Author(s):
Oliveira, Pedro Miguel ; Natário, Maria Manuela
Date: 2016
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10314/3091
Origin: Repositório Científico da Universidade Politécnica da Guarda
Subject(s): Innovation systems, Collective efficiency strategies, Institutional thickness, Tagus Valley, Territorialized agro-food complex
Description
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show the relevance of territorial innovation systems approach for non-central regions development strategies. The research made allowed to identify actions of collective efficiency to strengthen endogenous capacity for regional innovation, and also to detect some institutional weaknesses that inhibit the innovation dynamics in a particular rural region (Tagus Valley).
Research Unit for Development of Inland, Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Guarda, Portugal