Estratégias de marketing de forma cooperada em arranjos produtivos locais: o caso do APL de malhas de Imbituva - PR

Abstract

The general aim of this study was to evaluate the marketing strategies that are able to be applied on a cooperative way in local productive arrangements (LPAs), using the LPA of knitwear of Imbituva as a search field. Specifically, this study described the marketing strategies, based on theoretical concepts, identified marketing individual actions that are practiced, and analyzed how the cooperation mechanisms have an impact on development of these actions. Had also identified specific characteristics in the APLs of different productive sector, which promote the best use of this strategies. Finally, this study investigated marketing strategies that present a potential to be developed on cooperative way, and analyzed the potential level found in each strategy. For both, were used methodological procedures in order to classify the research as applied, descriptive and exploratory, with qualitative and quantitative approach, accomplished by means of a study case. The research instrument was the personal interview that was done by three scripts, two of them were semi-structured, and one of them was structured. Data collection was done in loco for a sample of seventeen managers, and also for LPA governance. Results presented actions of media and high potential (disposition of managers) for the strategies application: marketing information systems (MIS); planning of annual marketing and sales promotion; collective brand and quality stamp; trade shows; advertising on television, radio, outdoor, magazine and internet; public relations and the marketing places. The analysis allowed to find that marketing actions practiced by an individual way are incipients, and that the competitive level among companies interposes on applications of some cooperative strategies. Thus, the governance and the business leaders of this LPA need to seek for internal and external integration, aiming to rase the cooperation level in order to achieve the efficiency of these actions.