THE INFLUENCE OF THE RELATIONAL HETEROGENEITY OF CREDIT COOPERATIVES ON INNOVATION

Pedro Henrique Rodrigues de Sousa; Edgar  Reyes Junior; Victor  del Corte Lora

Autores/as

Pedro Henrique Rodrigues de Sousa Centro Universitário Alves Faria e Universidade de Brasília (UnB) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7208-6419 (no autenticado)
Edgar Reyes Junior Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Victor del Corte Lora Universitat Jaume I (Espanha)

Palabras clave:

Innovation, Cooperatives, Central cooperative, Credit cooperatives

Resumen

The present research aimed to evaluate the influence of relationships with central cooperatives in fostering innovation in singular cooperatives. An exploratory-descriptive study was carried out, operationalized through a quantitative approach and from a positivist epistemological paradigm. Data were collected from 213 cooperatives and analyzed using analysis of variance and linear regression. Furthermore, through factor analysis, the validity and reliability of the investigated constructs were evaluated. Although innovation is an expressively relevant element in cooperativism, there are gaps regarding the broad knowledge about fostering innovation in the context of cooperatives. It was identified that central cooperatives influence the innovation of singular cooperatives, especially if they maintain expressive relational ties, as more widely observed in credit cooperatives. The central cooperative can act in the centralization of innovation activities, as well as enable the formation of closed networks, to minimize opportunistic behavior and favor the transfer of knowledge and resources between cooperatives that are linked to it.

Biografía del autor/a

Pedro Henrique Rodrigues de Sousa, Centro Universitário Alves Faria e Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Doutor em Administração pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB). Professor do Mestrado Profissional em Administração do Centro Universitário Alves Faria.
Edgar Reyes Junior, Universidade de Brasília (UnB)

Professor adjunto da Universidade de Brasília e orientador de doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Administração (PPGA/UnB), Doutor (2012) e mestre (2008) em administração pela Unisinos, Tem estágio pósdoutoral em Desenvolvimento Regional (2020) pela UJI - Espanha.

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