Proposta de construção de um modelo de referência para a avaliação de redes de cooperação empresariais

Abstract

The cooperation networks emerged in response to the competitive environment and have proven a viable alternative to the survivor and growth of small and medium enterprises. The expansion of networks has generated questions about how could them be managed. Although there is need of deepen the knowledge about networks management, there are few researches about this subject. So the present dissertation theme treats the management of cooperation network business. The main objective is to propose a model for the evaluation of management, capable of supporting the network development of those which operate by the methodology of the program Redes de Cooperação do Estado do RS (Cooperation Networks from the RS State). To this, the method called “design research” had been adopted. The method is composed by five steps (awareness of the problem, suggestion, development, evaluation and conclusion) that makes possible a construction and evaluation of a model. The first step of design research, awareness of the problem,