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Innovation within a regional agro-food supply chain-the pattern of productive specialization of the tagus valley
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This paper aims to analyse innovation within a set of economic activities combined in a territorialised agro-
food supply chain, which characterizes the pattern of productive specialization of the Tagus Valley. This
chain is economically sustained by a combination of entrepreneurial and institutional factors, territorially
embedded and determining to some extent an endogenous capacity to innovate. Following a case study
methodology, of an interpretative nature, the process of gathering evidence was based on the
triangulation of data sources: direct observation; semi-structured interviews of individuals representing the
various categories of agents involved and documentary research. These were complemented with an
inquiry, subject to statistical analysis, into local business agents. In addition to the identification of a
considerable set of deficits of an institutional nature inhibiting innovation, the study also led to the
formulation of a number of proposals for better territorial governance which highlight the need to
strengthen knowledge transfer to the micro and small companies engaged in agricultural activities. Another
contribution lies in the categorisation of an analytical framework for a better understanding of innovation
dynamics in any region according to its specificities, including the role of public institutions in this process.
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Innovation performance Innovation network/systems Territorialised agro-food complex Pattern of productive specialization Institutional thickness
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Citation
Oliveira, P. & Natário, M. (2016). Innovation within a regional agro-food supply chain : the pattern of productive specialization of the tagus valley. Egitânia Sciencia, 10(18), 103-123. Disponível na WWW em: http://www.egitaniasciencia.ipg.pt/files/egitania_sciencia_18.pdf
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Instituto Politécnico da Guarda