Redes institucionales y desarrollo económico en ciudades pequeñas y medias: El caso de la localidad PUNTA ALTA

Abstract

In the last decades small cities have recovered their importance in urban systems, both in the field of scientific literature as on the plane of development strategies in a world scale. this towns are acquiring preponderance as main components on regional development policies, being recognized as key actors on the stimulation of industrial possibilities for peripheral territories. Among the instruments aimed at promoting growth, the literature emphasizes the creation of institutional networks, as an element capable of encouraging innovation and technological change. This paper analyzes how the institutional networks operate in a small town called Punta Alta in Argentina, trying to understand the way in which these organizations can improve the competitive conditions and development possibilities of this territory.