Estruturas de governança e a formação de redes de negócios na Internet : o caso comprasnet.ba

Abstract

This work seeks to contribute with an analysis of the governance structure based on the Internet to handle business transactions, having Comprasnet.BA, the Government of Bahia purchasing site, as case study. For this purpose, we have initially analyzed the so called Information Society, a still controversial and consensually non-accepted theme, but a theme that can be characterized by the arrival of a new technological paradigm based on information technologies consolidated at the end of the 20th century. Following, Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) is utilized as theoretical body for the study of governance structures which objective is to make sure that transactions are performed with the lowest possible cost. Particularly, companies network are analyzed as special governance structures, and we present taxonomy for different types of network. The model of Brazilian public sector purchase is described in detail. Finally, we concluded that Comprasnet.BA is a more efficient purchasing governance structure than those where each government unit individually handles its purchasing process.