000320415 001__ 320415 000320415 005__ 20220415054230.0 000320415 022__ $$ap-ISSN: 1316-0354 / e-ISSN: 2244-8128 000320415 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.22004/ag.econ.320415 000320415 037__ $$a2407-2022-531 000320415 041__ $$aspa 000320415 084__ $$aO13 000320415 084__ $$aO15 000320415 084__ $$aO21 000320415 084__ $$aO32 000320415 084__ $$aQ01 000320415 084__ $$aQ13 000320415 084__ $$aQ16 000320415 084__ $$aQ18 000320415 084__ $$aQ34 000320415 242__ $$aKnowledge management in entrepreneurship in the province of Cotopaxi within the framework of rural social development in Ecuador 000320415 245__ $$aGestión del conocimiento en los emprendimientos de la provincia de Cotopaxi en el marco del desarrollo social rural en Ecuador 000320415 260__ $$c2022-03-31 000320415 269__ $$a2022-03-31 000320415 336__ $$aJournal Article 000320415 500__ $$aBasado 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) 000320415 520__ $$aSocial 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. 000320415 546__ $$aSpanish 000320415 650__ $$aAgricultural and Food Policy 000320415 650__ $$aCommunity/Rural/Urban Development 000320415 650__ $$aResearch and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies 000320415 650__ $$aTeaching/Communication/Extension/Profession 000320415 6531_ $$aEntrepreneurship 000320415 6531_ $$aknowledge management 000320415 6531_ $$asocial development 000320415 6531_ $$aurban-urban 000320415 6531_ $$arural territorial development 000320415 6531_ $$aCotopaxi 000320415 6531_ $$aEcuador 000320415 6531_ $$aemprendimiento 000320415 6531_ $$agestión del conocimiento 000320415 6531_ $$adesarrollo social 000320415 6531_ $$arururbano 000320415 6531_ $$adesarrollo territorial rural 000320415 700__ $$aÁlvarez Montalvo, Amparo 000320415 720__ $$aGutiérrez S., Alejandro$$eeditor 000320415 720__ $$aAnido R., José Daniel$$eeditor 000320415 720__ $$aAblan Bortone, Elvira$$eeditor 000320415 720__ $$aGiacalone, Rita$$eeditor 000320415 720__ $$aMolina R., Luisa Elena$$eeditor 000320415 720__ $$aGarcía Lobo, Ligia Nathalie$$eeditor 000320415 773__ $$j27$$k53$$q91$$o109$$tAgroalimentaria Journal - Revista Agroalimentaria 000320415 8560_ $$fagroalimentariajournal@gmail.com 000320415 8564_ $$91823ee8b-3f4b-4691-a62b-53e39d5059c4$$s185225$$uhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320415/files/Articulo_5_Alvarez_R53.pdf 000320415 909CO $$ooai:ageconsearch.umn.edu:320415$$pGLOBAL_SET 000320415 913__ $$aBy depositing this Content ('Content') in AgEcon Search, I agree that I am solely responsible for any consequences of uploading this Content to AgEcon Search and making it publicly available, and I represent and warrant that: I am either the sole creator and the owner of the copyrights and all other rights in the Content; or, without obtaining another’s permission, I have the right to deposit the Content in an archive such as AgEcon Search. To the extent that any portions of the Content are not my own creation, they are used with the copyright holder’s express permission or as permitted by law. Additionally, the Content does not infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of another, nor does the Content violate any laws or another’s rights of privacy or publicity. The Content contains no restricted, private, confidential, or otherwise protected data or information that should not be publicly shared. I understand that AgEcon Search will do its best to provide perpetual access to my Content. In order to support these efforts, I grant the Regents of the University of Minnesota ('University'), through AgEcon Search, the following non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, world-wide rights and licenses: to access, reproduce, distribute and publicly display the Content, in whole or in part, in order to secure, preserve and make it publicly available, and to make derivative works based upon the Content in order to migrate the Content to other media or formats, or to preserve its public access. These terms do not transfer ownership of the copyright(s) in the Content. These terms only grant to the University the limited license outlined above. 000320415 980__ $$a2407