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Productive cooperation network as a competitive advantage for small and medium firms in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo

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  • Joao Amato Neto

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Within the greater productive decentralisation tendency, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are faced with a new economic context, which offers many opportunities for their development. The emergence of the flexible specialisation paradigm offers new business opportunities for SMEs, mainly in terms of productive cooperation networks. However, besides the traditional requirements, the possibilities of creating and the success factors for setting up productive cooperation network structure depends on a number of cultural requirements. This article's purpose is to discuss opportunities and barriers related to creation and development of productive cooperation networks among SMEs, under the industrial restructuring context, and to analyse some particular aspects of the Brazilian context, especially in the state of Sao Paulo. Besides, the intention is to point out some possible ways to improve an organisation's performance supported by this new kind of interfirm arrangement, through the concept of regional clusters, and finally, to propose some public policies.

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  • Joao Amato Neto, 2008. "Productive cooperation network as a competitive advantage for small and medium firms in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo," International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 5(2), pages 201-211.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijesbu:v:5:y:2008:i:2:p:201-211
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