Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro

@usp.br

Production Engineering Department of the Polytechnic School
University of São Paulo

Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro


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Artur Vilas Boas is a post-doc/researcher/scholar at the University of São Paulo. His research centers on entrepreneurship, venture capital, and education. He is the vice-coordinator of Cosmos - InovaUSP (University of São Paulo Innovation Center), and he led the University of São Paulo Entrepreneurship Society (NEU) for +10 years, supporting hundreds of startups and entrepreneurial students.

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Management of Technology and Innovation, Management Science and Operations Research, Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Education
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Scopus Publications

  • A primer on venture builders as a new approach for organizational entrepreneurship
    Flávio Copola Azenha, André Leme Fleury, Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro
    Journal of Organization Design, 2025
  • Entrepreneurial architecture—A comparison among Europe, United States and Latin America universities
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Ricardo Reolon Jorge, Guilherme Ary Plonski, David Vandyke Gibson
    Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences, 2025
    A cornerstone for economic growth, universities have been impelled to the entrepreneurial turn to transform their knowledge into innovations and new ventures. A common strategy from university managers is to rely on the best practices and benchmarks of entrepreneurial universities. However, universities are heterogeneous and context‐dependent, thus requiring an in‐depth understanding of their missions, structural characteristics, and regional history, among other factors. Using the entrepreneurial architecture approach, this paper presents space and place differences from universities in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Data was collected from 41 leaders from universities worldwide and analyzed through lexicometry methods. Results indicate how heterogeneity implies distinct organizational structures in universities, such as in strategy making, science commercialization culture, and the role of Technology Transfer Offices.
  • Startup founders: university’s role and entrepreneur’s intention–action gap in emerging markets
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Lucas dos Santos Costa, Felipe Mendes Borini, Fernanda Ribeiro Cahen
    Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, 2025
    Purpose This study aims to analyze the university environment’s role in the intention–action gap (IAG)of highly successful startup founders in an emerging market. Design/methodology/approach Using multiple regression analysis, this study analyzed data collected from 314 founders representing 99 successful startups (289 valid observations), renowned for their high funding and value operating in an emerging market, Brazil. Findings The results demonstrate that extracurricular activities and exchange programs lead to a reduced IAG while living in a significant economic center extends it. Computer science and industrial engineering students show reduced IAGs. Studying together with future co-founders also leads to reduced gaps. Research limitations/implications The study contributes to the microfoundations theory by presenting new interactions between students and the university environment that influence entrepreneurial action. Limitations are related to the sample, limited to Brazilian founders and selected only through venture capital firms’ filters. Practical implications This study also provides practical insights to the universities’ leaders on how they can create programs that improve the rate of startup creation, potentially leading to successful companies. Originality/value This study investigates the association between the university role and the entrepreneur’s IAG in emerging markets. The entrepreneur’s IAG is still a relatively new phenomenon explored in entrepreneurship. Even less understanding and limited empirical data exist on successful startups from emerging markets. This study drew on the microfoundations literature to answer how universities in emerging markets could address specific resources and entrepreneurship programs to reduce the IAG among students and alumni.
  • FROM ELIMINATION TO INVESTMENT: A CONFIGURATIONAL ANALYSIS OF SIGNALING IN VENTURE FUNDING SUCCESS
    Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2025
  • Competitive changes and innovation practice: Analysis of R&D policy on the Brazilian electricity sector
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Guilherme Soares Gurgel do Amaral, Mario Sergio Salerno, Guilherme Ary Plonski, Eduardo Zancul
    Next Energy, 2024
  • Startup spawning: background and formative processes
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Cesar Alves Ferragi, Guilherme Ary Plonski, André Coimbra Félix Cardoso
    Innovation and Management Review, 2023
    PurposeThis study aims to analyze the phenomenon of entrepreneurial spawning in the new context of software startups, revisiting theory and identifying patterns within the emergence of startups/spin-offs in Brazil.Design/methodology/approachA study of two cases of startups recognized for generating several spin-offs founded by former employees. The authors based the data collection on the following triangulation: 11 in-depth interviews, systematic analysis of 33 resumes from entrepreneurs in spawned firms and document analysis.FindingsSix skills developed in startups were identified: (1) structuring a company, (2) people management, (3) strategic/operational planning, (4) commercial/sales, (5) product development, and (6) behavioral traits. In addition, points of contradiction concerning the literature were found, such as the absence of the location effect, different professional experiences and new local agents to support startups.Research limitations/implicationsThe present study covers only two cases in the context of software startups, which requires caution and discretion in extrapolating to other contexts.Practical implicationsThe understanding of the phenomenon may reflect in: university programs focused on internships in startups, corporate training programs for entrepreneurs and the design of public policies based on entrepreneurial spawning.Originality/valueThe present study stands out for its access to data from high-impact startups in Brazil, in addition to revisiting the literature bringing a new perspective to the specificities of high-growth software companies.
