“…Interorganizational agreements and cooperative business networks became a necessary strategy for companies facing a competitive disadvantage (Lazzarini, 2007(Lazzarini, , 2008. While large companies relied on such strategies as partnerships and alliances (Balbinot & Marques, 2009), small and medium firms adopted collaborative agreements such as small-firm networks as a way to overcome common problems (Andrade & Hoffmann, 2010;Castro, Bulgacov, & Hoffmann, 2011;Magalhães, Daudt, & Phonlor, 2009). Small-Firm Networks (SFNs) are long-term collaborative agreements through which firms establish joint strategies, structures and a form of relationship governance to achieve common goals and generate competitive advantages (Dean, Holmes, & Smith, 1997;Jarillo, 1993;Kilduff & Tsai, 2003;Provan & Kenis, 2007).…”