Standards behaviours face to innovation of the entrepreneurships of Beira Interior



political situation of periphery, a territory that we could call of very marginal and
distant from the national centres of decision, (Hernandez, 2000, p.17) and of consumer
centres.

Moreover, according to statistical data of the INE (Institute National of Statistics-
Portugal), BELÉM2, the services companies predominate with 68% in Beira Interior
registering in the BIN the highest value of this sector. Civil construction (CAE 45)
represent 11% of the total of companies and the transforming industry represents only
17% of the total of companies of RCP. In comparison the agro-industries represents
greater parcel of companies about 5% in the 3 Nuts III of Beira Interior.

Companies with less than 10 employees predominate in the 3 sub-regions that
representing about 87% of the companies. The number of companies with more than
100 employees assumes an insignificant value (0,5%). Only 11,2% of the companies of
BIN, 12,9% of the companies of BIS, 12,9% of the companies of the CB; have more
than 10 employees.

Before these characteristics and the periphery situation of these regions, our interest in
these regions is related to the possibility of evaluating its dynamics of innovation
through analysis of the participation of the companies to promote innovation, because
this drives competitiveness and in the attempt to perceive which factors of the milieu are
associated with theses dynamics.

To analyze the innovative performance of the companies of the Beira Interior, we used a
survey applied to a vast set of companies of this region. To identify the set of
Companies for NUTS III Portuguesas (BIN, BIS and CB), we use the Portuguese Base
of Establishments and Companies (BELÉM) of INE of year 2002. That database
supplies the name, the residence, the CAE3 and the number of workers of each company
(for step).

2 Portuguese Base of Establishments and Companies (BELÉM) of INE (Institute National of Statistics-
Portugal)

3 CAE- Classification of Economic Activities



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