Searching for clusters in tourism. A quantitative methodological proposal

The tourism industry is one of Europe’s leading employers, and for many regions highly dependent on tourists’ spending, innovation is the difference between growth and stagnation. Thus, at a regional level, tourism may function as a driving force of socioeconomic development and thus contribute to the demise of regional disparities. Such lever effect is usually associated to a geographical concentration abusively denominated of clusters. Most of the studies within the tourism industry identify clusters resorting to simplistic analyses of geographic location measures or experts’ opinions. These latter tend to neglect the essence of the cluster concept, namely the inter-linkages among regional actors. In the present paper, we propose a methodology to rigorously identify tourism clusters, stressing the importance of networks and cooperation between agents.Clusters; Tourism; Methodology

The ‘de-territorialisation of closeness’ - a typology of international successful R&D projects involving cultural and geographic proximity

Although there is a considerable amount of empirical evidence on inter-firm collaborations within technology-based industries, there are only a few works concerned with R&D cooperation by low-tech firms, especially SMEs. Providing further and new evidence based on a recently built database of CRAFT projects, this study analyzes the relationship between technology and proximity in international R&D networks using Homogeneity Analysis by Means of Alternating Least Squares (HOMALS) and statistical cluster techniques. The resulting typology of international cooperative R&D projects highlights that successful international cooperative R&D projects are both culturally/geographically closer and distant. Moreover, and quite interestingly, geographically distant projects are technologically more advanced whereas those located near each other are essentially low tech. Such evidence is likely to reflect the tacit-codified knowledge debate boosted recently by the ICT “revolution” emphasized by the prophets of the “Death of Distance” and the “End of Geography”.Research and Development (R&D); proximity; SMEs

A new look into the evolution of clusters literature. A bibliometric exercise

In the contemporary globalising knowledge-based economies, local clusters have become crucial elements of regional development, assuming a significant role in both academic and political fields. Although there is an intuitive awareness about the raising importance of the theoretical debate on clusters, there is a substantial lack of empirical support of its precise magnitude and evolution. Moreover, the majority of literature surveys on clusters are exclusively qualitative-based. Aiming at filling this gap, the main purpose of this paper is to provide a quantitative survey of the cluster literature, using bibliometric techniques based on articles. Based on a throughout analysis of all abstracts of articles on clusters published in journals indexed on the Econlit and EBSCO databases, covering the period 1962-2007, our research show that besides their importance in academic fields, the role of clusters has also been widely acknowledged in political spheres. In parallel with the increasing interest in the ‘local’, there has been, as well, an emergent body of literature on global networks and clusters. Moreover, on the basis of the recent boom on clusters literature stands the emergent themes of ‘local networks and social approaches’ and ‘knowledge-based theories’. Literature associated to ‘regional and national innovation systems’ and to ‘institutional approaches’ (local enrooted cultures, governance and customs) has been object of a particular dynamism since the 1990s. Despite the evidence of a clear positive correlation between journals ‘quality’ and formal related research, the evolution of the literature on clusters continues to be mostly appreciative led.Clusters, Industrial Clusters, Industrial Location; Bibliometrics

O rendimento social de inserção e os beneficiários ciganos: o caso do concelho de Faro

Este artigo explora as vivências do Rendimento Social de Inserção (RSI) por parte dos ciganos portugueses. O seu objetivo principal foi o de compreender como é que esta categoria de beneficiários perceciona e vive as situações de subsidiariedade. O estudo que lhe deu origem envolveu um grupo de famílias ciganas do concelho de Faro e um conjunto de técnicos sociais responsáveis pela atribuição e gestão do subsídio. Pretendeu-se também conhecer, em certa medida, as reais possibilidades de inserção social e saída do universo da pobreza através destas medidas de política social

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La aparición simultánea de los sentidos de uso de los números negativos y el cero en alumnos de secundaria: un estudio de caso

Basados en un estudio histórico-epistemológico de la emergencia de los números negativos y el cero, identificamos “sentidos de uso” de estos números tanto en autores de textos clásicos matemáticos como en estudiantes de secundaria actuales. El análisis de los sentidos de uso producidos por un alumno competente en el sistema matemático de signos del álgebra, revela los procesos cognitivos que lo conducirán paulatinamente al significado del número entero

