Resumen

BELSO-MARTINEZ, José Antonio  y  LOPEZ-SANCHEZ, María José. Meta-organizers, external networks and knowledge in the Spanish manufacturing sectors: the role of local institutions in the Vinalopó industrial district. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2012, vol.12, n.38, pp.1-42. ISSN 2448-6183.

We analyze the relevance of public and private institutions on the viability of the manufacturing industrial districts. Taking into account the growing importance of the contributions provided by Networks and Social Capital theories, we confirm the role developed by these meta-organizers of the local system as: catalysts and disseminators of knowledge obtained outside the district, coadjutors in the exploitation of new business opportunities and issuers of the local knowledge and know-how towards external environment. These results have been obtained through an empirical analysis of the Vinalopó district.

Palabras llave : industrial districts; SME's; local institutions; networks; Spain; globalization.