Bruno Fischer

State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) | UNICAMP · Faculdade de Ciências Aplicadas - Limeira (FCA)

The literature on Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) originated from assessments of highly successful cases. While this has produced useful insights, it has also generated a sense of isomorphism, seldomly reflecting the entrepreneurial dynamics taking place in a variety of contexts. In this article we critically discuss a selection of underlying issue...

Science and Technology Parks (STPs) have become popular instruments among policymakers worldwide. Yet, empirical studies have questioned the effectiveness of STPs in generating the desired impacts on tenant companies and in regional development. Recent literature attributes these conditions to a lack of focus on the inherent heterogeneity of STPs a...

Digital Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (DEEs) are transforming the economic landscape through their integration of digital technologies, offering new opportunities for innovation and growth. This study explores the impact of DEEs on sustainable development, focusing specifically on Latin America. As DEEs continue to evolve, understanding their influenc...

Purpose We investigate the relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) and the internationalization pathways of Brazilian franchises. Our aim is to unravel the patterns of firm-level entrepreneurial characteristics vis-à-vis their corresponding processes of internationalization. Design/methodology/approach We extracted and curated data f...

Purpose We adopt the conceptual lens of the Dynamic Capabilities Approach to evaluate the relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO), Digital Marketing Capabilities (DMC), and Performance in Brazilian franchises. Design/methodology/approach We applied a survey with franchisors at the Brazilian Franchising Association Expo 2022. Data wer...

The outcomes from the associations between manufacturers and knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) with consequences at the firm and regional levels have been called territorial servitisation. This article explores whether the effect of regional KIBS deepening on productivity growth is dependent on minimum levels of manufacturers' absorptive...

Over recent years, the world has witnessed unexpected challenges - including the COVID-19 pandemic and significant geopolitical tensions. These events have had substantial impacts on both Global Value Chains and Regional Innovation Systems – two complementary analytical scopes that compose the complex geography of innovation. This has led governmen...

Entrepreneurial universities have become a key concept in debates concerning regional economic development. Yet, we still fall short of having a clear comprehension of the enablers of such localized impacts arising from academic activity. Such conditions are particularly critical for the context of developing countries, which have mostly mimicked i...

Entrepreneurial universities have become a key concept in debates concerning regional economic development. Yet, we still fall short of having a clear comprehension of the enablers of such localized impacts arising from academic activity. Such conditions are particularly critical for the context of developing countries, which have mostly mimicked i...

Purpose Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial firms (KIE) strongly rely on scientific and strategic research and development (R&D) capabilities to achieve higher performance levels. Hence, the purpose of this paper is to disentangle the effects of scientific capabilities and strategic R&D on KIE performance; and how the constituent elements of these...

div>Despite its importance to the functioning of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EEs), the orchestration of networks remains a largely undertheorized topic. To address this omissio, we sought to explain the interplay between networks, their orchestrators, and their implications for ecosystem outcomes. To do so, we conducted an in-depth case study of th...

div>Despite its importance to the functioning of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EEs), the orchestration of networks remains a largely undertheorized topic. To address this omissio, we sought to explain the interplay between networks, their orchestrators, and their implications for ecosystem outcomes. To do so, we conducted an in-depth case study of th...

Pathways to sustainable development are a key to providing innovation transitions and well-being. In this context, knowledge-intensive entrepreneurs play a pivotal role in shaping the markets for new products, services and business models. Prior literature has put emphasis on the contextual elements that shape entrepreneurial opportunities and busi...

In this paper, we intend to verify if more inclusive spin-offs tend to obtain better performance or access to funding sources. Thus, we have analyzed the spin-off companies of the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil. The Inova Agency, i.e., the technology transfer office of Unicamp, provided the data concerning all university spin-offs...

Apesar das críticas aos impactos causados pelos parques tecnológicos, na última década expandiu-se a análise de sua heterogeneidade, com seus impactos condicionados por configurações internas e externas, impossibilitando generalizações. Nesta perspectiva, este estudo possui o objetivo de identificar os modelos no Brasil e os trajetos para se atingi...

Esta comunicação tem por finalidade apresentar uma pesquisa em andamento sobre redes científicas no Brasil.

This research aims at addressing the factors that constrain the flow of knowledge between universities and industry when these players are embedded in peripheral contexts. A multiple-case study was carried out in order to describe and understand the limitations of universities as agents of innovation in peripheral ecosystems. Twenty-two semi-struct...

In this article, we address the impacts of institutions (regulatory, normative and cognitive) on the country-aggregate propensity to engage in export-oriented entrepreneurship. Using a panel-data of 88 countries from 2006 to 2017, we estimated the direct and moderate effects of institutions on international entrepreneurship. Although a positive ins...

