O ecossistema de inovação do estado do Piauí

Abstract

Innovation ecosystems are economic, political, and technological spaces capable of bringing together diverse actors to create and disseminate market-oriented solutions. This work verified how the innovation ecosystem of the state of Piauí is organized. The objective was to get to know the state ecosystem through the mapping of actors, identification of the role of each one of them in the structure and accounting of the existing propellers, according to authors pointed out in the theoretical framework. The framework dealt with the themes of innovation, innovation ecosystems and actors of an innovation ecosystem and their functions. The methodology used included bibliographic and documentary analysis and had as an approach the qualitative research, the data collection was carried out in specialized and institutional websites, the research strategy used was the case study, which covered the main municipalities of the state: Bom Jesus, Floriano, Parnaíba, Picos and Teresina. The information was presented in the form of illustrations and charts. The results show that the state ecosystem has 06 (six) actors, obeying the sextuple helix model of Labiak Jr, namely: actor of scientific knowledge with 17 (seventeen) institutions; with 10 (ten) participants; innovation habitat, with thirty (30) structures; enterprise, with eleven (11) companies; institutional, with 13 (thirteen) institutions; and public, with 17 (seventeen) involved. The survey data contribute to the understanding of the innovation scenario in the state and can also help the actors in directing their activities.