups. A sua informação no ecossistema de Lisboa encontra-se dispersa e desatualizada, o que tornou o estudo demorado e complexo. As startups esforçam-se por se destacarem dos pequenos negócios que se alimentam do alvoroço em redor do empreendedorismo, transformando Lisboa num polo saturado e confuso. Ainda há muito por descobrir neste ecossistema e, futuramente, os processos de certificação de startups e identificação de startups que utilizam os princípios TLS a partir da escala “Leanness” seriam caminhos a explorar.
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Miguel, Pedro José Bernardo. "The european entrepreneurial ecosystem and its events : Beta-I case." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/25929.
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This dissertation was a consulting project developed for the events department of the
company Beta-I, a startup incubator located in Lisbon. The company aimed to discover
what innovations and different approaches were appearing in the biggest European
clusters London, Berlin and Paris, specifically in the field of entrepreneurial events.
By benchmarking several events, it was possible to divide them into eight different
categories: Conferences; Learn, Meet & Speak; Competitions; Startup Job Fairs;
Workshops; Ecosystem Bridging Events; Meetups and Parties; and Thank God it Failed.
Furthermore, by analyzing each cluster individually and comparing them with Silicon
Valley, it was possible to conclude that the most important asset of each ecosystem is its
talent. Therefore, attracting talent becomes a priority. Several innovative ways for
attracting talent were highlighted such as programs that focus on the entrepreneur rather
than startups, or incubators that have close relations with universities. Having this in
mind, the suggestions given to Beta-I were: connect with top Portuguese universities
such as Católia Lisbon or Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) by organizing workshops and
Learn, meet & speak sessions; create Bootcamps focusing students pre-company and
pre-idea; organize Hackathons for IST students; integrate both Thank God It Failed and
Ecosystem Bridging events categories into Beta-I´s event portfolio; and diversify
workshop topics by including themes such as Digital Marketing, How to talk to
Investors or Hiring Human Resources.
Beta-I agreed with the recommendations and identified the need of creating a bridge
with future entrepreneurs.Esta dissertação reflete um projeto de consultoria desenvolvido para o departamento de eventos da empresa Beta-I, uma incubadora de startups localizada em Lisboa. O objetivo da empresa seria perceber que inovações e diferentes perspetivas se encontrariam nos maiores clusters europeus Londres, Berlim e Paris, especificamente na área de eventos de empreendedorismo. Após analisar inúmeros eventos foi possível dividi-los em oito categorias: Conferências; Learn, Meet & Speak; Competições; Feiras de Startups; Workshops; Ecosystem Bridging; Encontros e Festas; Thank God it Failed. Ao analisar os clusters de Londres, Berlim e Paris, e comparando-os com Silicon Valley, foi possível concluir que o maior ativo de cada ecossistema é o seu talento. Como tal, atrair talento torna-se imprescindível. Nos clusters em análise, foram encontradas incubadoras com formas inovadoras de atrair talento tais como programas focados no empreendedor pré-ideia ou empresas fazendo parcerias com universidades. Tendo em conta os eventos observados e também as formas inovadoras de atrair talento, as recomendações feitas à Beta-I foram: fazer parcerias com as maiores universidades portugueses tais como a Católica Lisbon ou o IST organizando workshops e sessões de Lear, Meet & Speak; criar bootcamps para estudantes universitários; organizar Hackathons para estudantes do IST; estudar a realização de eventos Thank God It Failed e Ecosystem Bridging; e diversificar os tópicos dos workshops incluindo temas como Marketing Digital, Como comunicar com Investidores ou Recursos Humanos. A Beta-I concordou com as sugestões apresentadas reconhecendo a necessidade de estar mais próxima dos futuros empreendedores.
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Gonçalves, Marisa Alexandra Abreu. "Understanding the Trends of European Startup Ecosystems." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/20020.
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The world faces numerous crises, being the economic and financial crisis, the more worrying crisis and which people become more aware, to find solutions to various problems, namely unemployment, especially youth unemployment. Throughout the evolution of the world, entrepreneurship phenomenon went hand in hand with economic and technological development, providing new businesses with innovative concepts, responding to people's needs.
