Sustainable Criteria to the self-decision making of the partners regarding its integration in collaborative networks

There are several works and research related to the formation of Collaborative Networks (CN). The participation of an Organization in a Collaborative Network is a theme of broad spectrum and of great interest in research, although it appears that it continues to be far from being fully explored. The objective of this work is centred on the identification of the critical success factors (CSF) that can serve as a basis for reaching a suitable model that assesses whether the participation of an Organization in a CN brings sustainability gains. This work analyses some models or studies available in the literature and identifies important CSF. The Triple Bottom Line (TBL), related to environmental, social, and economic effects is considered to guide the selection and categorization of these CSF. Regarding the results obtained, it appears that there is still large room for improving the research in this field, for instance, regarding further development of a robust and flexible evaluation model based on the identified CSF taking into account the TBL of the sustainability concept for each Organization considering its participation in a CN.