Organizaciones, redes, innovación y competitividad territorial: análisis del caso Bahía Blanca.

Abstract

In the last years, different economic schools are reconsidering the role that local environment is playing in capital accumulation.This article analyzes the behaviour of institutional atmosphere in Bahia Blanca in order to understand if local organizations are capable of promoting economic development. To achieve that goal, the paper combines traditional statistics methods with social network analysis.The main results show that the institutional atmosphere is not playing an important role in promoting economic growth, measured in terms of communications and joint projects.

Keywords

• Institutional atmosphere
• networks
• competitiveness
• local economic development.