TY  - GEN
N2  - Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the formation of an inter-organizational collaboration network that made it possible to repair 2,516 mechanical respirators that were inoperative in Brazil during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach was used in a single case study with semistructured interviews. The interviewee selection process was non-probabilistic through snowball sampling.
Findings – The results suggest that society, through different social groups with their different roles, can
organize itself quickly through the formation of collaborative networks, and this organizational configuration
can be an alternative for facing crises where actions isolated would be insufficient or slow to urgently address
complex situations.
Practical implications – This paper aims to (1) demonstrate that society, through different social groups
with their different roles, can organize itself quickly through the formation of collaborative networks; (2) favor
the understanding and dynamics of the formation of a network; and (3) contribute to a possible replication of
this initiative in future contexts.
Originality/value – The case portrays an unprecedented formation of a collaboration network involving
more than 144 organizations that mobilized quickly in a complex context of a pandemic and that generated
remarkable results through the reintroduction of equipment that were responsible for the preservation of
thousands of lives during the year from 2020
AB  - Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the formation of an inter-organizational collaboration network that made it possible to repair 2,516 mechanical respirators that were inoperative in Brazil during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative approach was used in a single case study with semistructured interviews. The interviewee selection process was non-probabilistic through snowball sampling.
Findings – The results suggest that society, through different social groups with their different roles, can
organize itself quickly through the formation of collaborative networks, and this organizational configuration
can be an alternative for facing crises where actions isolated would be insufficient or slow to urgently address
complex situations.
Practical implications – This paper aims to (1) demonstrate that society, through different social groups
with their different roles, can organize itself quickly through the formation of collaborative networks; (2) favor
the understanding and dynamics of the formation of a network; and (3) contribute to a possible replication of
this initiative in future contexts.
Originality/value – The case portrays an unprecedented formation of a collaboration network involving
more than 144 organizations that mobilized quickly in a complex context of a pandemic and that generated
remarkable results through the reintroduction of equipment that were responsible for the preservation of
thousands of lives during the year from 2020
AD  - Fundacao Getulio Vargas Escola de Administracao de Empresas de Sao Paulo,
AD  - University of Southern Indiana
AD  - FGV
T1  - A life-saving collaborative network: repairing ventilators in Brazil
DA  - 2023-08-24
AU  - Vasconcellos. Luis
AU  - Ferreira, Fernando Coelho
AU  - Sakuramoto, Carlos
L1  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1470317/files/10-1108_REGE-09-2021-0180.pdf
JF  - Revista de Gest~ao.
PB  - Emerald 
LA  - eng
PY  - 2023-08-24
ID  - 1470317
L4  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1470317/files/10-1108_REGE-09-2021-0180.pdf
KW  - collaboration networks
KW  - respirators
KW  - pandemic
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - volunteering
TI  - A life-saving collaborative network: repairing ventilators in Brazil
Y1  - 2023-08-24
L2  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1470317/files/10-1108_REGE-09-2021-0180.pdf
LK  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1470317/files/10-1108_REGE-09-2021-0180.pdf
UR  - https://library.usi.edu/record/1470317/files/10-1108_REGE-09-2021-0180.pdf
ER  -