ABSTRACT
This article discusses the relationship between geographical proximity of firms, dynamics innovative and competitive. The aim of the analysis focuses on local dimension of processes learning, cooperation and innovation within local productive arrangements, considering systemic and interactive nature of these processes, in particular, the analysis of their specificities and innovative capacity. These arguments are applied in the empirical study performed in productive arrangement of furniture in the city of Marco, in the state of Ceará, where could see that learning and innovation depend mainly from sources outside the arrangement. Innovation capacity is incremental and still low complexity, based imitation (copying) and there is still little interaction of the institutions around them, with view to providing greater dynamism to the sector.
Key words
Local productive arrangements; Learning and cooperation; innovative capacity; Arrangement of furniture Marco
Classificação JEL:
Artigo recebido em set. 2012 e aceito para publicação emENDEREÇO PARA ENVIO DE PUBLICAÇÃO:Este artigo discute a relação entre proximidade geográfica de empresas, inovação e competitividade. O foco da análise concentra-se na dimensão local dos mecanismos de aprendizagem, da cooperação e da inovação no âmbito de Arranjos Produtivos Locais, considerando a natureza sistêmica e interativa desses processos, em particular na análise de suas especificida-des e capacidade inovativa. Esses argumentos são aplicados no estudo empírico realizado no arranjo produtivo de móveis no Município de Marco, no Estado do Ceará, onde se pôde constatar que o aprendizado e a inova-ção dependem, principalmente, de fontes de informação externas ao arran-jo. A capacidade de inovação é incremental e de baixa complexidade, baseada na imitação, e verifica-se pouca interação com as instituições em seu entorno.
Palavras-chave: aprendizagem e inovação; Arranjos Produtivos Locais; indústria de móveis
TÍTULO EM INGLÊS
Mechanisms of learning, cooperation and innovation in productive clusters: the case of the furniture industry of Marco
Abstract
This paper discusses the relation between the geographical proximity of firms, innovation and competitiveness. The focus of the analysis is the local dimension of learning mechanisms, cooperation and innovation in local productive arrangements, considering the systemic and interactive nature of these processes, particularly the analysis of their specificities and innovative capacity. These arguments are applied to the empirical study performed in the productive arrangement of furniture in the city of Marco, in the state of Ceará, where one can see that learning and innovation depend mainly on sources of information that are external to the arrangement. The capacity for innovation is incremental and of low complexity, based on imitation, and there is still little interaction of the institutions with their surroundings.
Keywords: learning and innovation; local productive arrangements; furniture industry.
Classificação JEL: O31, R12.
Artigo recebido em set. 2012 e aceito para publicação em maio de 2015
