“…In the Brazilian context, several studies highlighted the motivations for cooperation (Verschoore & Balestrin, 2008a), network outcomes (Castro, Bulgacov, & Hoffmann, 2011;Marchi, Cassanego, & Wittmann, 2012;Verschoore & Balestrin, 2008b), learning processes (Balestrin et al, 2008;Estivalete, Pedrozo, & Cruz, 2008), difficulties faced by IONs (Esteves & Nohara, 2011;Wegner & Padula, 2012) and cooperation management (Bortolaso, Verschoore, & Antunes, 2012;Kwasnicka, 2006). However, only a small number of studies examined network developmental trajectories (Bortolaso et al, 2012;Camargo, Verschoore, & Padilha, 2013).…”