Avaliação da competitividade de redes de negócios a partir de sua concepção como sistemas adaptativos complexos

Resumo (EN)

The present work proposes to explore the association between network state, based on the characteristics of complex adaptive systems (SACs), and competitiveness. From the precepts of Complexity Theory, correlated attributes between Networks and SACs were identified, a perspective that would contribute to the advancement of the understanding of business networks as SACs. In this sense, the general objective of the work can be described as exploration and description of attributes and conditions of business networks, according to the approach of complex adaptive systems, seeking the identification of coherences, implications and / or impacts in variables associated with network state Competitiveness of the network. It is a descriptive research, of quantitative nature, aimed at data capture and verification of the presence or not of the relationship between network state and competitiveness, using, as collection instrument, a survey questionnaire. As research object, an interorganizational network was chosen, considering all the companies participating in a network of production and distribution of digital content, composed of 36 companies. The results indicate that there are correlations between network attributes and competitiveness, which makes it possible to study networks through such an approach. Among the results of the research, the variable used as a proxy of the coordination process manifested itself as a significant predictor of performance indicators, used as competitiveness metrics.