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Table 2

Data structure

First-order themes	Theoretical categories	Theoretical dimensions
Initial critical issue (economic recession, market fragmentation, change in the purchasing process of Ho.Re.Ca. operators, less financial capacity of customers)	Collaborative analysis to understand the context and problems	SMEs’ development perspectives
Options for manufacturing companies to develop co-makership activities	Collaboration modes between multiple producers
Collaborative purchasing	Collaboration modes between multiple producers
Combined orders management	Partnership planning and management	Organizational settings’ design
Active discussion about collaboration methods and setting common goals	Collaborative discovery in search on new business models
Collaborative supply chain process mapping	Collaborative area
Project leader for driving the change	Collaborative area
Network program	Network governance	Horizontal network agreement
Network members’ rules and responsibilities	Network governance
Network regulation	Network contract shared benefits (marketing, commercial, logistics and strategic)
Network results in terms of combined orders and customer satisfaction
Information sharing solutions	Future upstream collaborations along the overall supply chain

First-order themes	Theoretical categories	Theoretical dimensions
Initial critical issue (economic recession, market fragmentation, change in the purchasing process of Ho.Re.Ca. operators, less financial capacity of customers)	Collaborative analysis to understand the context and problems	SMEs’ development perspectives
Options for manufacturing companies to develop co-makership activities	Collaboration modes between multiple producers
Collaborative purchasing	Collaboration modes between multiple producers
Combined orders management	Partnership planning and management	Organizational settings’ design
Active discussion about collaboration methods and setting common goals	Collaborative discovery in search on new business models
Collaborative supply chain process mapping	Collaborative area
Project leader for driving the change	Collaborative area
Network program	Network governance	Horizontal network agreement
Network members’ rules and responsibilities	Network governance
Network regulation	Network contract shared benefits (marketing, commercial, logistics and strategic)
Network results in terms of combined orders and customer satisfaction
Information sharing solutions	Future upstream collaborations along the overall supply chain

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