Alex A. Ferraresi

@pucpr.br

Professor Graduate Program in Cooperative Management
Pontificia Universidade Católica do Parana

Alex A. Ferraresi


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EDUCATION

Ph.D in Administration (FEA/USP); Ms. in Administration (PPAD/PUCPR)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Co-operatives, cooperativism, innovation, strategic marketing,, strategy
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Scopus Publications

  • Social performance indicators in Brazilian health cooperatives
    Dulcídio Gulak, Vilmar Rodrigues Moreira, Alex Antônio Ferraresi
    Social Enterprise Journal, 2025
    Purpose This study aims to identify indicators of social performance in health cooperatives, emphasizing the crucial need for cooperatives to systematically monitor their social performance with members, thus strengthening relationship and ensuring sustainability. Design/methodology/approach Using a descriptive research design with a qualitative approach, this study analyzed interviews with cooperative managers through content analysis. Findings A total of 23 indicators were identified covering financial aspects, personal and professional training facilitated by cooperative education and the promotion of active participation and engagement among cooperative members. Research limitations/implications As for the limitations of this research, it is possible to mention the proposition of performance indicators based on the perception of the managers, who were the interviewed. A better description and validation of the indicators could be done through a survey with the cooperative members, who are the most interested and affected by actions and social results of the cooperatives. Practical implications The main managerial implications of the results indicated the need to implement a monitoring structure so that the indicators of the cooperative’s actions with its members can have the same importance as the monitoring of the economic–financial indicators. Social implications By making information available to members, with transparent and effective communication, it is possible to infer that members have a broader perspective of the cooperative’s actions and the benefits of being part of it. The engagement of members in a cooperative with quality governance improves the feeling of belonging and ensures the perpetuity of the cooperative. Also, it is expected that the results of this research can favor and influence other studies and help cooperatives to improve their planning with permanent actions to monitor their social performance in relation to their members. Originality/value Performance indicators of cooperatives should be treated and analyzed in a particular way because cooperatives have particularities regarding their economic and social functions. There are several indicators to evaluate the economic-financial performance of cooperatives, but there are few indicators to verify the social performance of the cooperative with its members.
  • Maturity of risk management in agricultural supply chains
    Ezequiel Scopel, Vilmar Rodrigues Moreira, Alex Antônio Ferraresi
    Rausp Management Journal, 2025
    Purpose This paper aims to assess the maturity level in the strategic risk management of an agricultural cooperative’s supply chain. Design/methodology/approach A descriptive qualitative research approach was employed for a case study. Four interview scripts were administered to 15 stakeholders within the supply chain and subjected to content analysis. Findings The findings reveal 23 strategic risks in the supply chain, whereas the maturity assessment identified five dimensions at the “Defined” level and two at the “Fragmented” level. To elevate the risk management maturity, this paper delineated 22 intervention actions. Research limitations/implications The theoretical contribution is the presentation of the various maturity assessment models and how they can be employed in studies on agribusiness supply chain risks. Practical implications Managerial implications underscore the formal establishment of a risk governance unit, the appointment of a Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and the constitution of an interdisciplinary risk management committee. Social implications Cooperatives contribute to adding value to rural production in many regions and project small and medium-sized producers in global markets. They play an economic and social role, promoting fair prices and providing services to members and the community. Efficient risk management can contribute to fostering the social role of cooperatives. Originality/value No maturity model for risk management in agribusiness supply chains is listed in the literature. This study can contribute to the development of such maturity models.
  • South american expert roundtable: Increasing adaptive governance capacity for coping with unintended side eects of digital transformation
    Gabriela Viale Pereira, Elsa Estevez, Diego Cardona, Carlos Chesñevar, Pablo Collazzo-Yelpo, et al.