This article aims to evaluate the moderating effect exerted by students' perceptions of the university support environment on the relationship between their respective entrepreneurial characteristics and entrepreneurial intentions. The subjective norms associated with the university support environment encompass perceptions on teaching activities,...

Objetivo: compreender quais são as relações antecedentes à maturidade tecnológica (MT) e ao desempenho organizacional (DO) em spin-offs acadêmicas e startups brasileiras. Método: pesquisa quantitativa, com aplicação de 62 questionários, sendo utilizados 17 como pré-teste. Originalidade/Relevância: este artigo desenvolve uma abordagem orientada pa...

This article analyzes a policy instrument that nurtures knowledge-intensive entrepreneur-ship in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. The PIPE Program is a small-business innovation research run by The Sao Paulo Research Foundation since 1997. While prior literature has pointed out that firm-level heterogeneity is an important feature to consider when e...

The papers in this special section focus on cyberattacks, strategic cyber-foresight, and security applications. Reports of cyber-attacks against individuals, organizations, and businesses are on the rise. Attackers usually have a deliberate and malicious intent and may involve the criminals taking advantage of flaws in software code, using tricks t...

This research aims at verifying the dynamics of association between contextual features of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) and the Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) rhetoric in the context of Brazilian franchising firms. We evaluated the level of EO rhetoric through content analysis conducted in the Brazilian national directory of franchises. For th...

our purpose in this article is to shed light on these events by identifying the causal mechanisms between ecosystem features and KISE events in an developing country context. Ultimately, our goal is to identify whether and to what extent the dynamics of ‘traditional’ entrepreneurial ecosystems can also apply to triggering the emergence of KISE even...

Research gaps remain concerning how successful KIE ventures operate and what are their main drivers of superior performance (Fischer et al., 2022). So, our research question is: What are the influences of technical knowledge and strategic knowledge management on the performance of KIE firms? Our objective is to provide a comprehensive perspective o...

Apesar da proliferação dos parques científicos e tecnológicos no Brasil como instrumentos de políticas públicas para incentivar a inovação e o fortalecimento de redes entre atores, estudos nacionais não puderam avaliar estes ambientes ou investigar os "tipos" de parques existentes devido à escassez de dados disponíveis, limitando o entendimento de...

A questão central a ser endereçada neste capítulo pode ser definida da seguinte forma: Qual é a efetiva capacidade dos Núcleos de Inovação Tecnológica (NITs) de fortalecer a interação universidade-empresa em ecossistemas economicamente periféricos? Em busca de resposta a essa questão, foi proposto um estudo de múltiplos casos nos Institutos Federai...

Therapeutic monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) are biopharmaceuticals prescribed in oncology, rheumatology, and for other chronic and autoimmune diseases. Over the last decade, the demand for MAbs grew significantly in developing countries like Brazil, concomitant to the restructuring of the global biopharmaceutical industry, opening windows of opportuni...

This study aims to analyze the impact of knowledge and socioeconomic dimensions on entrepreneurial ecosystem dynamics when addressing the emergence of green and ‘traditional’ knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE). The methodological approach used in the study was quantitative, using structural equation modeling. Our empirical analysis comprise...

Growing importance has been attached to the concept of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) as productive structures that encompass complex sets of interaction driving economic agents' competitive capabilities. Drawing from biomimetism, the EE approach dedicates attention to unraveling the mechanisms through which socioeconomic environments organize to...

Ecopreneurs emerged as a specific class of entrepreneurs that demonstrate skills to connect business activities with the natural environment. However, while literature has come a long way in addressing drivers and motivations behind value creation in ‘traditional’ entrepreneurs, a conspicuous gap remains when it comes to the generation of environme...

In this article we pay attention to the different analytical layers that compose the managerial context of university-industry relationships-a cornerstone of entrepreneurial universities. Specifically, we address the dynamics of joint university-industry laboratories, a typical example of high-quality engagement between academia and industry. Joint...

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Este capítulo tem como objetivo analisar os níveis de alinhamento entre a geração de conhecimento cientí!co nas IES e a estrutura econômica local. Para tanto, foi realizado um estudo de caso no Instituto Federal do Norte de Minas Gerais (IFNMG), o qual se encontra em um contexto economicamente periférico e de reduzido dinamismo econômico. Tal propo...

In this opening editorial, we dedicate efforts to take stock on some of the pivotal elements of IEs discussed in the prior literature, present the five contributions to the issue and identify key themes that require further developments in future research. We hope these contributions can shed light on aspects of interest in the IE field and inspire...

Startups are a contemporary business model that repeatedly presents issues related to financial constraints. Recently, the adoption of franchising emerged as a possibility for startups. This study adopts a novel approach in the startup literature to explain the decision-making process for startups formulating franchising strategies. Additionally, a...

