This research focused on identifying the entrepreneurial skills at the Technical University of Lisbon (UTL), which has an organizational structure compartmentalized in colleges and institutes, so that it is characterized as a bureaucratic and hierarchical organization, where entrepreneurship becomes a challenge for its professoriate, researchers and managers. The methodological path of this research consisted in a phenomenological study and in a field research with a qualitative approach in which the subject discussion and the way of development are new and original, counting with a systematic review by Cochrane Handbook, realized on the Capes website. In the field research, the method of semi-structured face-to-face interviews was adopted focusing on behavior. As to the information given by the interviewees, it were considered the statements which details of behavior were described. This information allowed the knowledge of the entrepreneurs skills exercised to leverage the ISEG Institution, that has remained one of the differentials of the UTL, and for the Portuguese society itself

RESUMOEste estudo tem como objetivo realizar uma revisão dos aspectos teóricos e metodológicos das pesquisas sobre o uso de mapas cognitivos como um recurso de investigação na ergonomia. Com a finalidade de fundamentar a pesquisa exploratória, selecionar e identificar na literatura especializada, o Portal da Capes foi utilizado como ferramenta de busca através do Scopus,

RESUMO: Embora seja considerada a relevância da estrutura e infraestrutura, bem como da proposição de valor do portfólio de cada empresa, é o perfil do capital humano dessas empresas, especialmente aquele envolvido na sua gestão, o fator essencial à sua perenidade, sobretudo no seu estágio inicial de vida, onde sobreviver é o objetivo maior. Identificar os sinais distintivos, bem como sua intensidade, nesta parte do capital intelectual das empresas consistiu o objetivo geral desta pesquisa. Partindo dos referenciais teóricos, o presente trabalho descreve os sinais distintivos (intra) empreendedores dos líderes das empresas de base tecnológica vinculadas à Associação Catarinense de Empresas de Tecnologia (ACATE), agrupadas em uma de suas verticais, qual seja, a Vertical de Segurança. Trata-se de uma pesquisa qualitativa cujos dados foram extraídos de descrição proveniente de entrevistas realizadas junto a um grupo de (intra) empreendedores, líderes de empresas de base tecnológica, e da aplicação de questionário a todos os gestores estratégicos das mesmas. O resultado da pesquisa evidencia que o perfil (intra) empreendedor muda em face ao estágio atual de vida de cada empresa, assim como demonstra a importância em se desenvolver os sinais que tipificam o aludido perfil para garantir a evolução das empresas.ABSTRACT: Although the relevance of structure and infrastructure is considered, as well as the value proposition of each company's portfolio, it is the profile of the human capital of these companies, especially those involved in its management, the key factor to their long-term survival, mainly in its early stage of life, when survival is the most important objective. The general objective of this research consisted in identifying the distinctive signs, as well as its intensity, in the intellectual capital of the companies. Starting from the theoretical references, this dissertation describes the distinctive entrepreneur signs of the leaders of technological-basis enterprises linked to Santa Catarina Technology Companies Association (ACATE), grouped into one of their axes, that is, the Security Axis. It is a qualitative research whose data were extracted from the description of interviews conducted with a group of entrepreneurs, leaders of technological-basis associated enterprises, and from the application of a questionnaire to all their strategic managers. The research result shows that the entrepreneur's profile changes according to the current stage of life of each company, and it also demonstrates the importance in developing the signs that typify the alluded profile to ensure the evolution of enterprises.

The article approaches a case study with people of the third age inserted in the Program Nucleus of Studies of the Third Age-Federal University of Santa Catarina (NETI/UFSC), among the years 2008 and 2009, with a total of 24 participants. Had the objective of waking up enterprising capacities in the participants, starting from your personal abilities, through the application of classes to participate, seeking to perfect of the theory and of the enterprising practice in the third age. The used methods went by necessary adaptations for the type of participant public, including classes expose, projection of videos and dynamics lives. The result was reached tends in view the positive evaluation of the course done by the participants through applied questionnaire in the beginning and in the end of the didactic activities of each course. Highlighted the importance of the stimulus for the next entrepreneur in this age group, which eventually produce change in attitudes to participation and predisposition for innovation. The participation was printed in the personal behavior with definition of goals and report of enterprising dreams.