    Sustainability Switzerland, 2020
    This paper presents the main messages of a South American expert roundtable (ERT) on the unintended side effects (unseens) of digital transformation. The input of the ERT comprised 39 propositions from 20 experts representing 11 different perspectives. The two-day ERT discussed the main drivers and challenges as well as vulnerabilities or unseens and provided suggestions for: (i) the mechanisms underlying major unseens; (ii) understanding possible ways in which rebound effects of digital transformation may become the subject of overarching research in three main categories of impact: development factors, society, and individuals; and (iii) a set of potential action domains for transdisciplinary follow-up processes, including a case study in Brazil. A content analysis of the propositions and related mechanisms provided insights in the genesis of unseens by identifying 15 interrelated causal mechanisms related to critical issues/concerns. Additionally, a cluster analysis (CLA) was applied to structure the challenges and critical developments in South America. The discussion elaborated the genesis, dynamics, and impacts of (groups of) unseens such as the digital divide (that affects most countries that are not included in the development of digital business, management, production, etc. tools) or the challenge of restructuring small- and medium-sized enterprises (whose service is digitally substituted by digital devices). We identify specific issues and effects (for most South American countries) such as lack of governmental structure, challenging geographical structures (e.g., inclusion in high-performance transmission power), or the digital readiness of (wide parts) of society. One scientific contribution of the paper is related to the presented methodology that provides insights into the phenomena, the causal chains underlying “wanted/positive” and “unwanted/negative” effects, and the processes and mechanisms of societal changes caused by digitalization.
  • Relationship Between Innovation and Performance in Private Companies: Systematic Literature Review
    Tatiana Marceda Bach, Luciano Luiz Dalazen, Wesley Vieira da Silva, Alex Antonio Ferraresi, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
    Sage Open, 2019
    This article conducts a systematic literature review (SLR) on the relationship between innovation and performance in private companies. The research corpus was based on research protocol systematization. Dissemination of knowledge was examined in two stages: the summary of general corpus characteristics, and the content analysis performed according to the categories that emerged via the study’s themes. Relationships among authors, co-citations, keywords, and centrality statistics were identified through algorithms for optimizing standard graph layout. This study discusses the results of this relationship for improving the competitiveness of enterprises. The relationships among the authors of the corpus constitute relationships between isolated groups with little connectivity, low density, and a formation of distinct communities. The categories of analysis emerged in the study themes, as well as the techniques adopted to measure the relationships between innovation and private company performance. In the analyzed studies, innovation initiatives converge. Overall, they contribute to improvements in company performance. In the scientific field, initiatives for developing innovations have enhanced the performance of private companies. A key theoretical contribution of this article is in identifying the research corpus on the relationship between innovation and performance in private companies. The practical contribution of this study lies in offering evidence produced by studies that can help decision making regarding the creation of strategies and policies focused on competitiveness. The differences in the evidence found in the literature highlight the importance of the outcome of this study and indicate the need for future research in an effort to better understand the phenomenon.
  • Idea management and innovation programs: practices of large companies in the south region of Brazil
    Carlos Olavo Quandt, Helena De Fátima Nunes Silva, Alex Antonio Ferraresi, José Roberto Frega
    International Journal of Business Innovation and Research, 2019
  • Estrutura de capital e peculiaridades regionais nas cooperativas agropecuárias do Paraná - Brasil
    Jessé Aquino Rodrigues, Gerson José Lauermann, Vilmar Rodrigues Moreira, Alex Antônio Ferraresi, Alceu Souza
    Revista De Economia E Sociologia Rural, 2018
    Resumo: Este estudo tem por objetivo caracterizar a estrutura de capital das cooperativas agropecuárias paranaenses e suas peculiaridades regionais. Foram analisados os contextos históricos regionais e as formas de capitalização vis-à-vis os processos de colonização de imigrantes europeus e de outros estados brasileiros e os projetos regionais de desenvolvimento. Para tal, foi utilizada uma amostra intencional das 43 cooperativas paranaenses que, juntas, representam 99,5% do faturamento total do ramo. As peculiaridades regionais foram analisadas por meio de Análise de Variância (ANOVA) e mapeamento perceptual. Conclui-se que é possível identificar agrupamentos de cooperativas segundo estratégias de capitalização e características regionais. Dentre as regiões analisadas, as cooperativas da região oeste do estado do Paraná, por terem maior nível de industrialização, possuem maior necessidade de capital de giro, enquanto a maioria das cooperativas do centro-sul do estado apresenta tesouraria positiva. Uma limitação do estudo é que, sem entender qual modelo poderia ser eleito o melhor para o setor, a questão da estrutura ótima de capital ainda permanece aberta para as cooperativas agropecuárias.