Today, entrepreneurship continues to be important to the economies, as it adds new companies with value by presenting people with talent, with creative sense and innovative products and services. With technological development and financial assistance from investors or government, we have witnessed an exponential growth of startups over the past few years. Entrepreneurial education also encouraged this development, presenting conferences and workshops, calling students to innovation, creating your own startup.
In reply to the growth and development of European ecosystems, this research work was developed to analyze the reality of European ecosystems. The aim is to understand whether there are trends in choosing economic sectors, business models and pricing models. This investigation is composed by an extensive literature review to startups and startup ecosystem and by an empirical study to startups’ perception concerning to this subject. To acquire empirical data it was conducted an online questionnaire directed to a sample of startups registered on online platform.
This study confirmed the existence of trends by information gathered from online platform and the online questionnaire. It is proposed a recommendation, which will help to continue the investigations concerning to this subject.
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MARCHENA, JOSE RICARDO LIZAMA DE, and 李瑞奇. "FinTech Ecosystem in Mexico. Opportunities and Risks for Startups." Thesis, 2019. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/n6h6x7.
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碩士國立交通大學
企業管理碩士學程
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FinTech Technology is recently booming in Mexico, with many opportunities for FinTech startups to develop successful business models, but with many challenges to overcome. FinTech Startups who want to succeed need to understand how the FinTech has been evolving around the world and the FinTech ecosystem of the market they are trying to enter. The objective of this paper is to highlight all the general facts FinTech startups companies who want to enter in the Mexican market should know when developing financial services products enhanced by technology and give them important insights of the FinTech ecosystem in Mexico. The paper is divided into four chapters, the first chapter is dedicated to understanding why FinTech is growing especially in developing countries, the most common FinTech products startups are working on, and general opportunities and challenges FinTech companies are facing around the world. The second chapter contains insights of the Mexican market including an overview of the financial services accessibility, the potential Small and Medium Enterprises represent as a target market for FinTech products, how Mexico FinTech development compare with the rest of Latin America, and the FinTech products that have proved to be successful in Mexico. In chapter 3 is explained how the government is trying to increase the financial inclusion and the role of FinTech in the government agenda. Mexico is going ahead in Latin America in terms of regulations, this chapter covers the details of the FinTech law in Mexico, including, activities FinTech companies are allowed to conduct, regulatory Sandbox for innovation testing, intellectual property framework, requirements that startups need to comply in order to operate and to get a license, and specific regulations related to Electronic Money Transfer, Online Lending, Crowdfunding, Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. Finally, in Chapter four is presented the funding needs of FinTech startups in Mexico, how they usually get funds, and the main investors and accelerators in Mexico that are interested in FinTech startups.
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Tatrik, Kreet. "Entrepreneurship ecosystems in the examples of Portugal and Estonia." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/19095.
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The time we are living in can be considered an era of the revolution of technology and
increasing interconnectedness, that has been caused by the ever-enhancing globalization
process. As a result, various novel concepts pertaining to the new economies, technology and
entrepreneurship have emerged. This dissertation has set the focus to explore the concept of
entrepreneurship ecosystems, which is used to describe the actors, the interconnectedness
occurring between the actors and the overall environment where entrepreneurs and startups
operate in. The aim of the thesis is to assess what drives the success of said ecosystems, how
can such favourable environments come into being, and to provide insights as to how two
relatively small European countries in the opposite ends of the continent, such as Portugal and
Estonia, have managed to emerge as significant startup hubs. In order to achieve the research
objectives set and to answer the research questions posed, primary research in the form of
conducting semi-structured interviews with the actors operating within the Estonian and
Portuguese entrepreneurship ecosystems has been performed. Based on the primary data
collected and the secondary data reviewed analysis has been performed by using qualitative
research methods and conclusions have been made accordingly.Os tempos em que vivemos podem ser considerados uma era de revolução tecnológica e de aumento da interconectividade causada pela crescente otimização do processo de globalização. Consequentemente, têm emergido novéis conceitos respeitantes a diferentes tipologias de economia, tecnologia e empreendedorismo. Esta dissertação foca-se em explorar o conceito dos ecossistemas de empreendedorismo, usado para descrever os atores, a sua interconectividade e o ambiente global onde os empreendedores e as startups atuam. O propósito desta tese é avaliar o que leva ao sucesso dos referidos ecossistemas, como é que tais ambientes favoráveis se formam e proporcionar uma visão de como dois países europeus relativamente pequenos, situados em polos opostos do continente, como Portugal e Estônia, conseguiram posicionar-se enquanto centros importantes de startups. De modo a atingir os objetivos pré-definidos da pesquisa e dar resposta ás questões por ela levantadas, foram conduzidas entrevistas semiestruturadas com os atores que operam dentro do ecossistema de empreendedorismo da Estônia e de Portugal. Com base nessa informações e após estudo de outros elementos, foi levada a cabo uma análise pondo em prática o método de pesquisa quantitativo, sendo tiradas conclusões em conformidade.