  • The question of where: entrepreneurship education beyond curricular practices
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Felipe Mendes Borini, Guilherme Ary Plonski
    Education and Training, 2023
    PurposeThis article aims at the understanding of specific spaces where entrepreneurship education (EE) happens – inside and outside the classroom.Design/methodology/approachBuilding on frameworks such as formal versus non-formal entrepreneurial education and institutional versus non-institutional actors, this research applies structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore which spaces entrepreneurs attended as undergraduate students. Going beyond intentionality, the authors collected data from 175 respondents in Brazil, all of the respondents are entrepreneurs whose companies are at least one year old.FindingsResults demonstrate that student-led activities are as important as institutional ones when training future entrepreneurs, while specific in-classroom activities feature the lowest impact among the institutional ones.Research limitations/implicationsSample size and characteristics could impact the generalization power, but, since the results fit within research criteria, researchers can benefit by reflecting over new research horizons, going beyond classroom studies and understanding the university as an ecosystem of learning interventions.Practical implicationsResults can be useful to university managers when designing institutional policies, fostering a diverse set of undergraduate experiences towards entrepreneurship training.Originality/valueAlthough current literature has focused on classroom education, researchers have been pointing out the need of stepping out of the classroom, analyzing other spaces such as student-led movements, co-curricular programs and more.
  • Entrepreneurship teaching: a study about best practices and antecedents of Brazilian teachers
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Cesar Alves Ferragi, Maria Angelica do Carmo Zanotto, André Coimbra Felix Cardoso
    Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal, 2022
    Objective: to know concrete practices of teaching entrepreneurship, as well as the professional/academic background of teachers, in order to fill gaps observed in the literature on the subject. Method: data collection of entrepreneurship teachers recognized for their classroom practice (selected by the snowball procedure), through 10 semi-structured and in-depth interviews, examined by the content analysis technique. Results: identification of 30 best practices, categorized according to their emphases and respective bases, highlighted here in parentheses. They are: (a) learning (projects), (b) learning (problems), (c) reflective exercises, (d) expository (cases), (e) expository (invited entrepreneurs), and (f) expository (debates and quizzes). After detailing the activities, findings about the teachers' background were presented, in a complementary way, such as entrepreneurial experience, professional and international experiences, corroborating the existing literature on the subject. Theoretical/methodological contributions: by presenting boundaries, in terms of classroom approaches, the best practices contribute to the literature, as they strengthen the arguments in favor of experiential models, as well as project-based or problem-based learning. In addition, the results confirm what the literature points out in relation to the antecedents of entrepreneurship teachers Originality/Relevance: this study deepens the understanding of best practices in entrepreneurship education, something previously mentioned as superficial and generic (Gedeon, 2014). Social/managerial contributions: the results allow entrepreneurship teachers to replicate best practices within their educational settings, as the paper provides a wide range of detailed pedagogical practices that they might employ.
  • Entrepreneurial universities as a value chain: a multiple case study of higher education strategies for entrepreneurship in China
    Paulo Roberto Feldmann, Guilherme Ary Plonski, Camila Shimabukuro Yamashiro, Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro
    International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management, 2022
  • R&d approach based on multiple partners and design thinking, lean startup, and agile concepts: Case study in the electricity sector
    Lorenna Fernandes Leal, Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Victor Romão, Guilherme Soares Gurgel Do Amaral, Ricardo Altmann, et al.
