Banca de DEFESA: MATHEUS LUCAS SILVA DE SOUZA

Uma banca de DEFESA de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : MATHEUS LUCAS SILVA DE SOUZA
DATE: 29/10/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Auditório 02 do PPGEd - NEPSA II
TITLE:

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KEY WORDS:

Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Technology-Based Business Incubators; PublicPrivate Relationships; Academic Capitalism.

PAGES: 228
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Educação
SUMMARY:

The primary objective of this doctoral thesis is to analyze Inova Metropole, characterized as a Technology-Based Business Incubator linked to the Parque Metropole Digital, which is part of the Instituto Metropole Digital and, consequently, the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte. This analysis focuses on its actions related to Innovation and Academic Entrepreneurship. The goal is to understand how the public-private relationships within these institutions enhance the presence of the private sector within the Public University, thereby extending its influence into numerous internal processes, such as the adoption of corporate management practices, commercialization of intellectual assets for companies, or involvement in decision-making processes. Additionally, this work seeks to understand how international policies on Science, Technology, and Innovation influence academic entrepreneurship practices on a national level, highlighting the status of the country as economically dependent and subject to international parameters, recognizing that academic entrepreneurship is a global phenomenon and a direct tool of the current phase of neoliberalism. The philosophical approach adopted in this work is historical-dialectical materialism, a method aimed at understanding and interpreting the essence of the study object, going beyond pragmatic analyses of its apparent manifestations, and allowing for the observation of present contradictions and their mediation with concrete totality. The other technical procedures are based on bibliographic analysis of literature related to the topic and related fields, as well as documentary analysis of international and national documents that are guiding and deliberative for Science, Technology, and Innovation, and consequently, for academic entrepreneurship. In addition to these analyses, semi-structured interviews were conducted with agents involved in innovation and academic entrepreneurship practices, such as the UFRN Innovation Agency, management of the Parque Metropole Digital and its incubator, and project management at the Instituto Metropole Digital. These interviews provided insights and analyses of information not expressed in institutional documents, significantly contributing to the empirical analyses of this work. The research concluded that academic entrepreneurship and technology-based business incubators are not isolated practices focused solely on the Instituto Metropole Digital, but are institutional policies of UFRN, outlined in the Institutional Development Plan and Management Plan. This underscores the importance of entrepreneurial and innovative practices for the current phase of the institution. It was also found that Inova Metropole plays a significant role in the university entrepreneurship movement in the state of Rio Grande do Norte, serving as a prominent reference. This prominence can be justified by the dynamic of the academic unit where the business incubator is located, a department that prioritizes public-private partnerships in its various activities, enabling active involvement and participation of the private sector in these processes, including participation in deliberative councils, mapping and defining prices and values, as well as knowledge production and human capital formation. It was identified that academic entrepreneurship unfolds into new facets, such as cooperative perspectives and the establishment of capitalist relationships, such as spin-offs.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - RHOBERTA SANTANA DE ARAÚJO
Presidente - ***.306.895-** - ALDA MARIA DUARTE ARAÚJO CASTRO - UFRN
Interno - 7347393 - ANTONIO CABRAL NETO
Externa à Instituição - FABÍOLA BOUTH GRELLO KATO - UFPA
Interno - 1458867 - GILMAR BARBOSA GUEDES
Interna - 347594 - MARIA GORETTI CABRAL BARBALHO
Externa à Instituição - VERA LÚCIA JACOB CHAVES - UFPA