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Hernández, José Miguel Salazar, and 沙米格. "Analyzing the Technology Start-up Ecosystem in Taipei, Taiwan." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gw433m.
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碩士國立臺北科技大學
管理國際學生碩士專班 (IMBA)
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The rapid industrialization and economic growth of Taiwan during the second half of the twentieth century known as the “Taiwan Economic Miracle” for long has been internationally recognized and regarded as a good example of economic progress for others. During that time Taiwan attained rapid socio-economic development due to specialization in high-technology manufacturing and establishing an international trade mentality. In the last century Taiwan has been moving forward from an agrarian economy, to a manufacture economy and now to an economy with increased focus on services, their economic growth has been slowing down in recent years due to a number of reasons including, but not limited to, lack of sufficient aggregate demand from international markets, expensive labor force in comparison to China or other South East Asian nations, overreliance on traditional business models, lack of disruptive innovation. Many companies in Taiwan still rely on their previous business models principles (OEM, ODM) and some have reacted very slow to all the rapid changes in the global arena, and missed some of the unlimited opportunities of the information era. Traditional business models have done a great job in taking Taiwan to where it is right now, but traditional business models won’t take Taiwan any further. However not everything has been lost as Taiwan still possess multiple assets that if used properly could give them an unparalleled competitive advantage. In this thesis, the author identifies, examines and evaluates the role of different elements of the start-up ecosystem in Taipei, as well as of the ecosystem itself.
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Mota, Pedro Filipe Esteves. "Are the new startup ecosystems able to overcome the geographic concentration on venture capital investments?" Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/114469.
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This study assesses the geographic concentration of venture capital (VC) investments. Using Crunch base’s data from 1998 to 2019, the research finds that top-VCs investments lead to more local successful exits and at higher valuations. Successful entrepreneurs’ investments do not necessarily increase local exits, but they lead to higher exit valuations. It is not possible to infer that successful US exits will persistently signal top and non-top VCs to invest in local hubs, but the effects seem to be significant in the year of the exit. Investments from successful entrepreneurs are not relevant drivers for the increase of VC deals.
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Carvalho, Ana Clara Caleiro Coelho de. "Digital Startups Accelerators: Characteristics and Evolution Trends." Master's thesis, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/20023.
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In a period where economies face challenges on a global scale, entrepreneurship is an alternative and viable option for many people. Due to the considerable impact it has on the economic development of a region, many authors have studied this subject throughout the years, so the literature available is quite rich and complete.
Entrepreneurial ecosystems include numerous entities that interact with each other in unique symbiosis relationships and these entities may be startups, universities, the government, investors and organizations that provide support to the startups in their development stages, such as accelerators, incubators and co-working spaces. However, some of these entities, especially the startup accelerators, are still very recent, since the first one was only launched in 2005. For that reason, there still is not an in-depth study on this subject and there are not many rigorous conclusions with regards to the nature and impact of these organizations, that are believed to play a very important role in the development of startups.
Therefore, this dissertation is motived by that lack of rigorous knowledge on the subject of accelerators. The development of a research work of this kind may be a valuable contribution for the current knowledge on the subject, as well as for future research.