    Brazilian Journal of Operations and Production Management, 2021
    Goal: The paper aims to increase the understanding of the results and challenges that arise when running R&D projects based on multiple partners and the integration of Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile concepts.
 Design / Methodology / Approach: We followed a case study approach in the electricity sector. Two project cases were studied, using triangulated data from interviews, internal documents, and non-participant observations.
 Results: The results of the Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile concepts application in R&D projects show improvements in knowledge absorption, solution improvement through collaborative insights between partners, and identification of short-term opportunities. Some challenges, however, were identified, such as noisy integration, the role of the project manager requiring a sophisticated skillset, and complicated decision-making processes.
 Limitations of the investigation: The conclusions have the inherent limitations of a case study conducted in one industrial sector and two projects led by one company.
 Practical implications: The evolving competitive landscape demands more effective pathways to foster innovation. Recent approaches to innovation have challenged R&D practices. This study discusses a new way of addressing R&D efforts with multiple partners by integrating Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile concepts.
 Originality / Value: The combined and coherent application of concepts derived from Design Thinking, Lean Startup, and Agile in R&D practices in the electricity sector is new. The high volume of R&D activity in the electricity sector makes this in-depth analysis both relevant and valuable.
  • The Impact of International Student Mobility Programs on Brazilian Students’ Perceptions of Entrepreneurialism
    Luisa Veras de Sandes-Guimaraes, Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Justin Hugo Axel-Berg, Guilherme de Rosso Manços, Guilherme Ary Plonski
    Journal of Studies in International Education, 2020
  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: WHAT DO THE MOST RELEVANT PAPERS SAY? LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH AGENDA
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Guilherme Ary Plonski
    Regepe Entrepreneurship and Small Business Journal, 2020
  • Agile product development: Features identification and application in the electricity sector
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Lorenna Fernandes Leal, Guilherme Soares Gurgel do Amaral, Ricardo Kahn, Bruno Guilherme Pacci Evaristo, et al.
    Proceedings of the Design Society International Conference on Engineering Design, 2019
  • Building builders: entrepreneurship education from an ecosystem perspective at MIT
    Artur Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, Juliana Natsumi Uechi, Guilherme Ary Plonski
    Triple Helix, 2018

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A primer on venture builders as a new approach for organizational entrepreneurship
    FC Azenha, AL Fleury, ATVB Ribeiro
    Journal of Organization Design, 1-17 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Entrepreneurial architecture—A comparison among Europe, United States and Latin America universities
    ATVB Ribeiro, RR Jorge, GA Plonski, DV Gibson
    Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences/Revue Canadienne des Sciences de … , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 2
  • Startup founders: university’s role and entrepreneur’s intention–action gap in emerging markets
    ATVB Ribeiro, LS Costa, FM Borini, FR Cahen
    Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies 17 (2), 239-259 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • A abordagem baseada em julgamento: uma proposta teórica para o fomento do empreendedorismo deep tech no Brasil
    SFN Tommaso, FM Borini, ATVB Ribeiro, JFR Mazzoni
    Anais , 2025
    2025
  • From Elimination to Investment: A Configurational Analysis of Signaling in Venture Funding Success
    ATVB Ribeiro, APPL Barbosa, F Noseleit, M Wyrwich, M Lopes Kanaan, ...
