This paper develops a framework to understand new industrial path development in peripheral regions based on notions of 'bricolage' and 'institutional relatedness'. While the first stresses the agency of (heterogeneous) actors' resourcefulness and strategic improvisation co-shaping new industrial paths, the latter highlights the transposition of related institutional settings within regions to amplify (or to limit) the search space for new industries. These arguments are used in conjunction to explain the development of an unlikely biotechnology path in the Portuguese Centro region, analysed since its emergence and over a period of more than ten years.
Resumo -O processo de globalização e a economia do conhecimento colocam novos desafios para o desenvolvimento de cidades e regiões, em virtude do estabelecimento de novas arquitecturas organizacionais e espaciais das redes de conhecimento. Esta combinação de redes distantes e locais de conhecimento têm profundas implicações para a inovação e desenvolvimento territorial, requerendo um papel renovado da acção das instituições regionais e locais, tradicionalmente mais capacitadas para a promoção das dinâmicas de inovação localizadas. Este artigo discute precisamente as questões do buzz, proximidade e aglomeração geográfica e das redes distantes de inovação, constituindo, simultaneamente, o "pano de fundo" teórico para os artigos publicados neste número especial acerca da temática do "Conhecimento, Inovação e Território".
Palavras-chave:Economia do conhecimento, inovação, desenvolvimento regional e local.Abstract -Knowledge, innoVation and territory. The process of globalization and the knowledge-based economy pose new challenges for the development of cities and regions, due to the establishment of new organizational architectures and spatial networks of knowledge. The combination of local and distant networks of knowledge have profound implications on innovation and territorial development, requiring a renewed role in the action of regional and local institutions, traditionally trained to promote local dynamics of innovation. This article specifically discusses the issues of buzz, geographical proximity and agglomeration and distant innovation networks, and provides the theoretical "background" for the papers published in this special issue on the theme "Knowledge, Innovation and Territory."
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