Avaliação da eficiência de parques tecnológicos brasileiros com a aplicação da análise envoltória de dados em rede - NDEA

Abstract

This study aims to evaluate the overall efficiency and subprocesses of innovation and commercialization of products and services of Brazilian technological parks through the use of the Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) technique. It is intended to determine which technological parks are efficient or inefficient and to identify their location factors. The research is delineated as quantitative and qualitative by presenting both the measurement of the data found and the characterization of the study object technological parks in the Bibliographic Review. The data were collected through an electronic questionnaire applied to Brazilian technological parks. These data served as the basis for the Network Data Envelopment Analysis (NDEA) technique and for location analysis. The sample includes 19 technology parks in operation in Brazil. The results are presented in 4 steps: step I - descriptive statistics of the variables; Stage II - analysis of overall efficiency and subprocesses of technology parks; III - identification of location factors of Brazilian technological parks and stage IV - challenges and opportunities for improvement. The results indicate that the Brazilian technological parks in operation still suffer in achieving higher rates of global efficiency and processes of innovation and commercialization of products and services. As a result, strategies to achieve better performance indicators in technology parks are suggested.