Despite the growing interest on local productive systems revealed by both academia and public or private agencies, discussions about collective strategies to articulate them remain focusing on traditional aspects of small firms, lacking innovation and context-specific approaches. This essay proposes the use of a Social Technology framework to mobilize actors operating in local productive systems of small firms, aimed at strengthening relationships and promoting development. With this contribution, authors hope to stimulate a discussion about innovative ways to support collective action, emphasizing aspects such as social capital, cooperative practices and governance, all of which, though intangible, are crucial to local development.
Local Productive Systems; Social Capital; Governance
