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Coworking spaces have been growing in Brazil, due to the search for cost reduction, collaborative work, job and income generation. The common space utilizes by companies allow the shared use of resources, ideas and services. The aim of this research was to identify the elements for a Coworking space to create an innovative and entrepreneurial environment conducive to the generation of jobs and income. The research was qualitative phenomenological, with the proposal to describe the experience lived by coworkers in what concerns the identification of the fundamental elements in a space of services that allow innovation and business development. Interviews were conducted with representatives of five coworking spaces and the analyses of research data identified that the spaces of coworking provide the innovation when they offer spaces that allow the collaborative work, thus contributing to the generation of employment and income. The incentive to the coworkers to participate of the events that happen in the coworking space deepens the relationship between them and bring possibilities of solutions to their business.
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Farina, M.C., Neto, A.F.F., de Carvalho, A.A., de França Berne, D. (2019). Coworking and the Generation of Employment and Income. In: Machado, J., Soares, F., Veiga, G. (eds) Innovation, Engineering and Entrepreneurship. HELIX 2018. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 505. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91334-6_123
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