Purpose Entrepreneurship can be understood as a systemic phenomenon, thus relying on sets of influential factors associated with socioeconomic contexts. Institutional conditions play a pivotal role in this regard, affecting the allocation of entrepreneurial efforts. The goal of this research is to verify to what extent do the pillars of Countries'...

This study is an initial step towards theorizing erosion of co-created value in knowledge-intensive workplaces. In doing so, our research examines how knowledge hiding behaviour instigated and promoted by organizational leaders can adversely impact the micro-foundations of the organization. The current study explores knowledge hiding in the Indian...

Purpose Social contexts and academic environments are key elements in the debate about drivers of entrepreneurial intention and behavior in tertiary students. Nonetheless, the underlying dynamics of student entrepreneurship remain elusive. This study aims to contribute to this discussion by creating an original model that addresses the perception o...

While our comprehension on the configurations and dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems has advanced significantly, there remains a conspicuous gap in how localised phenomena shape transitions towards environmentally sustainable regions – particularly outside the scope of advanced nations. Accordingly, our research explores how entrepreneurial eco...

While academic entrepreneurship depends on the entrepreneurial behavior of university scientists, management studies show that identity development precedes behavioral enactment. This paper extends our understanding of why and how individuals who define themselves as a scientist develop or fail to develop a new commercialization-focused entrepreneu...

Universities play significant roles for technology upgrading in National Innovation Systems. But it remains a challenge defining and implementing institutional adjustments that promote the integration of a broader spectrum of research-oriented universities into national and global value chains. Interaction of academia with productive systems needs...

Introduction: Researchers generally agree that institutions are important to entrepreneurship and determine the set of payoffs that society offers to these activities, therefore, scholars have been focusing on how to increase entrepreneurship prevalence and allocate it productively. To this extent, the Country Institutional Profile has been used fo...

While our comprehension on the configurations and dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems has advanced significantly, there remains a conspicuous gap in how localised phenomena shape transitions towards environmentally sustainable regions-particularly outside the scope of advanced nations. Accordingly, our research explores how entrepreneurial ecosy...

Knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) collaborate with manufacturers to increase their knowledge, stimulate innovation, and support the implementation of service-oriented business models. In addition, KIBS firms are also known to stimulate regional economic development. Hence, this study aims to identify the key research themes and future op...

Purpose The springboard theory for multinational enterprises and the upward spiral model address the expansion of emerging countries’ multinational enterprises (MNEs) abroad as a set of resource-building stages. This paper aims to analyze this model by qualifying knowledge flows in three domains: learning effects, transfer flows and global connecti...

While our comprehension on the configurations and dynamics of entrepreneurial ecosystems has advanced significantly, there remains a conspicuous gap in how localized phenomena shape transitions towards environmentally sustainable regions-particularly outside the scope of advanced nations. Accordingly, our research explores how entrepreneurial ecosy...

The purpose of this article is to evaluate the impact of university ecosystems on entrepreneurial intention and self-efficacy of Brazilian undergraduate students. The empirical exercise relies on Structural Equations Modelling based on data of 468 students from 70 universities across the country. Results indicate that traditional approaches to fome...

Purpose-The purpose of this study is to understand how franchise startups have been facing the crisis caused by COVID-19, with greater emphasis on the effects of the franchising decision on the survival of this type of business during the crisis period. Design/methodology/approach-This is a qualitative research, conducted through multiple-case stud...

The accumulation of knowledge that explains universities' contributions to innovation and entrepreneurship's regional ecosystems has mainly adopted a perspective based on technology transfer processes from academia to markets. Alternatively, in this study, we assume the notion of mutualism, based on the biomimetic rationale of ecosystem studies tha...

Entrepreneurial ecosystems research has largely focused on the profile of a handful of successful locations. This has prevented a deeper understanding of the mechanisms that shape entrepreneurial activity across the geographical space. Our goals in this research are (1) to identify the critical dimensions of entrepreneurial ecosystems , and (2) to...

Knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship (KIE) is a socioeconomic phenomenon that drives economic aggregate competitiveness and innovative capabilities in economies worldwide. However, while prior literature has significantly advanced in terms of identifying critical elements associated with the success of knowledge-intensive entrepreneurial ventures,...

Purpose The purpose of this study is to evaluate the microfoundations of student entrepreneurship, a cornerstone of innovation ecosystems. To this end, this paper assesses how perceived university support for entrepreneurship influences entrepreneurial characteristics and intentions in students enrolled at Amazonas and São Paulo State Universities....

