Utilização da abordagem QFD-Fuzzy para apoiar decisões de investidores: Um estudo sobre negócios digitais de rápido crescimento em Londres

Autores

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2023.82986

Palavras-chave:

estratégia de crescimento, negócios digitais, decisões de investimento, matriz QFD-Fuzzy, números Fuzzy

Resumo

O trabalho analisa estratégias de expansão de negócios digitais de rápido crescimento, a fim de desenvolver uma metodologia para apoiar decisões de investidores. Foi realizada uma pesquisa qualitativa com os CEOs e fundadores de 119 startups, seguida do desenvolvimento de uma matriz QFD-Fuzzy, para avaliar o impacto das características chave das empresas nas opções estratégicas de crescimento. Constatou-se que o número de funcionários e a intenção de captar recursos no curto prazo foram os elementos menos determinantes para as estratégias de crescimento dessas empresas, enquanto a captação de recursos e as taxas de crescimento foram os aspectos mais determinantes que influenciaram as decisões dos empreendedores. Também foi demonstrado que a Matriz QFD-Fuzzy pode ser adaptada para apoiar decisões de investidores. 

Biografia do Autor

João Florêncio da Costa Júnior, Universidade Potiguar - UnP Anima

Mestre em Engenharia da Produção - UFRN. MBA International Business - Cardiff Metropolitan University.  Doutorando do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração - UFRN. Professor da Escola de Gestão e Negócios da Universidade Potiguar - UnP Anima. 

Eric Lucas dos Santos Cabral, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Bacharel e Mestre em Engenharia da Produção pela UFRN.

Doutorando pelo Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência e Engenharia do Petróleo da UFRN. 

Jurandir Galdino Barreto Junior , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Mestre em Engenharia da Produção - UFRN.

Especialista em Gestão Dinâmica de Projetos - UFRN e Engenharia Clínica - RTG.

Ricardo Augusto Niederauer Flores Severo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

 Mestrando em Administração - UFRN.

MBA em Gestão Empresarial - Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Afrânio Galdino de Araújo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Doutor em Engenharia de Produção - UFPE.

Professor Associado da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte - UFRN

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2023-05-23

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da Costa Júnior, J. F., Cabral, E. L. dos S., Barreto Junior , J. G. ., Severo, R. A. . N. F., & Araújo, A. G. de. (2023). Utilização da abordagem QFD-Fuzzy para apoiar decisões de investidores: Um estudo sobre negócios digitais de rápido crescimento em Londres . Contextus – Revista Contemporânea De Economia E Gestão, 21, e82986. https://doi.org/10.19094/contextus.2023.82986

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