The role of innovation support agentes in the development of new technologybased firms from the perspective of Information asymmetry.
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2017
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the role of innovation support agents (ISAs) in the development
of new technology-based firms (NTBFs) from the perspective of information asymmetry
among economic agents. It was performed a qualitative cross-case analysis about two business
incubators, two business accelerators, and two science parks. According to the empirical data
collected and posterior analysis it was found that ISAs contribute to the development of NTBFs
in the following ways: distributing market information to them, reducing their search costs;
enabling their social capital formation; borrowing reputation to them; reducing the search costs
of market agents to access their NTBFs. Furthermore, these roles vary to the nature of the ISA
investigated. Lastly, this research can be used as a reference by both, ISAs and NTBFs, regarding
the development of the informational and social aspects of this latter.
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Science parks, Business accelerators, Business incubators, Parques tecnológicos, Incubadoras de empresas
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SILVA, S. E.; GONÇALVES, C. A.; ZIOLA, R. M. The role of innovation support agentes in the development of new technologybased firms from the perspective of Information asymmetry. Revista de Administração e Contabilidade da Unisinos, v. 14, n. 4, p. 253-268, out./dez. 2017. Disponível em: <revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/base/article/download/base.../6377>. Acesso em: 03 mai. 2018.