Determinantes do desempenho das startups brasileiras

Abstract

The present research seeks, as it main objective, to identify the relationship between the variables that favor the organizational performance of Brazilian startups. This becomes critical given the dynamics in the external environment of organizations, the emergence of new technologies and the transformations in consumer preferences, which all combined, requires the organizations to have internal agility to foresee these scenarios and respond to them at compatible speed. To achieve the proposed goal, the research was developed with startups associated with the Brazilian Association of Startups (ABStartup). The data collection was done through a survey, composed of 17 questions, in a self-managing and online way, with the participation of 166 startups from different regions of Brazil. It was evidenced that the Brazilian startups are, in the great majority, located in São Paulo, acting in Research and Development and began their activities in 2015. The results of the indicators showed that startups have a high level of market orientation, product innovation and organizational performance. The majority of entrepreneurs surveyed agreed moderately with the propositions, and increased their organizational performance by less than 10%. Regarding the analysis with the MEE, it was identified that the orientation to the market, although important for the startups, does not influence the organizational performance, but does have some effect in the product innovation capability. On the other hand, this orientation has relevance to the innovative capability of the product. And such a capability ultimately influences organizational performance. Therefore, the study contributed to the validation of a model with Brazilian startups, which will help existing and future companies to reduce the early mortality of these enterprises.