“…Haris and Wheeler (2005) discuss the relationships established in the networks and show the effect of personal networks on a company's strategy, overcoming the view that relationships have more restricted functions, such as to complement missing information on the market and access channels. Mineiro, Souza, Antunes and Castro (2019) still highlight, based on a case study in a network of technology-based companies, that companies see participation in networks as a means to achieve competitive advantages. The convergence of objectives among the actors, especially in networks with players from the same field of activity, participation time, and the strengthening and greater representation of the network, due to its interaction with other local agents, are perceived by participants as the network's main growth factors.…”