Indicadores de negociação na elaboração de propostas educacionais no ensino-aprendizagem de Física

In this work, some analysis and discussion of indicators of negotiation in the process of developing Physics educational proposals are presented, based on data collected from research developed in the Post-Graduate Program in Education – Master’s Degree in Education, at State University of Ponta Grossa–UEPG/PR. The concept of research utilized was educational action research, in an emancipatory way, combined with an ethnographic approach. The data constituted written reports in a “field-diary”, audio-recording transcriptions and written works by graduation students, which were then analyzed according to a route and negotiation analysis. This paper makes explicit the following aspects of negotiation analysis: approach, dimensions, indicators, elements (epistemological and sociological) and phases. The negotiation indicators were highlighted from the extracts of those episodes which release these processes

La educación técnico profesional y las competencias para la ciudadanía : el caso de las comunas de la provincia de Concepción, Chile

Este trabajo fue financiado por el Programa de Capital Humano Avanzado Conicyt - Becas ChileEl estudio aborda el tema de las competencias para la ciudadanía en la enseñanza media técnico profesional en las comunas de la provincia de Concepción en Chile. Sus objetivos son analizar el nivel de logro alcanzado respecto de las competencias para la ciudadanía por los alumnos/as de esta modalidad educativa, así como también estudiar la importancia percibida por parte de ellos hacia dichas competencias. Se utilizó un diseño secuencial explicativo, la muestra fue de tipo no probabilístico (n = 422) y se establecieron criterios para la selección de los informantes para el apartado cualitativo (n = 34, 17 profesores y 17 estudiantes). Los instrumentos utilizados para la recolección de la información fueron el cuestionario de autopercepción de competencias ciudadanas y la entrevista semiestructurada. Los resultados de esta investigación muestran que los estudiantes tienen una alta autopercepción de las competencias ciudadanas (M = 3,34), lo que se complementa con el análisis de las entrevistas, donde queda de manifiesto que el logro de las competencias se vincula, por un lado, con el desarrollo del currículo en esta modalidad educativa -que incluye prácticas en las empresas- y, por otro, con la conducta y características personales de los/las estudiantesThis study addresses the theme of civic competencies in technical professional secondary education in the municipalities of Concepción Province, Chile. The objectives are focused on analyzing the level of achievement with regards to the students' civic competencies in this educational modality, as well as analyzing the student's perceived importance of said competencies. The sequential explanatory model was used. The sample was non-probabilistic (n = 422) and, in the qualitative portion, a selection criteria for the informants was established (n = 34: 17 teachers and 17 students). The instruments used for the data collection were a questionnaire about self-perception of civic competencies and a semi-structured interview. The results of this investigation demonstrate that the students possess a high self-perception of their civic competencies (M = 3.34). This is complemented by the analysis of the interviews, where it is evidenced that the acquisition of these competencies is linked, on the one hand, to the development of the curriculum in this educational modality, which includes company internships, and, on the other hand, by the students' conduct and characteristic

La comunicación asertiva institucional en el trabajo en equipo de los docentes de la Institución Educativa “Inca Pachacútec”, Huancabamba-2020

Por su finalidad, el presente trabajo es un estudio básico, con un diseño correlacional causal; que tuvo como objetivo general determinar la influencia de la comunicación asertiva institucional en el trabajo en equipo en los docentes de la Institución Educativa “Inca Pachacútec” Huancabamba – 2020. Se trabajó con una población censal de 43 docentes. Para la recolección de datos se usaron dos cuestionarios diseñados por la autora, los cuales demostraron su validez y confiabilidad, se obtuvo mediante el cálculo del alfa de Cronbach. El análisis de datos se realizó mediante el coeficiente de correlación de Spearman y el Coeficiente R-Cuadrado (R2). Los resultados indican que la comunicación asertiva institucional tiene una correlación alta y significativa estadísticamente con el trabajo en equipo, al haber obtenido un valor r = .689 y p = .000, el cual es menor de 0.05; además se obtuvo un R2 = 0.4747, llegándose a concluir que la comunicación asertiva institucional influye en un 47.47% en la modificación del comportamiento de la variable trabajo en equipo