Mediation effect of adaptive planning between social capital and business innovation: Application to a community of Pisco producers in Peru

Avalo-Ortega J.A.; Yagüe-Blanco J.L.; Vara-Horna A.; Allain G.C. · Sustainability (Switzerland) (2020) · DOI: 10.3390/su12187779

Resumen

This study addresses the effects linking adaptive planning and social capital that drive business innovation. A case study has been selected that involves a community of pisco producers, grouped around a production innovation and technology transfer center (CITE agroindustrial) in the southern part of Lima, Peru. The study examines how their perceptions have changed over a six-year period (2012-2018). Results show the mediation effect that adaptive planning-promoted through CITE activities-has between social capital and innovation, which is also strengthened over time. In conjunction with this, a route is investigated for business innovation that goes further than the need-opportunity dichotomy, through associative and collaborative behaviors, and adaptive planning that stands out thanks to its actors (the community of producers). This represents a path for transforming needs into opportunities for innovation and development.

Instituciones: Universidad de San Martín de Porres; Universidad de Piura