Resumo Este estudo buscou analisar as relações verticais e horizontais e o impacto delas no processo de inovação e aprendizagem interativa, mediante um estudo de caso realizado em um aglomerado produtivo atuante no Brasil. Em termos de procedimento metodológico, foi realizada uma pesquisa de campo, contemplando um universo de 36 empresas que atuam no setor madeireiro. Os resultados da pesquisa ajudaram a identificar os fatores que limitam as empresas de um aglomerado a aderirem a relacionamentos de cooperação mais sólidos, capazes de incrementarem a competitividade. Constatou-se que no ambiente das empresas do aglomerado produtivo prevalecem os mecanismos do tipo learning by doing, obtidos pelas experiências acumuladas e habilidades adquiridas localmente, possibilitando a definição de adaptações e melhorias tecnológicas. Foi possível constatar a necessidade da construção de espaços que permitam a aprendizagem interativa no ambiente interno das empresas, com o desenvolvimento de novas habilidades e competências necessárias à inovação.

Abstract This study sought to examine the vertical and horizontal relationships and the impact of these relationships on the process of innovation and learning by interacting, using a case study in an active industry cluster in Brazil. The methodology procedure was field research with a universe of 36 companies of the lumber industry. The research results helped identify the factors that prevent companies of a cluster from establishing more solid collaboration relationships capable of enhancing competitiveness. It was found that the prevailing mechanism in the business environment of the cluster was learning by doing, obtained from accumulated experiences and skills acquired locally, which allow the definition of adaptations and technological improvements. These findings reveal the need to create spaces inside the companies for learning by interacting and the development of new skills and competencies required for innovation.

Abstract A significant challenge facing companies that are members of collaborative networks are measuring their market performance, even as they evaluate their contribution to the development of the network. This paper develops a model for analyzing the performance measurement of horizontal business networks. We do this by reviewing literature related to performance management in horizontal networks and systematically selecting eight functional perspectives, and 25 operational factors associated with them, to measure the performance of both companies and the network. We employ the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) for deciding perspective weights and use its quantitative results to create a diagram for representing the effectiveness of performance management at the company and network level. The model is tested by applying it to companies in an Information Technology business network. We analyze the results of the individual and network performance of the companies surveyed, along with the evaluative perspectives relevant to the network.

O artigo teve como objetivo propor um modelo de avaliação e superação das dificuldades enfrentadas por empresas de base tecnológica em incubadoras visando à proposição de ações de melhorias, utilizando como referência as incubadoras catarinenses. A pesquisa caracteriza-se como estudo multicaso. Os resultados indicam que, apesar de algumas empresas incubadas pesquisadas estarem em um estágio em que a superação das dificuldades não é complicada, ainda assim melhorias precisam ser realizadas, tanto nas incubadoras como nas próprias empresas. Conclui-se que o modelo proposto possui boa aderência à realidade das empresas de base tecnológica em incubadoras, podendo ser utilizado como ferramenta de avaliação, para melhoria de suas atividades de forma efetiva.

The aim of this study is to propose a model that can be used to evaluate the difficulties of technology-based companies in incubators and how to overcome these difficulties as well as to suggest actions for improvement, using incubators in Santa Catarina, Brazil, as a model. The results of this multi-case study indicate that although some of the incubated companies studied are at a stage in which they can easily overcome difficulties, many improvements are needed in the incubators and in the incubated companies themselves. The proposed model aligns well with the reality of technology-based companies in incubators and can be used as an evaluation tool for improvements to the business activities of these companies.

Class III malocclusions are considered one of the most complex and difficult orthodontic problems to diagnose and treat. Skeletal and/or dental asymmetries in patients presenting with Class III malocclusions can worsen the prognosis. Recognizing the dentoalveolar and skeletal characteristics of subdivision malocclusions and their treatment possibilities is essential for a favorable nonsurgical correction. Therefore, this article presents a nonsurgical asymmetric extraction approach to Class III subdivision malocclusion treatment which can significantly improve the occlusal and facial discrepancies.