Social contexts and academic environments are key elements in the debate about drivers of entrepreneurial intention and behavior in tertiary students. Nonetheless, the underlying dynamics of student entrepreneurship remain elusive. In this article we contribute to this discussion by creating an original model that addresses the perception of entrep...

Call for Papers at Technovation Overview This Special Issue aims at extending Innovation Management to an inclusive approach involving innovation practices and social and environmental sustainability. Like any management theory, new paradigms are needed to meet the challenges ahead of societies and economies. Thus, relatively separated fields of...

Este estudo buscou analisar a influência dos fatores socioeconômicos na motivação para o empreendedorismo social. Foram estudados 192 estudantes de administração de três Instituições de Ensino Superior (IES), sendo duas delas públicas e outra privada. A coleta de dados envolveu um questionário com perguntas fechadas para determinação do perfil soci...

Purpose – The objective of this study is to understand how franchise startups have been facing the crisis caused by COVID-19, with greater emphasis on the effects of the franchising decision on the survival of this type of business during the crisis period. Design/methodology/approach – This is a qualitative research with the performance of multip...

This special issue will focus on the interaction of the “local” and the “global” in the context of a rapidly changing international environment as described above. In particular, we call for theoretical and empirical papers that deal with the changing nature of international production and local adaptation. We welcome papers addressing the followin...

The article compares and contrasts different sets of patent-based indicators, traditionally used to assess countries' technological capacities and specialisation. By doing that, we seek to determine how a chosen metric might affect the results of such an analysis, sometimes causing misleading conclusions on technological profiling. This goal is ach...

The objective of this article is to address aggregate performance indicators in National Systems of Entrepreneur-ship from an efficiency perspective. Our assessment is based on Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) applied to data from the Index of Dynamic Entrepreneurship (IDE) for a sample of 60 countries. Besides providing information on the efficienc...

Resumo Executivo PIPE a. Apesar das evidências de diferentes avaliações, parte da literatura discute a eficácia real das políticas de promoção do KIE (knowledge-intensive entrepreneurship) em face da relevância econômica observada do empreendedorismo intensivo em conhecimento. Assim, são necessárias avaliações de impacto e exercícios de avaliação a...

This research focused on evaluating how the perceived university support for entrepreneurship influences entrepreneurial characteristics and entrepreneurial intention of Business Administration Students enrolled at Amazonas and São Paulo State Universities, as well as analyzing the differences in Amazonas and São Paulo educational contexts. A quant...

Universities can be perceived as sources of innovation, where academic spin-offs is one of its main vehicles. One of the main points of attention in this debate concerns the pivotal role of universities within entrepreneurial ecosystems. Drawing from this background, this research investigates the locational dynamics of academic spin-offs in the St...

Purpose Frugal innovation has gained prominence based on its potential contribution to sustainable development and the new opportunities that it offers to low-income customers. This paper aims to analyse the strategic knowledge transfer practices implemented by an entrepreneurial university for fostering frugal innovations within an emerging econom...

Este capítulo aborda a evolução da inserção das universidades no sistema de inovação brasileiro. Para tanto, exploramos a evolução do patenteamento acadêmico e dos vínculos com a indústria nas últimas décadas e como essas dinâmicas podem se encaixar nos processos de avanços tecnológicos em uma economia emergente. Como se sabe, o papel desempenhado...

Purpose – While the born global (BG) phenomenon has been well established in the literature, studies on accelerated internationalization of firms in the service sector have been scarce, particularly for the specific case of knowledge-intensive services (KIS). The purpose of this paper is to explore which competitive characteristics differentiate KI...

Research on the concept of entrepreneurial universities has dedicated significant attention to understand how academic ecosystems shape the propensity of its members to establish new ventures. In this article we look at a prior step of the entrepreneurial event, i.e., how universities' dynamics and initiatives related to entrepreneurship affect the...

Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (EE) have received increased attention in recent years due to its capacity of providing an analytical framework to comprehend connections that take place in order to foster entrepreneurial endeavors. A key agent in this context is the university as an institution that can generate spin offs and mediate interactions amongs...

Purpose Based on an efficiency analysis of the Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI), the purpose was to demonstrate that the Key Performance Indicators’ analysis leads to a misinterpretation of the dynamics of National Systems of Entrepreneurship (NSEs). This might hamper the formulation of sound initiatives in other economies, with relevant implica...

In this Special Issue we expect contributions that address topics related to some relevant questions in the field of Knowledge-Intensive Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystems: One important aspect concerning how to shape and foster innovation ecosystems as to connect technological evolution with the generation of knowledge-intensive ventures...

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/technological-forecasting-and-social-change/call-for-papers/management-of-joint-university-industry-laboratories Technological Forecasting and Social Change Management of Joint University-Industry Laboratories Short title: Joint UI labs Over the last decade discussions about the third mission of universities, K...