The objective of this dissertation is to analyse the actual and future trends of accelerators, considering a worldwide scale, with a particular focus on their business models, acceleration programs, strategies, challenges and priorities for the future. This thesis is based on an in-depth literature review, which includes the most relevant concepts about entrepreneurship and accelerators. Following the literature review, there is an empirical study that is based on an online survey that was carried out amongst accelerators, which benefits from its strong statistical component. Moreover, there are Case Studies based on some organizations’ business models, that are relevant for the analysis.
Throughout this research work, we concluded that accelerators are a worldwide phenomenon, due to the impact they have both in the development of the startups, as well as in the economic development of the region they operate in. Moreover, these organizations have different business models and, according to their nature and characteristics, they have distinct ways of facing the challenges and priorities for the future.
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Lin, Shih-Han, and 林士涵. "Case study research in ITRI entrepreneurial ecosystem and start-up." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/8gmwqt.
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碩士國立清華大學
經營管理碩士在職專班
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Silicon Valley is the world's dominant center of startup. Israel is one of the hottest places for technology entrepreneurship. The Israel government spends a large amount of money and resources into the defense-related technology research and development to drive technology startup and to build the environment of startup. Taiwan's strengths are OEM and ODM manufacturing over the past few decades. But Taiwan industry has to build competitive strengths and to transform. Value-added innovation technology startup is one of the ways to drive the industrial transformation. Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) founded in 1973 is a nonprofit R&D organization engaging in applied research and technical services. ITRI has been dedicated to helping industries stay competitive and sustainable. ITRI has nurtured more than 240 companies over the years. Many technology companies transferred from ITRI have had a significant impact to Taiwan industry. The innovation and entrepreneurial platform are emphasized in ITRI. Therefore, through interview, archives review, documents review and field observation, this thesis includes a case study research in the entrepreneurial history, entrepreneurial ecosystem and start-up platform of ITRI and the case study of the startup experience of ITRI spin-off company - Taiwan Biomaterial Company.
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Cunha, Luiza Mara Pereira. "Contribution of startups incubators and government agencies to the advancement of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Portugal." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17667.
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Por identificar, durante o meu período de mestrado, que um grande número de empresas com elevado potencial de crescimento não sobrevive aos primeiros anos, decidi focar-me na área de incubação de empresas e tentar responder à seguinte questão: qual o contributo das incubadoras para o avanço do ecossistema empreendedor em Portugal? Para responder a esta pergunta de investigação, comecei por analisar a iniciativa Portugal 2020, que é um programa de parceria entre União Europeia com o governo português estabelecido durante o período de 2014 a 2020, e perceber quais suas contribuições para a economia portuguesa no sentido da criação de empregos, principalmente para os jovens recém-formados, no fortalecimento das empresas que já existem e aquelas que estão iniciando. Do mesmo modo, foi também investigado o papel desempenhado pelas incubadoras e pelas diversas agências do governo na recuperação económica observada durante os últimos anos. No seguimento desta pesquisa bibliográfica, tive oportunidade de realizar um estágio na GrowIN Portugal, o que me ajudou a adquirir conhecimentos na área e despertou ainda mais o meu interesse pelo tema.
A GrowIN Portugal é uma empresa que oferece consultoria para startups não europeias que tenham interesse em estabelecer novos negócios no país. O meu trabalho consistiu inicialmente em desenvolver uma base de dados online contendo informações relevantes para empreendedores estrangeiros interessados em abrir empresa em Portugal. A segunda parte do estágio foi composta por uma pesquisa intensiva de empresas no mercado de startups do Brasil, que apresentassem características e perfil com potencial para uma possível internacionalização. Os critérios utilizados para contatar os clientes foram: o crescimento da empresa ao longo dos últimos anos, a recepção de investimento de outras empresas, destaques em premiações nacionais ou internacionais e interesse por participar em conferências de empreendedorismo /inovação. Por último, a terceira componente do estágio consistiu em contatar as empresas selecionadas com base nestes critérios para apresentar os serviços prestados pela GrowIN e inquirir à cerca de um eventual interesse de estabelecerem no mercado Europeu. No total, foram contatadas 30 empresas abrangendo áreas diversas, incluindo: tecnologia, fitness, sustentabilidade, etc. Após diversas reuniões, 4 empresas demonstraram interesse em aderir aos planos de incorporação oferecidos pela GrowIN Portugal.
