This book examines the behavior of high-tech startups and important aspects of innovation ecosystems in Brazil. It discusses how the local business environment boosts startups and high-tech entrepreneurship, leading to the most successful implementation of technology parks and incubation movements in Latin America. In the first part, the chapters explore the experience of Brazilian high-tech startups with regard to innovation, funding, background of the entrepreneur and their efforts entering international markets. The second part is dedicated to innovation ecosystems and explains the role of business incubators, acceleration programs, and university entrepreneurship in the country.

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Moacir de Miranda Oliveira, Jr. is Full Professor and Head of the Business Administration Department at University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen is Visiting Researcher at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, USA - and Assistant Professor of Management at Centro Universitario FEI, Brazil.

Felipe Mendes Borini is Associate Professor at University of São Paulo, Brazil and at Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM), Brazil.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - Introduction (Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr., Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen, Felipe Mendes Borini)  

Part I - High-tech startups

Chapter 2: Startups and technology transfer from universities and research centers - An analysis of the impact on launching new products (Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr., Carolina Cristina Fernandes, Roberto Sbragia; Felipe Mendes Borini)

Chapter 3: Internationalization of Brazilian high-tech startups (Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen)

  Chapter 4: The background of the entrepreneur in high-tech incubated startups (Natan de Souza Marques, Roberto Sbragia, Felipe Mendes Borini; Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr.)

Chapter 5: The financing of the startup life cycle (Liliam Sanchez Carrete; Aline Mariane de Faria)  

Part II - Innovation Ecosystems

Chapter 6: The contribution of technology parks to high-tech startups (Carlos Augusto França Vargas, Guilherme Ary Plonski)

Chapter 7: Evaluation and challenges in managing business incubators (Diego Bonaldo Coelho, Bruno Giovanni Mazzola, Carolina Cristina Fernandes, and Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr.)  

Chapter 8: Practices and indicators of sustainability in business incubators (Carolina Cristina Fernandes, Bruno Giovanni Mazzola; Karen Esteves, and Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr.)

  Chapter 9: Acceleration Programs in Brazil: a government case study of SEED.MG (Silvia Novaes Zylber; Guilherme Padovani; Wellington dos Reis Lucena)

Chapter 10: Grassroots movements: new gears in the engine of Brazilian university entrepreneurship ecosystems (Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro and Guilherme Ary Plonski)

Chapter 11: Cases of university spin-offs (Claudia Pavani, Moacir de Miranda Oliveira Jr., Guilherme Ary Plonski)