O papel das incubadoras de empresas na promoção da inovação e empreendedorismo: uma revisão prospectiva e sistemática

Abstract

Incubators bring together resources, infrastructure and support that guarantee the development and growth of innovative companies, mainly at an early stage, by offering infrastructure, training, management support and guidance to entrepreneurs. The objective was to carry out a bibliometric survey of works related to the role of business incubators in promoting innovation and entrepreneurship. Specifically, the objective was to quantify the years with the most publications, the magazines, languages, countries of the authors and predominant areas of study; and, carry out a systematic review with the most recent works obtained from the bibliometric analysis. Methodologically, a search was carried out in two databases (Scopus and Web of Science), with a time frame between 2014 and 2024. For the systematic review, the most recent articles with open access publications available in the 3 most prominent journals on the Web of Science were selected. Science, which was identified with the most published works. The results showed an increase in publications from 2017 onwards, with English as the predominant language and American authors with more participation in the articles. In the analysis of the selected articles, the importance of business incubators in promoting innovative entrepreneurship was observed, in addition to pointing out crucial tools for their success, such as the availability of tangible and intangible resources. The work provides support that guides other researchers on current journals, authors and publications to begin research on the topic, as 10 open access articles published between 2020 and 2023 were analyzed and which address the relevance and instruments for promoting lasting ventures.