Local Development, Innovative SMEs and Collective Competition Goods

Identifier:  imarina:5124318

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina5124318

Authors:  Ahedo, M.; Brunet, I.

Abstract:
The article makes use of sociology to present various theoretical and analytical pro-posals. Local socio-economic development is defined as a socially inductive processthat takes place within an institutional context, which condition and facilitates thatprocess. The concept of local collective competitive goods (LCCG) is advocated asan adequate analytical tool to understand current dynamics of local endogenous de-velopment. Of special importance are the LCCGs of public-private collaboration,16091 RESociologia 15 (FFF).qxd 14/4/11 15:39 Página 75 addressed to support networks of innovative Small and Medium-sized Enterprises(SMEs). The arguments are illustrated with examples of BCCL from three industrialregions with high presence of SMEs: Catalonia, Basque Country and Valencia Region