Validation of the implementation of a model to organize and structure intercompany and inter institutional networks and review of their contribution to the productivity and competitiveness of SMEs ; Validación de la implementación del modelo de organización y estructuración de redes interempresariales e interinstitucionales y su contribución a la productividad y competitividad de las pymes ; Validação da implantação do modelo de organização e estruturação de eedes interempresariais e interinstitucionais e sua contribuição para a produtividade e competitividade das PMEs.

This paper is the result of the validation of the first phase of a research project titled “A study of the determining microeconomic factors that have an impact on the establishment of intercompany networks of formal SMEs in the confectionery industry subsector in Cali (Phase I).” The project proposed designing and structuring a methodology to create a group or intercompany network of formal industrial SMEs in Cali engaged in any business subsector, which could optimize the exchange of points of view, knowledge, skills, and physical resources in the group, thus enhancing their levels of productivity and competitiveness, and generating added value and formal employment opportunities. To validate the model, a pilot test was carried out in four small companies in the food processing subsector in Cali. The following instruments were used: open interviews geared to leaders in the public and private sectors and academics from Cali; structured interviews with managers to identify both internal and external factors that have an influence on the development of the companies that participated in the surveys; and lastly, identification of strategic inter institutional channels that foster municipal industrial development and expedite the model. The findings of the validation of the seven necessary phases for structuring the model made it possible to identify existing organizational gaps in business activities in Cali, particularly with regard to inter institutional initiatives that support industrial SMEs that generate employment and added value. ; El artículo es el producto de la validación de la primera fase de la investigación “Estudio sobre los determinantes microeconómicos que inciden en la configuración de redes intra empresariales de las PYMES formalizadas del subsector de la industria de la confitería en Cali, fase I”, donde se propuso el diseño y estructuración de una metodología para la creación de un grupo o red inter empresarial de pymes industriales caleñas formales pertenecientes a cualquier subsector ...