A rede de incubadoras de empresas do Ceará como vetor do desenvolvimento local pelo apoio aos microempreendimentos

Abstract

This work presents the incubation programs that make up the Cearense Network of Business Incubators (RIC) and the relationship between enterprises that graduate in these environments with the development of locations marked by social inequality. Its objectives are to analyze how this incidence occurs, of new businesses on local development, through the investigation of aspects of the formation of some enterprises located on the sites of the incubators and the results achieved by them. To achieve these objectives, a qualitative, exploratory methodology was used, with documentary research and application of a structured questionnaire with a likert scale in the collection, and categorization of content in the data analysis. The results indicated motivations to undertake reasons of opportunity and personal fulfillment, quality of the incubation process recognized by the entrepreneurs and timid impact of these ventures on the locations in which they operate. It is concluded that business incubators are and can increasingly become actors in local and regional development, focusing on the economy and social relations.