Proposição de um framework da contribuição da aprendizagem interorganizacional para as micro e pequenas empresas

The cooperative relations established between the different agents in productive agglomerations involving micro and small enterprises (SMEsMPEs) result in interorganizational interaction and learning (IOL), the fourth level of learning, after individual, group and organizational learning. These relationships are presented as a strategy for the development of skills that minimize the exposure of companies to the uncertainties imposed by the environment, making it possible to meet a series of needs that could not be met individually. In this sense, the objective of this theoretical essay is to propose a framework that facilitates the understanding of the contributions of the IOL to the MSPEs that maintain relations of interorganizational cooperation. In the proposal of the framework, it is evidenced that through daily practices and through the interactions that occur between different agents in social spaces of learning, in both structured (formal) and unstructured (informal) spaces, knowledge sharing will occur. This process allows the acquisition and creation of new knowledge that enables the occurrence of learning episodes. Thus, the IOL process occurs, and it can result in innovation and, consequently, in competitive advantage. Therefore, IOL can assist SMPEs with new management practices, access to new technologies, new knowledge and development of new products, services and processes. Finally, it should be pointed out that this framework can be applied in different types of productive agglomerations, helping in the understanding of IOL in MPEs that maintain relations of interorganizational cooperation, bringing theoretical contribution to the studies on IOL and interorganizational relations.