Key performance indicators to assess the collaborative potential of SME networks

The paper proposes a procedure for the analysis of collaboration inside Industrial Networks. The procedure is based on a constitutive model of a SME network that describes the interactions among firms and their socio-economic environment. After a description of data collection procedure, a practice intended to analyze industrial networks using both quantitative and categorical data is presented. Data refer to several industrial networks spread all over Italy. Said data, collected during the CODESNET EU project (www.codesnet.polito.it), will allow to extract useful indicators of the network productive and logistic potentiality. The approach here proposed can be used by an industrial manager to find out either critical points that can hinder the SME collaboration, or focal points to reinforce their interactions.