Advice networks, innovations and clusters : the case of Languedoc wine cooperatives

Chiffoleau , Yuna
        INRA
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         UMR 0951 UMR INRA / ENSAM / CIRAD / CNEARC  : Innovation : Changement Technique, Apprentissage et Coordination dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire; Dreyfus , Fabrice
        INRA
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         UMR 0951 UMR INRA / ENSAM / CIRAD / CNEARC  : Innovation : Changement Technique, Apprentissage et Coordination dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire; Stofer , Raphäel
        .; Touzard , Jean-Marc
        INRA
         .
         UMR 0951 UMR INRA / ENSAM / CIRAD / CNEARC  : Innovation : Changement Technique, Apprentissage et Coordination dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire

Advice networks, innovations and clusters : the case of Languedoc wine cooperatives

2006

Chiffoleau , Yuna (INRA (France). UMR 0951 UMR INRA / ENSAM / CIRAD / CNEARC : Innovation : Changement Technique, Apprentissage et Coordination dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire) | Dreyfus , Fabrice (INRA (France). UMR 0951 UMR INRA / ENSAM / CIRAD / CNEARC : Innovation : Changement Technique, Apprentissage et Coordination dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire) | Stofer , Raphäel (Université Lille 1(France).) | Touzard , Jean-Marc (INRA (France). UMR 0951 UMR INRA / ENSAM / CIRAD / CNEARC : Innovation : Changement Technique, Apprentissage et Coordination dans l'Agriculture et l'Agro-alimentaire)

Small firms are supposed to benefit from networking and clustering, but research has still to be done on thenature and the relevant forms of these networks. In this paper we propose to combine economics and economicsociology to assess the role of the inter-firm network in a cluster of innovative cooperatives, focusing on theexchanges of advice between managers. Our study is based on the case of 31 cooperatives, constituting a winecluster around Beziers (South of France). Using both sociometric and economic data, we find correlationsbetween co-operatives’ relational profiles and innovation or economic scores. The co-operatives’ specificityquestions the results get in different settings and calls for a comprehensive interactionist approach of firms andclusters.

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