  • Relationships among Knowledge Management, Organisational Innovativeness and Performance: Covariance-Based Versus Partial Least-Squares Structural Equation Modelling
    José Roberto Frega, Alex Antonio Ferraresi, Carlos Olavo Quandt, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
    Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, 2018
    The relationships among effective knowledge management (KM), organisational innovativeness (OI), market orientation (MO) and organisational performance (OP) have been explored in the literature. These constructs are generally analysed in pairs, such as the influence of KM on OI, or KM on OP, and other combinations, but the relationships among the full set of constructs in question are not fully understood yet. In the extant literature, the relationships among them are analysed for the most part with covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM). Partial least-squares (PLS) path modelling is a component-based approach to SEM that is not as widely used as CB-SEM, but it has the potential to allow increased flexibility in handling various modelling problems in comparison with CB models, particularly for predictive and exploratory purposes. This paper aims to verify whether the PLS method could confirm or reject the results of the more restrictive covariance-based method in modelling the relationships among KM, OI, MO and OP. The results indicate that both methods yielded convergent and discriminant validity for the constructs, displaying stability across model analysis and depuration. The PLS model revealed the influence of KM on MO, OI and OP. It also shows that OI is the main driving factor for OP. KM seems to have a direct effect on OP, which is greatly magnified when mediated by OI. The sample size, although borderline adequate for the CB method, was more than adequate for PLS, yielding excellent model stability.
  • Dimensions of organizational innovativeness and its impact on innovation performance: Proposition and evaluation of a model
    Carlos Olavo Quandt, Cicero Aparecido Bezerra, Alex Antônio Ferraresi
    Gestao E Producao, 2015
    O estudo propõe um modelo teórico que representa as condições organizacionais habilitadoras da inovação (definido, no estudo, como inovatividade) e avalia o impacto no desempenho inovador. Emprega-se a correlação canônica como forma de avaliar a capacidade do modelo em explicar a variação do desempenho inovador em 120 organizações de médio e grande porte localizadas, em sua maioria, no sul do Brasil. Os resultados indicam que as condições identificadas são consistentes em expressar as melhorias inovadoras nas empresas pesquisadas. Além disto, os resultados sugerem que organizações inovadoras que desenvolvem aspectos da cultura organizacional, liderança e processos de aprendizagem, apresentam desempenho superior no desenvolvimento e implantação de inovações.
  • The impacts of KnoWledge management on strategic orientation, and innovativeness in organizational outcomes: A surveY of companies operating in brazil
    Alex Antonio Ferraresi, Silvio Aparecido dos Santos, José Roberto Frega, Carlos Olavo Quandt
    Revista De Administracao Mackenzie, 2014
    Este artigo é o resultado de uma survey realizada com 241 empresas instaladas no Brasil, com o objetivo de verificar se a gestão eficaz do conhecimento contribui para a orientação estratégica da empresa, para sua inovatividade e para os resultados organizacionais. O levantamento dos dados foi realizado por meio de questionários eletrônicos autoadministráveis contendo 54 questões com escalas de 10 pontos para medir o grau de concordância das variáveis dos quatro construtos envolvidos no estudo. Na análise dos dados, utilizou-se a técnica de modelagem de equações estruturais. Fundamentada na teoria da empresa baseada em recursos, a pesquisa partiu do pressuposto de que o conhecimento, além de ser um dos princpais recursos de uma organização, alavanca os demais recursos. Os resultados mostraram evidências que permitiram concluir que a gestão eficaz do conhecimento contribui positivamente para a orientação estratégica, porém não foi possível concluir sobre a contribuição positiva desses construtos sobre os demais, quando analisadas as suas relações diretas. Quando mediada pela orientação estratégica, a gestão eficaz do conhecimento mostrou efeitos totais e indiretos robustos e estatisticamente significantes sobre os resultados organizacionais. Os impactos da gestão do conhecimento e da inovatividade da empresa mostraram-se significantes e robustos quando alinhados com uma orientação estratégica que permite à empresa se antecipar e responder às condições do mercado. Verificou-se que a gestão do conhecimento permeia todas as relações entre os demais construtos, o que corrobora o argumento de que o conhecimento é um recurso que alavanca as demais atividades geradoras de valor nas organizações. Embora existam inúmeras pesquisas que abordam os construtos aqui envolvidos, a originalidade deste estudo repousa na análise simultânea desses conceitos, orientada por uma metodologia que permite sua replicação em outras culturas e condições. Além disso, o estudo traz implicações gerenciais no sentido de afirmar que a gestão do conhecimento e suas práticas possuem um caráter estratégico que deve ser considerado antes da aplicação de práticas pontuais para o alcance de objetivos específicos.
