A methodology of network action for local development: The ReINC projects market prospecting case - Rio de Janeiro

This article aims to analyze the work potentialities of technological incubation from a network of incubators and taking into account as case study the market prospecting project in the sector of Oil and Gas, carried out in the scope of Incubators, Technological Parks and Poles Network of Rio de Janeiro. There are two questions that guide this work. Firstly, to inquire how, in a field of advanced technology as Oil & Gas, it was possible the well succeeded insertion of incubated popular enterprises in the production chain, articulating high technology with popular technology basis. Secondly, to analyze how the incubators network managed to carry out a joint project, allowing not only the interaction among incubators with distinct characteristics, but also a rich interaction among enterprise members coming from distinct social background and historically separated.