Social and solidarity networks mapping and the strategic planning for the sustainability of enterprises in Brazil

The social analysis of networks is an important aspect in the strategic planning of solidarity cooperation units, productive chains and territorial and sectoral economic arrangements for production, marketing, and consumption, providing them with the condition to improve their activities and the sustainability of the enterprises. With the analysis of the networks, it is possible to reveal some morphological characteristics capable of assisting decision makers on the objectives to be achieved on a local or global geographic scale, and in the development of intervention projects of greater efficiency and adequacy of resources. Based on data collected in construction workshops and analysis of solidarity economy cooperation networks, the present study aims to present strategic planning models using the mapping of collaboration networks as a support element for the organization of economic enterprises affiliated with the productive sector of the solidarity economy. The results collected in this study suggest that the use of planning tools, dimensioned based on the mapping of the productive units, provide a strategic, tactical, and operational vision, allowing the networks to be observed from the articulations between the solidarity economic enterprises, spatially distributed, and its support organizations, focusing in achieving sustainable territorial development in which they are fundamental elements.