Abstract

RIBEIRO, José  and  CHAMUSCA, Pedro. Territorial governance, stakeholders and development: a study on the territorial organization of the Portuguese footwear cluster. GOT [online]. 2020, n.19, pp.186-217. ISSN 2182-1267.  https://doi.org/10.17127/got/2020.19.008.

Recognized as “the sexy industry in Europe”, the Portuguese footwear industry consolidates itself as a national symbol, overcoming the problems that affected it during decades. In this consolidation process, the role of the business association was fundamental in establishing cooperation links and the coordination between stakeholders, aspects that are relevant to the positive results. This coordination is a central element of the territorial governance structure, a topic that has been the focus of important debates in the field of urban-regional planning and spatial management. That said, this article aims to analyze the importance of territorial governance in agglomerated products, such as the Portuguese footwear cluster. For that, a methodology combining the theoretical review, official documents analysis and interviews was used. The results demonstrated the importance of governance in the performance of the cluste, highlighting the relevance of the new production factors (knowledge, innovation, articulation between institutional support)

Keywords : Governance; Actors; Development; Cluster.

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