  • Relationships among knowledge management, innovation and outcomes: A PLS approach
    22nd International Conference on Production Research Icpr 2013, 2013
  • Knowledge management and strategic orientation: Leveraging innovativeness and performance
    Alex A. Ferraresi, Carlos O. Quandt, Silvio A. dos Santos, José R. Frega
    Journal of Knowledge Management, 2012

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Maturity of risk management in agricultural supply chains
    E Scopel, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi
    RAUSP Management Journal 60 (1), 19-34 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Social performance indicators in Brazilian health cooperatives
    D Gulak, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi
    Social Enterprise Journal 21 (4), 574-593 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 6
  • Expectativa e percepção de qualidade em serviços: o caso de uma cooperativa de saúde do Paraná
    L Damasio, AA Ferraresi, VR Moreira
    Revista de Gestão e Secretariado 14 (2), 2235-2256 , 2023
    2023
  • Shared IT infrastructure: An intercooperation model for agricultural cooperatives
    DJ Diniz, VR Moreira, F Bortoluzzi, AA Ferraresi
    Navus: Revista de Gestão e Tecnologia, 1-18 , 2023
    2023
  • Expectativa e Percepção De Qualidade Em Serviços: O Caso De Uma Cooperativa De Saúde Do Paraná
    A Ferraresi
    Anais do 59º Congresso da Sociedade Brasileira de Economia, Administração e … , 2022
    2022
  • Organizational innovativeness and innovative performance: a multidimensional model
    CO Quandt, AA Ferraresi, CA Bezerra
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • South American expert roundtable: increasing adaptive governance capacity for coping with unintended side effects of digital transformation
    G Viale Pereira, E Estevez, D Cardona, C Chesñevar, P Collazzo-Yelpo, ...
    Sustainability 12 (2), 718 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 71
  • Relationship between innovation and performance in private companies: systematic literature review
    TM Bach, LL Dalazen, WV da Silva, AA Ferraresi, CP da Veiga
    Sage Open 9 (2), 2158244019855847 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 77
  • Idea management and innovation programs: practices of large companies in the south region of Brazil
    CO Quandt, HDFN Silva, AA Ferraresi, JR Frega
    International Journal of Business Innovation and Research 18 (2), 187-207 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 26
  • Relationships among knowledge management, organisational innovativeness and performance: Covariance-based versus partial least-squares structural equation modelling
    JR Frega, AA Ferraresi, CO Quandt, CP Da Veiga
    Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 17 (01), 1850008 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 13
  • Estrutura de capital e peculiaridades regionais nas cooperativas agropecuárias do Paraná-Brasil
    JA Rodrigues, GJ Lauermann, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi, A Souza
    Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural 56, 213-224 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 12
  • Inovação Tradicional e Design Driven Innovation: semelhanças e diferenças
    AA FERRARESI, A MESACASA, VSCB KISTMANN
    e-Revista LOGO 6 (2) , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 3
  • Método para resgate histórico de projetos corporativos: a reconstrução do conhecimento
    BL Lanza, CO Quandt, C Franco, MA Cunha, AA Ferraresi
    CIAIQ 2017 , 2017
    2017
  • Social innovation practices in the regional tourism industry: case study of a cooperative in Brazil
    CO Quandt, AA Ferraresi, C Kudlawicz, J Martins, A Machado
    Social Enterprise Journal 13 (1), 78-94 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 66
  • The Influence of Relational Learning of a Transnational Egocentric Network on Innovation Competence for Internationalization
    ASQ Weymer, HT Kato, CP da Veiga, AA Ferraresi
    Modern Applied Science 11 (7) , 2017
    2017
  • INOVAÇÃO TRADICIONAL E DESIGN DRIVEN INNOVATION
    SE DIFERENÇAS
    E-REVISTA , 2017
    2017
  • Evaluating credit union members’ perception of service quality through service innovation
    AF Duarte, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi, A Gerhard
    RAI Revista de Administração e Inovação 13 (4), 242-250 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 24
  • Agricultural insurance mechanisms through mutualism: the case of an agricultural cooperative
    PA Machinski, MC de Faria, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi
    Revista de Administração 51 (3), 266-275 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 22
  • Knowledge processes and organizational change: A case study in a non-profit organization
    CF Rocha, AS Zembo, CP Veiga, LC Duclós, CO Quandt, AA Ferrares
    Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 9 (23), 292-303 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 8
  • Cooperative and associative models in the brasilian tourist sector: analyses of arrangements, economic, feasibility and local development
    CO Quandt, AA Ferraresi, A Machado, A Martins
    ICA - Research International Conference , 2015
    2015

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Knowledge Management, Innovativeness and Strategic Orientation as drivers of Business Performance: A Survey of Brazilian Companies
    AA Ferraresi, CO Quandt, SA dos Santos, JR Frega
    Jouirnal of Knowledge Management 16 (5), 688-701 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 385
  • Relationship between innovation and performance in private companies: systematic literature review
    TM Bach, LL Dalazen, WV da Silva, AA Ferraresi, CP da Veiga
    Sage Open 9 (2), 2158244019855847 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 77
  • South American expert roundtable: increasing adaptive governance capacity for coping with unintended side effects of digital transformation
    G Viale Pereira, E Estevez, D Cardona, C Chesñevar, P Collazzo-Yelpo, ...
