TY  - EJOUR
AB  - 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. 
AU  - Álvarez Montalvo, Amparo
DA  - 2022-03-31
DA  - 2022-03-31
DO  - 10.22004/ag.econ.320415
DO  - doi
ED  - Gutiérrez S., Alejandro
ED  - Anido R., José Daniel
ED  - Ablan Bortone, Elvira
ED  - Giacalone, Rita
ED  - Molina R., Luisa Elena
ED  - García Lobo, Ligia Nathalie
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
ED  - editor
EP  - 109
EP  - 91
ID  - 320415
IS  - 53
JF  - Agroalimentaria Journal - Revista Agroalimentaria
KW  - Agricultural and Food Policy
KW  - Community/Rural/Urban Development
KW  - Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
KW  - Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession
KW  - Entrepreneurship
KW  - knowledge management
KW  - social development
KW  - urban-urban
KW  - rural territorial development
KW  - Cotopaxi
KW  - Ecuador
KW  - emprendimiento
KW  - gestión del conocimiento
KW  - desarrollo social
KW  - rururbano
KW  - desarrollo territorial rural
L1  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320415/files/Articulo_5_Alvarez_R53.pdf
L2  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320415/files/Articulo_5_Alvarez_R53.pdf
L4  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320415/files/Articulo_5_Alvarez_R53.pdf
LA  - spa
LA  - Spanish
LK  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320415/files/Articulo_5_Alvarez_R53.pdf
N1  - 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)
N2  - 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. 
PY  - 2022-03-31
PY  - 2022-03-31
SN  - p-ISSN: 1316-0354 / e-ISSN: 2244-8128
SP  - 91
T1  - Gestión del conocimiento en los emprendimientos de la provincia de Cotopaxi en el marco del desarrollo social rural en Ecuador
TI  - Gestión del conocimiento en los emprendimientos de la provincia de Cotopaxi en el marco del desarrollo social rural en Ecuador
TT  - Knowledge management in entrepreneurship in the province of Cotopaxi within the framework of rural social development in Ecuador 
UR  - https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320415/files/Articulo_5_Alvarez_R53.pdf
VL  - 27
Y1  - 2022-03-31
T2  - Agroalimentaria Journal - Revista Agroalimentaria
ER  -