O papel social das incubadoras de empresas de Belo Horizonte: um estudo de caso

Abstract

In this study, entitled The social role of business incubators in Belo Horizonte: a case study , the author, Silvana Alves da Silva, intended to analyze the symbolic representations of business incubators - especially technology based - on the social role played by them, to permit new ways of getting work, income and new ventures based on technological development and its implications. To achieve the goal, it was realized a case study of the Nascente, business incubator of the Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais (CEFET-MG). The development of this study was justified because the researcher believes that the contribution of the incubation system for the economic and social development of the country is relevant, especially in a time when the changing in the world of work has brought serious consequences. The hypothesis guiding this study was: the business incubators of technology-based impact positively the society, covering private and public initiatives, both as regards the promotion of new possibilities for developing a self employment through entrepreneurship, as regard to technological development as a generator of new jobs and income. The Sociology of Labor provided the main theoretical basis for understanding the transformations of forms of organization of the work process and its social consequences. The analysis of the Social Sciences led the researcher, whose basic training was accomplished in Administrative Sciences, to reflect on the need of finding other ways of obtaining employment and income and about the specific place determined for the technological development in contemporary society. As a result of this work, it was concluded that there is much to improve in the incubation system in Brazil, so that the social function for which this system has potential becomes effective. Without ignoring the positive results already achieved by the Nascente, it can be affirmed that the contribution of business incubators, taking into consideration the social potential that they seem to have is still not very significant. They still need to be recognized as the ideal space and, of course, be really prepared to assist in the developing solutions that could become products or processes of social and economic relevance