CEUR   20898
CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS URBANOS Y REGIONALES
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
The Public Institutions of Science and Technology as Knowledge Source in the Learning Networks of Agrifood Sectors in Argentina
Autor/es:
GUILLERMO SÁNCHEZ
Revista:
Sociology Study
Editorial:
David Publishing Company
Referencias:
Lugar: El Monte, California; Año: 2012 vol. 2 p. 219 - 228
ISSN:
2159-5526
Resumen:
In the case of agri‐food productions, Argentinean enterprisesmainly medium‐ and small‐sized, have a critical neck bottle
that limits their possibility to build endogenous capabilities for knowledge production, circulation and appropriation. As a
consequence, public institutions of science and technology have been called to play a central role in the innovation systems
providing relevant inputs for the necessary learning process in order to obtain product and process innovation. Nevertheless,
it looks like that these institutions, in Argentina, are prisoners of the offer (science) pushdemand pull tension far away of a
systemic behavior in an innovative environment. This work studies four cases of agri‐food production in Argentina,
considering a regional approach and the learning networks around each production. It is concluded that the behavior of each
institution is different for each case. INTA has a systemic conduct in all cases while the other ones show a systemic behavior
only in the case that their offer matches to specific demands.