The Experience of Structuring an Innovation Environment Based on a Model of Networked Organizations in Brazil

This paper presents a model of a networked group of organizations supported by offices and administrative structures that supports the creation of an innovation environment and the deployment of an entrepreneurial culture in a region lacking development initiatives. This study focuses on the Western region of Santa Catarina, in Southern Brazil. In recent years, this region has generated a series of initiatives associated with the establishment of technology parks and incubators. In 2012, the Science and Technology Park Chapecó@ was launched, representing an instrument to organize and operate local innovation. This technological park began by creating a network structure aiming to initiate a set of related actions to support the operation of a complete innovation environment. This study will present the elements that compose this networked structure and the results obtained through its creation.