Proposta de metodologia de avaliação e planejamento para redes horizontais de empresas baseado em seu ciclo de vida

Abstract

The aim of this study was to develop and apply a management and assessment method for horizontal cooperation networks based on its life cycle. A systematic literature review was conducted in several scientific database in order to identify among the selected papers the most relevant ones using the Methodi Ordinatio. A portfolio of 38 papers addressing the subject was used as a reference to develop our method. Through the systematic review we identified 62 variables that were clustered in 11 groups. With the assistance of experts, those groups were characterized and transformed in a survey using the Borda’s method. The survey was applied in the Information Technology Centre located in the city of Ponta Grossa-PR. As a result, a model based in four stages (embryonic, growth, maturity, and decline) was proposed. Based on the survey’s responses we verified that the IT Centre lies on the embryonic stage. Our method proved to be easily applicable, allowing to provide the best scenario and the variables that should be improved in the network. Moreover, it is possible to indicate which companies are more suitable to share the information that will allow other companies to develop, achieving therefore the growth and maturity stages, respectively.