Informal Social Networks and Incubated Business Performance
Aiming to explore and analyze the relationship between social networks and firm performance, this longitudinal multicase study was developed, interviewing five incubated companies, selected by accessibility and convenience, which were in different stages of incubation, at Softville, a technologicall...
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Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina
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| description | Aiming to explore and analyze the relationship between social networks and firm performance, this longitudinal multicase study was developed, interviewing five incubated companies, selected by accessibility and convenience, which were in different stages of incubation, at Softville, a technologically based incubator of Joinville-SC. Managers and employees of these companies answered the sociometric questionnaire, at three moments in the period of a year. The reliability, technical information and management information networks were mapped, as were their structural features of size, density and cohesion, besides studying the company performance data (team size, number of customers and sales). The companies studied with more cohesive networks have a better performance, confirming that which is indicated by the relevant literature and suggest that practices for supporting incubated companies should emphasize competence in network. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e23c190c34e14f2786feed73966e24f32023-12-02T20:26:47ZengUniversidade Federal de Santa CatarinaRevista de Ciências da Administração : RCA1516-38652175-80772013-12-0111223610.5007/2175-8077.2013v15n37p2220984Informal Social Networks and Incubated Business PerformanceGerson Volney Lagemann0Elizabeth Loiola1UDESCUFBAAiming to explore and analyze the relationship between social networks and firm performance, this longitudinal multicase study was developed, interviewing five incubated companies, selected by accessibility and convenience, which were in different stages of incubation, at Softville, a technologically based incubator of Joinville-SC. Managers and employees of these companies answered the sociometric questionnaire, at three moments in the period of a year. The reliability, technical information and management information networks were mapped, as were their structural features of size, density and cohesion, besides studying the company performance data (team size, number of customers and sales). The companies studied with more cohesive networks have a better performance, confirming that which is indicated by the relevant literature and suggest that practices for supporting incubated companies should emphasize competence in network.https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/adm/article/view/29280empreendedorismoincubadorasredes sociais. |
| spellingShingle | Gerson Volney Lagemann Elizabeth Loiola Informal Social Networks and Incubated Business Performance Revista de Ciências da Administração : RCA empreendedorismo incubadoras redes sociais. |
| title | Informal Social Networks and Incubated Business Performance |
| title_full | Informal Social Networks and Incubated Business Performance |
| title_fullStr | Informal Social Networks and Incubated Business Performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Informal Social Networks and Incubated Business Performance |
| title_short | Informal Social Networks and Incubated Business Performance |
| title_sort | informal social networks and incubated business performance |
| topic | empreendedorismo incubadoras redes sociais. |
| url | https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/adm/article/view/29280 |
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