Perception of entrepreneurship as alternative to facing the post-pandemic crisis

This article aims to identify the perception of a group of incubated projects about the importance of entrepreneurship as alternative to face the economic crisis due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Entrepreneurship is a transversal subject to many areas of research and has been the object of study within themes such as economic, technological and innovation. The crisis in several sectors caused by the pandemic of the new coronavirus, raised other research possibilities. With a qualitative approach and through the case study method, using a structured questionnaire, it sought to investigate a group of companies/projects incubated in a technology-based business incubator, in the municipality of Mossoró in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. With the results, it was possible to verify that incubated have a positive perception about the importance of entrepreneurship in facing the crisis, thus pointing out that it is an alternative for the post-pandemic crisis period.Alternate abstract:Este artigo tem como objetivo identificar a percepção de um grupo de projetos incubados sobre a importância do empreendedorismo como alternativa para enfrentar a crise econômica devido à nova pandemia de coronavírus. O empreendedorismo é um tema transversal a muitas áreas de pesquisa e tem sido objeto de estudo dentro de temas como economia, tecnologia e inovação. A crise em vários setores causada pela pandemia do novo coronavírus, levantou outras possibilidades de pesquisa. Com uma abordagem qualitativa e através do método de estudo de caso, utilizando um questionário estruturado, procurou investigar um grupo de empresas/projetos incubados em uma incubadora de empresas de base tecnológica, no município de Mossoró, no estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Com os resultados, foi possível verificar que os incubados têm uma percepção positiva sobre a importância do empreendedorismo para enfrentar a crise, apontando assim que é uma alternativa para o período pós-pandêmico da crise.

Perception of entrepreneurship as alternative to facing the post-pandemic crisis

This article aims to identify the perception of a group of incubated projects about the importance of entrepreneurship as alternative to face the economic crisis due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Entrepreneurship is a transversal subject to many areas of research and has been the object of study within themes such as economic, technological and innovation. The crisis in several sectors caused by the pandemic of the new coronavirus, raised other research possibilities. With a qualitative approach and through the case study method, using a structured questionnaire, it sought to investigate a group of companies/projects incubated in a technology-based business incubator, in the municipality of Mossoró in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. With the results, it was possible to verify that incubated have a positive perception about the importance of entrepreneurship in facing the crisis, thus pointing out that it is an alternative for the post-pandemic crisis period.