O trabalho está organizado em 6 capítulos. No capítulo 1 é realizada uma revisão bibliográfica sobre empreendedorismo, capital de risco, investidores anjo e o programa Portugal 2020, focando principalmente nos incentivos direcionados para startups e incubadoras. No capítulo 1, é detalhado o papel das incubadoras, os fatores de sucesso que são cruciais para o bom desenvolvimento das startups e o papel das agências do governo. No capítulo 2, descrevo a identidade e estrutura da GrowIN Portugal e especifico algumas das suas contribuições na área de incubação de startups. De seguida, no capítulo 3, apresento detalhadamente a metodologia utilizada durante os 3 meses de estágio. Por último, nos capítulos 4 e 5 apresento os principais resultados obtidos, faço uma análise crítica dos assuntos abordados ao longo do trabalho, com base na minha experiência de estágio, pesquisa sobre o Portugal 2020 e em relatórios oficiais, discutindo a importância das iniciativas portuguesas direcionadas para o empreendedorismo e qual a sua contribuição para a evolução deste ecossistema em Portugal. Finalmente no capítulo 6, são dadas as considerações finais sobre meu estagio, sobre o Portugal 2020 e alguns pontos onde eu destaco melhorias a serem implementadas.
Concluiu-se que, devido aos incentivos do Portugal 2020, nomeadamente os abrangidos pelo programa StartUp Portugal que incidiram no apoio à criação de novas empresas, houve um aumento substancial do registo de startups, o que contribuiu para a fomentação do mercado empreendedor em Portugal de uma forma sem precedentes. Por conseguinte, o número de incubadoras também cresceu, e o seu papel tornou-se ainda mais relevante no panorama atual. A incubação de empresas é, sem dúvida, um elemento crucial para uma economia sustentável no mundo globalizado em que vivemos, onde os números de desemprego e elevada competitividade internacional dificultam a sobrevivência de pequenas e médias empresas.The present report was written as part of the Master’s Degree in Tourism Management offered by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Algarve and its content is a result of a curricular internship carried out at Startups Incubator, the GrowIN Portugal. After realizing, during my academic career, that a large number of promising companies do not survive the first 5 years, I decided to deepen my studies in the area of business incubation and tried to better understand its contribution for the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Portugal, taking into account incubators’ limits and capabilities. In order to answer this question, I carried out a literature review on these topics and introduce, in the first chapter, some of the main concepts related with entrepreneurship and its potential financing sources. Furthermore, I provide an overview of the Portugal 2020 program, a partnership agreement between the European Union and the Portuguese government, especially focusing the incentives made available for startups and incubators. In chapter 1, I provide further details about startup incubators and government agencies and their contribution to the entrepreneurship environment. In chapter 2, I introduce GrowIN Portugal, the company where I carried out my internship for a 3-month period, presenting its identity and main objectives and describing some of its contributions in the business incubation field. In chapter 3, I offer a more detailed overview of the tasks carried out during the internship and the methodology that was applied. In chapters 4 and 5, I present the main results obtained, I review and discuss all the topics addressed based on my experience during the internship and on multiple statistics provided by official reports, in an attempt of answering the research question and evaluating the actual effectiveness of the created initiatives in fomenting the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Portugal. Finally, in the chapter 6 we get together the final remarks about the internship, Portugal 2020 and some suggestions for improvements are presented. It was concluded that, due to the incentives made available through Portugal 2020, the number of startups in Portugal grew substantially, which fostered the entrepreneurial market in Portugal in an unprecedented way. Consequently, the number of incubators also increased and their role became even more important in the present context. The incubation of startups is, without a doubt, a key element for a sustainable economy within a globalized world, where unemployment and international competitiveness make it increasingly challenging to small and medium companies to thrive.
