Ganhos relacionais em cooperativas de geração e distribuição de energia elétrica: um estudo de caso

Abstract

The research aimed to understand how relational rents are generated in intercooperation business between cooperatives, based on the principle of intercooperation of the Theory of Cooperatives and in the perspective of the Relational Vision of the strategy. The method adopted was the Case Study, having been used for the elaboration of the document, research work, application of semi-structured interviews and observation, being the analysis done through the technique of content analysis. The investigation addressed a case of intercooperation between Cooperatives operating in the electricity infrastructure sector in the State of Rio Grande do Sul. As a result, the relationship between the principle of intercooperation and the approach of the Relational Vision of the strategy was evidenced. The work showed how the principle of intercooperation was constituted as an element of centrality, derived from the nature of Cooperatives, having served as an effective basis for the construction of interorganizational relationships between Cooperatives in the empirical case studied, having influenced the co-evolution of factors that generate relational gains over time. The research tends to contribute to the expansion of empirical studies about the factors that generate relational rents and to exemplify how the principle of intercooperation can be used to improve the systemic interdependence of the principles of Cooperatives and generate effective results in the economic and financial dimensions for both Cooperatives involved, as for the cooperative members and the community in their area of influence.