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DEMAJOROVIC, Jacques  e  SILVA, Ademir Vicente da. Clusters and practices of social and environmental management: an analysis of the furniture producing area of Arapongas. Ambient. soc. [online]. 2010, vol.13, n.1, pp. 131-149. ISSN 1414-753X.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1414-753X2010000100009.

Clusters are generally associated to the increase of organizational competitiveness of small enterprises and economic and social development of regions. Less common are research projects that link the role of these productive configurations with the dissemination of environmental social practices. This article examines the contribution of the cluster of Arapongas to the dissemination of environmental and social practices in this region.

Palavras-chave : Clusters; Social environmental responsibility; Social environmental impacts and small companies.