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Kang, Li-Yun, and 康瓈云. "Interaction between Startups and Entrepreneurial Ecosystem from Dynamic Capability Perspective - A Case Study of Viscovery and Perkd." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/945222.
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碩士國立政治大學
科技管理與智慧財產研究所
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In recent years, in order to increase economic growth, governments around the world have been actively working on entrepreneurship and innovation policies in establishing successful entrepreneurial ecosystems. According to 2017 statistics data from Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C., there are nearly 100,000 startups a year with an annual growth rate of 4%, but at the same time, the rate of failures in one year is as high as 90%, and only 1% of those survive the first five years. How to survive in a competitive and changing business environment still leaves much room for effort. Previous research have elaborated on entrepreneurial ecosystems entities such as government, universities, and investment institutions (Ben, 2017); however, relationship between “startup” and the ecosystem entities is still lack of discussion. This study aims to explore how startup companies strengthen competitive advantage through the interaction with entrepreneurial ecosystems. Using Ben (2017) entrepreneurial ecosystem structure and Teece (1997, 2007) dynamic capability theory to the analysis of two startups—Viscovery and Perkd, the study finds out that startups acquire resources from entrepreneurial ecosystem to construct their dynamic capabilities, and use dynamic capabilities to enhance their core competence, in the end to achieve competitive advantages. Moreover, a co-evolving relationship between startups and entrepreneurial ecosystems is being elaborated. The academic implications of this study lie in the application of dynamic capability theory to the interaction between startups and entrepreneurial ecosystems, while emphasizing that the development of start-ups and entrepreneurial ecosystems is a co-evolving process. The practical implications are to provide startups a clear picture in developing dynamic capabilities and to understand how to use the entrepreneurial ecosystem resources to build up dynamic capabilities and competitive advantages. This research explores entrepreneurial ecosystem in an unique way—both microscopically and macroscopically, starting from startups specific needs in acquiring external resources, to the collaboration with ecosystem entities, and further perceive the ecosystem as a collaborative, co-evolutionary, and dynamic network. To conclude, the main contribution of this study is to bridge the research gap in case studies research of entrepreneurial ecosystem, and to provide “process” and “evolution” point of view that has gained increasing attention in recent years.
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Duarte, David João Queimado Vaz Ponte. "Model for evaluation of less-matured digital business ecosystems." Master's thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/42447.
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The entrepreneurship philosophy assimilated shaped perfectly to the new reality provided by the emergence of the new technologies of information and communication, connecting people and organizations and narrowing the distance between them. With this distance shortage, entrepreneurship assumed a more local dimension than ever, promoting the emergence of smaller entrepreneurial ecosystems at a city-level, ceasing to be exclusive to big cities: the digital business ecosystems. These smaller communities are, therefore, unique and, due to the intrinsic factors of its location (society, culture, finance, politics, demography, etc.), validate the premise of placing the city as the center of the study of entrepreneurship. Recently, academical studies have been using this approach to analyze the entrepreneurial activity in cities, with the help of composite indexes which provide numerical comparisons between the cities. However, these studies tend to be focused on matured digital business ecosystems.
As such, this dissertation is motivated by such lack of knowledge and analysis of less-matured digital business ecosystems. The aim of this study is to develop a model of comparison of less-matured digital business ecosystem to be applied in the southern and eastern European region and, with its results, analyze the patterns of such region.
This dissertation is settled on a solid literature review followed by a study of the region selected to validate the conditions previously established. With this knowledge base, the model is developed following a strategy fitted with the characteristics of less-matured entrepreneurial ecosystems (configuration, themes, variables, weights, data processing and display). The final results are analyzed and used a base to conjecture about the region’s entrepreneurial activity.
With this study, it was concluded that the strategy defined cannot be the same as the other more general models, and is crucial to attaining reliable results through this model with these particularities. Concerning with the final results, it was concluded that this region has potential to evolve its stage of entrepreneurial maturity, however, it currently lacks entrepreneurial culture and experience to fully enable input conditions to generate outputs aspired.