The study is based on strategic administration, focusing on incubators of technology-based companies, namely support undertakings for the spawning and development of such kind of companies. It stresses the importance over the past few years of the movement of incubators in Brazil and underscores the need, on the part of incubators, to adopt management models that are more relevant to the Brazilian reality. For this purpose, research was conducted into the dominant model in incubator management, as well as a comparison with the conceptual model described in existing literature. The research was of an explanatory nature making use of bibliographical, documentary and field sources. The criteria of accessibility and existing structure of two incubators (UFRJ and PUC/RJ) determined the sample. The results show how more adequate models provide better conditions for the success of this type of undertaking
strategic administration; incubator management; technology-based companies; entrepreneurship; PUC/RJ and UFRJ incubators
