Innovation financing, learning process and innovative performance

The case of companies benefiting from the Tecnova program in the state of Ceará between 2015-2017

Authors

  • Ezequiel Alves Lobo Universidade Estadual do Ceará / Professor do Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CESA) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4004-3470
  • Elda Fontenele Tahim Universidade Estadual do Ceará / Professora do programa de Pós-graduação em Administração.
  • Samuel Façanha Câmara Universidade Estadual do Ceará / Professor do programa de Pós-graduação em Administração

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2238-104X.2022v12n1.60714

Abstract

Purpose: This article aims to analyze how the TECNOVA program influenced the learning process and the innovative performance of the projects of the companies participating in the program in the state of Ceará. Methodology: The research is qualitative in nature and a multiple case approach was used combined with the techniques of: Data condensation, Data display and Drawing and Verifying Conclusions. Results: The research reveals that there was a greater influence of financing on the acquisition of external knowledge. Most projects had an innovative performance of 5 or 6 TRLs and predominantly started at TRL 2 or 3 and at the end of the program were at 8. A growing relationship between learning and innovative performance was identified. Contributions: The study presents elements that empirically evidence the influence of financing on learning and innovative performance based on technological maturity (TRL) of innovative projects. The results show how the projects are currently and the relationships between the learning constructs and innovative performance. Furthermore, it has theoretical gaps for future research.

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Author Biographies

Ezequiel Alves Lobo, Universidade Estadual do Ceará / Professor do Centro de Ciências Sociais Aplicadas (CESA)

Mestre em Admnistração pela Universidade Estadual do Ceará (2020), Graduado em Administração pela Universidade de Fortaleza (2017). Pesquisador e professor das áreas de Inovação e Empreendorismo. 

Elda Fontenele Tahim, Universidade Estadual do Ceará / Professora do programa de Pós-graduação em Administração.

Doutora em Ciências Econômicas (área de concentração: Inovação Tecnológica) pelo Instituto de Economia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2008), Mestre em Economia Rural pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (1995) e graduada em Engenharia Pesqueira pela UFC (1989). 

Samuel Façanha Câmara, Universidade Estadual do Ceará / Professor do programa de Pós-graduação em Administração

Possui graduação em Agronomia pela Universidade Federal da Bahia (1989), mestrado em Economia Rural pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (1993) e doutorado em Economia pela Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (2002), pós-doutorado em Gestão da Inovação pela FGV-EBAPE (2013).

Published

2022-03-11

How to Cite

Alves Lobo, E., Fontenele Tahim, E. ., & Façanha Câmara, S. . (2022). Innovation financing, learning process and innovative performance: The case of companies benefiting from the Tecnova program in the state of Ceará between 2015-2017. Theory and Practice in Administration - TPA, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2238-104X.2022v12n1.60714

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Artigos de Pesquisa (Research Papers)