O sucesso do fracasso: casos de descontinuidade de iniciativas empresariais jovens no setor de software e serviços de informática

Autores

  • María Dolores Dupleix, M.Sc. Professor de Pesquisa da Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas da Universidade Nacional do Centro da Província de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • Claudia D'Annunzio, M.Sc. Professor de Pesquisa Faculdade de Ciências Econômicas, Universidade Nacional do Centro da Província de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.148.2646

Palavras-chave:

fracasso, descontinuidade de negócios, aprendizagem, trajetória, experiência

Resumo

Os estudos sobre empreendedorismo têm feito importantes esforços para determinar o sucesso dos negócios, estigmatizando sob a conotação negativa do fracasso a descontinuidade das iniciativas empresariais. A partir da literatura do fracasso, que identifica fato­res determinantes, sintomas e efeitos, o presente trabalho busca compreender como os empreendedores enfrentam e percebem a descontinuidade de iniciativas empresariais em estágios iniciais e como isso afeta suas trajetórias. Apresenta-se um estudo de caso múltiplo com base nas histórias de negócios de empresários de um polo de informática na Argentina. Os resultados mostram que os indivíduos transformam o que aconteceu em experiência, absorvendo a aprendizagem útil para seu desenvolvimento pessoal e pro­fissional, independentemente de continuarem ou não. Pretende-se contribuir para a desestigmatização do fracasso, entendendo-o como parte do processo de negócio.

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2018-09-25

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O sucesso do fracasso: casos de descontinuidade de iniciativas empresariais jovens no setor de software e serviços de informática. (2018). Estudios Gerenciales, 34(148), 262-278. https://doi.org/10.18046/j.estger.2018.148.2646