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ROBERTS CUMMINGS, Andrew. Social construction of innovative capabilities in rural economic initiatives in El Salvador. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2008, vol.3, n.6, pp.197-238. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2008.6.199.

This article analyzes the innovative capabilities demonstrated by the actors involved in economic initiatives integrated in the Grupo Bajo Lempa emerging in the rural Tecoluca municipality in El Salvador. Over the span of more than fifteen years, this core network of actors involved in creating and strengthening these initiatives has been able to mobilize local and external capital and knowledge resources from diverse public and private sources in order to introduce significant technological innovations that have led to progressive improvements in the livelihood conditions for the families involved. The question is: how do innovative capabilities emerge and how are they expressed in the innovative practice of the task-networks directly involved in Grupo Bajo Lempa’s economic initiatives, especially those related to interactive learning and synergistic networking?

Palavras-chave : innovation; innovative capabilities; local economic initiatives.