@article{ÁlvarezMontalvo:320415,
      recid = {320415},
      author = {Álvarez Montalvo, Amparo},
      title = {Gestión del conocimiento en los emprendimientos de la  provincia de Cotopaxi en el marco del desarrollo social  rural en Ecuador},
      journal = {Agroalimentaria Journal - Revista Agroalimentaria},
      address = {2022-03-31},
      number = {2407-2022-531},
      month = {Mar},
      year = {2022},
      note = {Basado en tesis doctoral “Gestión del conocimiento de los  emprendimientos en la provincia de Cotopaxi en el marco del  desarrollo social rural en Ecuador” (Programa de Doctorado  en Ciencias Organizacionales, Universidad de Los Andes-ULA,  Mérida, Venezuela)},
      abstract = {Social development is considered as a direct consequence  of the implementation of development programs that  emphasize the application of social policies aimed at  improving social welfare. Within the framework of the  various development strategies for the case of territories  with agricultural potential, Ecuador has begun to promote  territorial development programs, specifically focused on  the categories of analysis of knowledge management and  entrepreneurship. This article aimed to interpret the main  contributions of knowledge management in undertakes in the  province of Cotopaxi (Ecuador), as part of the country's  rural social development initiatives. Methodologically, the  research has based on the qualitative paradigm, under a  phenomenological approach, using hermeneutics to  understand, interpret and know the researched phenomenon in  its own context and from the perspective of the same actors  considered as key informants. The first part examined  relevant aspects of local development, the new rurality,  knowledge management, and innovation, as well as their main  links with entrepreneurship in rural territories. In the  second phase, a semi-structured interview with 59 questions  was applied to three rural entrepreneurships, and  thisinformation was analyzed by using Atlas.ti® software,  complemented by participant observation. The main findings  underline the need to strengthen the social development of  the population studied, particularly through rural training  programs, as a key productive factor for such development.  The field study identified the following as significant  units: i) innovation in activities, products, and  processes; ii) institutions as key to innovation processes,  based on territorial potential; iii) the family business as  a productive unit and its enterprises as determining  factors for improving the income of the nucleus; and, iv)  cooperativism, to strengthen rural enterprises and improve  the competitiveness of their products. Finally, a proposal  for strengthening the social development of the territory  studied is presented, which was structured in the social,  economic, environmental, and cultural dimensions of rural  territorial development, and based on activities of  production, management, transfer, and use of knowledge. },
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320415},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.320415},
}