    Sustainability 12 (2), 718 , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 71
  • Social innovation practices in the regional tourism industry: case study of a cooperative in Brazil
    CO Quandt, AA Ferraresi, C Kudlawicz, J Martins, A Machado
    Social Enterprise Journal 13 (1), 78-94 , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 66
  • Dimensions of organizational innovativeness and its impact on innovation performance: proposition and evaluation of a model
    CO Quandt, CA Bezerra, AA Ferraresi
    Gestão & Produção 22, 873-886 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 46
  • Gestão do Conhecimento, Orientação para o Mercado, Inovatividade e Resultados Organizacionais: Um estudo em empresas instaladas no Brasil. 2010. 213f
    AA FERRARESI
    Tese (Doutorado em Administração)-Programa de Pós-graduação em Administração … , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 38
  • Programas de gestão de ideias e inovação: as práticas das grandes empresas na região sul do Brasil
    CO Quandt, HFN Silva, AA Ferraresi, JR Frega
    RAI Revista de Administração e Inovação 11 (3), 176-199 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 36
  • Knowledge management, market orientation, innovativeness and organizational outcomes: a study on companies operating in brazil
    AA Ferraresi, SA Santos, JR Frega, HJ Pereira
    JISTEM-Journal of Information Systems and Technology Management 9 (1), 89-108 , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 31
  • The impacts of KnoWledge management on strategic orientation, and innovativeness in organizational outcomes: A surveY of companies operating in brazil
    AA Ferraresi, SA Santos, JR Frega, CO Quandt
    RAM. Revista de Administração Mackenzie 15, 199-231 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 28
  • Idea management and innovation programs: practices of large companies in the south region of Brazil
    CO Quandt, HDFN Silva, AA Ferraresi, JR Frega
    International Journal of Business Innovation and Research 18 (2), 187-207 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 26
  • Gestão do Conhecimento: Institucionalização e práticas nas empresas e instituições
    SA Santos, NP LEITE, AA FERRARESI
    Unicorpore , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 26
  • Evaluating credit union members’ perception of service quality through service innovation
    AF Duarte, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi, A Gerhard
    RAI Revista de Administração e Inovação 13 (4), 242-250 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 24
  • Agricultural insurance mechanisms through mutualism: the case of an agricultural cooperative
    PA Machinski, MC de Faria, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi
    Revista de Administração 51 (3), 266-275 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 22
  • Dimensões da inovatividade e seus impactos no desempenho inovador
    CO QUANDT, AA FERRARESI, CA BEZERRA
    Anais do XXXVII Encontro da Associação Nacional de Pós-graduação e Pesquisa , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 18
  • Relationships among knowledge management, organisational innovativeness and performance: Covariance-based versus partial least-squares structural equation modelling
    JR Frega, AA Ferraresi, CO Quandt, CP Da Veiga
    Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 17 (01), 1850008 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 13
  • Estrutura de capital e peculiaridades regionais nas cooperativas agropecuárias do Paraná-Brasil
    JA Rodrigues, GJ Lauermann, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi, A Souza
    Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural 56, 213-224 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 12
  • Reflexões teóricas sobre a gestão do conhecimento
    AA Ferraresi, SA Santos
    SANTOS, SA dos et al. Fronteiras da Administração. Maringá: Unicorpore , 2006
    2006
    Citations: 9
  • Knowledge processes and organizational change: A case study in a non-profit organization
    CF Rocha, AS Zembo, CP Veiga, LC Duclós, CO Quandt, AA Ferrares
    Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences 9 (23), 292-303 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 8
  • Maturity of risk management in agricultural supply chains
    E Scopel, VR Moreira, AA Ferraresi
    RAUSP Management Journal 60 (1), 19-34 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 7
  • Gestão de ideias e inovação em grandes empresas do sul do Brasil
    CO Quandt, AA Ferraresi, JR Frega
    Anais do XXXVI Encontro da Associação Nacional de Pós-graduação e Pesquisa … , 2012
    2012
    Citations: 7