“…Cooperation is understood as an important element in the process of economic and social development of the LPA, since the existence of incipient cooperation is related to the low development of the LPA (VILLARDI; CASTRO JUNIOR, 2007;CASTRO et al, 2016). It is also understood as a key to generating synergy in the search for competitive advantages that companies would hardly obtain acting alone (GOBB, 2010; ALMEIDA; ALBINO, 2011; GRANIEL, 2011; AZEVEDO FILHO; RIBEIRO, 2011; SUGAHARA; VERGUEIRO, 2011; SANTOS ; CANDIDO, 2013; QUEIROZ, 2013; ZAMBRANA; TEIXEIRA, 2013, GUSSONI et al, 2015SOUSA et at., 2015;COSTA et al, 2016).…”