SME'S SUPPORT AND REGIONAL POLICY IN EU - THE NORTE-LITORAL PORTUGUESE EXPERIENCE



provided by Research Papers in Economics

40th Congress of the European Regional Science Association

Barcelona 29th August - 1st September 2000

SME’s SUPPORT and REGIONAL POLICY in EU

The Norte-Litoral Portuguese Experience

Jorge Bateira

Programa ICPME

Portugal

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Leonor Vasconcelos Ferreira

Faculdade de Economia do Porto

Portugal

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Abstract

During the last decade the productive structure of Norte-Litoral area of Portugal, where small
firms have a predominant role, has been object of new and profound research.

At our understanding, the use of a systemic approach, the study of self-organising systems,
which stresses the importance of interactions, both inside the system and with broader systems,
can bring new insights to industrial and regional analysis and policies.

Within this theoretical framework, our study starts with a critical review of the literatures on
firms and territories, and proceeds with the evaluation of the strategic behaviour of SME in
Norte-Litoral. Using data on SME Community Initiative and statistic models, we study
emergent strategies of investment projects effectively supported. The results of our study stress
the strategic relevance of a specifically regional co-ordination of policies (industrial, R&D,
training), both for Norte-Litoral and national level.



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