La denominación de origen Cariñena como sistema productivo local: redes de empresas, cultura y gobernanza

Cariñena and its environs are a territory that can be considered as a local productive system, since there is a network of enterprises linked by trading relations –specially the integration of vine growing and wine production into cooperatives- and by cooperation relationships, being the Guarantee of Origin and Quality of Wine the clearest outcome. The analysis of a set of indicators calculated from official statistics and of a set of semi-structured interviews to the main agents has led to the knowledge of certain cognitive and organisational components of the system. Those identified are a low level of technical culture, a high level of entrepreneurial culture and a low institutional density, reflected in weak outcomes of network governance.Cariñena y su entorno es un territorio que puede calificarse como sistema productivo local, pues cuenta con una red de empresas vinculadas entre sí por relaciones de mercado -especialmente la integración de viticultura y vinicultura por medio de las cooperativas- y por relaciones de cooperación, de las que la denominación de origen es el resultado más patente. El análisis de un conjunto de indicadores calculados a partir de estadísticas oficiales y de una serie de entrevistas semiestructuradas a los principales agentes ha permitido aproximarse al conocimiento de determinados elementos cognitivos y de organización del sistema. Así, se han detectado un bajo nivel de cultura técnica, un alto nivel de cultura empresarial y una baja densidad institucional, que se refleja en unas débiles manifestaciones de gobernanza en red

Clasificación de las Denominaciones de Origen vinícolas en la tipología de los mundos de producción: Una aplicación al caso español

The theory of worlds of production has been largely influential in food studies since the 1990s. Worlds of production are defined as combinations of decisions taken through the interaction among producers and customers about two main issues: the use of standardized or specialized resources, and the production of generic or dedicated goods. Nevertheless, the literature based on this theory is qualitative and based on case studies of a single food cluster. This article develops a more robust methodology for sorting food clusters into the typology of worlds of production. The empirical support comes from a sample of sixteen Spanish wine districts. Twenty-one statistical indicators for each district have been calculated from open data sources: eleven indicators are related to resources and ten ones are related to goods. Seven districts belong to the interpersonal world of production. This result is consistent with the European model of wine production that highlights geographical origin as a core competitive argument