    Academy of Management Proceedings 2025 (1), 17807 , 2025
    2025
  • Competitive changes and innovation practice: Analysis of R&D policy on the Brazilian electricity sector
    A Ribeiro, GSG Amaral, MS Salerno, GA Plonski, E Zancul
    Next Energy , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Startup spawning: background and formative processes
    ATVB Ribeiro, CA Ferragi, GA Plonski, ACF Cardoso
    Innovation & Management Review 20 (4), 380-392 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3
  • The question of where: Entrepreneurship education beyond curricular practices
    A Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, F Mendes Borini, G Ary Plonski
    Education+ Training 65 (4), 513-529 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 14
  • Pasteur's hope: the deconstruction of a polarized discourse in science an technology and the new horizons for academic entrepreneurship
    ATVB Ribeiro, GA Plonski
    Journal of Entrepreneurship Education 26 (esp.), 1-11 , 2023
    2023
  • Entrepreneurial universities as a value chain: a multiple case study of higher education strategies for entrepreneurship in China
    ATVB Ribeiro, CS Yamashiro, PR Feldmann, GA Plonski
    International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 26 (5-6 … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 2
  • Ensino de empreendedorismo: Um estudo sobre boas práticas e antecedentes de professores brasileiros
    ATVB Ribeiro, CA Ferragi, MA do Carmo Zanotto, ACF Cardoso
    Revista de Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Pequenas Empresas 11 (3), 6 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 6
  • R&D approach based on multiple partners and design thinking, lean startup, and agile concepts: a case study in the electricity sector
    LF Leal, ATVB Ribeiro, V Romão, GSG Do Amaral, R Altmann, R Kahn, ...
    Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management 18 (1), 1-12 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • Para além das grades curriculares: o valor das vivências formativas em empreendedorismo durante a graduação
    ATVB Ribeiro
    Universidade de São Paulo , 2021
    2021
  • Entrepreneurship Education Going Remote: A Response to COVID-19 Restrictions
    A Ribeiro, CA Ferragi, F Trivinho-Strixino, ACF Cardoso
    Journal of Entrepreneurship Education 23 (Special Issue 2) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 40
  • The impact of international student mobility programs on Brazilian students’ perceptions of entrepreneurialism
    LV de Sandes-Guimaraes, ATVB Ribeiro, JH Axel-Berg, ...
    Journal of Studies in International Education 24 (2), 249-268 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 38
  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: WHAT DO THE MOST RELEVANT PAPERS SAY? LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH AGENDA/EDUCACAO EMPREENDEDORA: O QUE DIZEM OS ARTIGOS MAIS RELEVANTES …
    ATVB Ribeiro, GA Plonski
    Revista de Empreendedorismo e Gestao de Pequenas Empresas 9 (1), 9-42 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 4
  • Educação Empreendedora: o que dizem os artigos mais relevantes? Proposição de uma revisão de literatura e panorama de pesquisa.
    ATVB Ribeiro, GA Plonski
    Revista de Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Pequenas Empresas 9 (1), 10-41 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 20
  • Agile product development: features identification and application in the electricity sector
    ATVB Ribeiro, LF Leal, GSG do Amaral, R Kahn, BGP Evaristo, V Romão, ...
    Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • Diligência da Inovação: Estudo de Caso sobre uma Metodologia de Avaliação Tecnológica no Contexto de NIT’S Brasileiros
    ATVB Ribeiro, EP Vasconcellos
    Future Studies Research Journal: Trends and Strategies 11 (2), 144-161 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 1
  • Grassroots Movements: New Gears in the Engine of Brazilian University Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
    ATVB Ribeiro, GA Plonski
    Startups and Innovation Ecosystems in Emerging Markets: A Brazilian … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 5

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Entrepreneurship Education Going Remote: A Response to COVID-19 Restrictions
    A Ribeiro, CA Ferragi, F Trivinho-Strixino, ACF Cardoso
    Journal of Entrepreneurship Education 23 (Special Issue 2) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 40
  • Building builders: entrepreneurship education from an ecosystem perspective at MIT
    ATVB Ribeiro, JN Uechi, GA Plonski
    Triple Helix 5 (1), 1-20 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 39
  • The impact of international student mobility programs on Brazilian students’ perceptions of entrepreneurialism
    LV de Sandes-Guimaraes, ATVB Ribeiro, JH Axel-Berg, ...
    Journal of Studies in International Education 24 (2), 249-268 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 38
  • Um fim, dois meios: aceleradoras e incubadoras no Brasil
    A Ribeiro, GA Plonski, LM Ortega
    Altec Congresso Latino-Iberoamericano de Gestão da Tecnologia 16 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 30
  • Marketing e serviços que ainda fazem a diferença
    A Ribeiro, Â Fleury
    São Paulo: Saraiva , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 26
  • Educação Empreendedora: o que dizem os artigos mais relevantes? Proposição de uma revisão de literatura e panorama de pesquisa.
