A study on international networks to promote generation of information technology companies in Paraíba, Brazil

Authors

  • Robert Kalley Cavalcanti de Menezes Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG), Campina Grande, PB

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2236672526325

Keywords:

Network Analysis, Social Construction, Technological Entrepreneurship, Business Incubation, Information Technologies

Abstract

Based on empirical research we analyze the interactional networks formed by institutional and individual agents involved in the incubation process of startups – information technologies area – in the Technological Incubator of Campina Grande (ITCG). Individual agents and the nature of social ties that result from the interaction process are identified. As a social construction, we seek to identify some aspects of the conditions and contradictions at the institutional level and also the relations of cooperation, competition, conflict and “inspiration”, derived from prevailing rationalities at the individual level. At the end, some considerations are made about unfulfilled expectations that would be conditioned to social arrangements in historical process for the formation of networks.

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Published

2017-03-24

How to Cite

Menezes, R. K. C. de. (2017). A study on international networks to promote generation of information technology companies in Paraíba, Brazil. Século XXI: Journal of Social Sciences, 6(2), 196–221. https://doi.org/10.5902/2236672526325

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 2 (2016): Dossier State, Entrepreneurship and Society

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