O apoio ao empreendedorismo no município de Campina Grande: um estudo de caso sobre o programa Empretec – SEBRAE.

Abstract

The importance of entrepreneurship for global development gained prominence in various nations, this fact has caused agencies to support small business and entrepreneurial training programs were created. Based on this fact the present work aimed to investigate the impacts of Empretec program in Campina Grande, Paraíba. The Seminar Empretec is a training developed by the United Nations (UN) for entrepreneurs, being developed in Brazil exclusively SEBRAE. Regarding methodology, a case of study consisting of a questionnaire applied to participants Empretec in Campina Grande and documentary survey was made by the SEBRAE. It was found that 70% of participants have become entrepreneurs in the county and the percentage of unemployed post-seminar was 0%, in addition the insert entrepreneurial spirit, it also gave the Empretec enabled these entrepreneurs. Then, it was found that the Empretec workshop encouraged participants to empower better as their bigger needs, have your own business, as well as reduced unemployment among participants. The survey also realizes the need for further studies regarding the difficulty of spreading the entrepreneurial culture, as well as the distance between small businesses and academic studies.