    ATVB Ribeiro, GA Plonski
    Revista de Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Pequenas Empresas 9 (1), 10-41 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 20
  • Startups and innovation ecosystems in emerging markets
    M de Miranda Oliveira Jr, FR Cahen, FM Borini
    A Brazilian , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 17
  • Can universities play an active role in fostering entrepreneurship in emerging ecosystems? A case study of the University of São Paulo
    ATVB Ribeiro, EDS Zancul, JH Axel-Berg, GA Plonski
    International Journal of Innovation and Regional Development 8 (1), 1-22 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 15
  • Empreendedorismo por estilo de vida: estudo exploratório sobre fatores motivacionais, características e gestão
    ATVB Ribeiro, PV de Castro Krakauer
    Revista de Gestão e Secretariado 7 (1), 112-131 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 15
  • The question of where: Entrepreneurship education beyond curricular practices
    A Tavares Vilas Boas Ribeiro, F Mendes Borini, G Ary Plonski
    Education+ Training 65 (4), 513-529 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 14
  • Agile product development: features identification and application in the electricity sector
    ATVB Ribeiro, LF Leal, GSG do Amaral, R Kahn, BGP Evaristo, V Romão, ...
    Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 11
  • R&D approach based on multiple partners and design thinking, lean startup, and agile concepts: a case study in the electricity sector
    LF Leal, ATVB Ribeiro, V Romão, GSG Do Amaral, R Altmann, R Kahn, ...
    Brazilian Journal of Operations & Production Management 18 (1), 1-12 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 10
  • FORMALIZAÇÃO DA ESTRATÉGIA EM EMPRESAS NASCENTES DE BASE TECNOLÓGICA: RECURSOS ALTERNATIVOS NA FRAGILIDADE DO NOVO.
    ATVB Ribeiro, RM Rocha, PV de Castro Krakauer, MC Pedroso
    Revista Ibero Americana de Estratégia 15 (4), 63-76 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 9
  • Startup founders: university’s role and entrepreneur’s intention–action gap in emerging markets
    ATVB Ribeiro, LS Costa, FM Borini, FR Cahen
    Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies 17 (2), 239-259 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Competitive changes and innovation practice: Analysis of R&D policy on the Brazilian electricity sector
    A Ribeiro, GSG Amaral, MS Salerno, GA Plonski, E Zancul
    Next Energy , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 6
  • Ensino de empreendedorismo: Um estudo sobre boas práticas e antecedentes de professores brasileiros
    ATVB Ribeiro, CA Ferragi, MA do Carmo Zanotto, ACF Cardoso
    Revista de Empreendedorismo e Gestão de Pequenas Empresas 11 (3), 6 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 6
  • Ponte Eiffel–Viana do Castelo, Avaliação de resultados de programa experimental
    RN Jorge, A Ribeiro, A Jesus, M Figueiredo, PT Castro, AA Fernandes
    Research Report, IDMEC/FEUP , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 6
  • Grassroots Movements: New Gears in the Engine of Brazilian University Entrepreneurship Ecosystems
    ATVB Ribeiro, GA Plonski
    Startups and Innovation Ecosystems in Emerging Markets: A Brazilian … , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 5
  • ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: WHAT DO THE MOST RELEVANT PAPERS SAY? LITERATURE REVIEW AND RESEARCH AGENDA/EDUCACAO EMPREENDEDORA: O QUE DIZEM OS ARTIGOS MAIS RELEVANTES …
    ATVB Ribeiro, GA Plonski
    Revista de Empreendedorismo e Gestao de Pequenas Empresas 9 (1), 9-42 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 4
  • Startup spawning: background and formative processes
    ATVB Ribeiro, CA Ferragi, GA Plonski, ACF Cardoso
    Innovation & Management Review 20 (4), 380-392 , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 3