Borders are a space of territorial specificity, exchanges and cultural hybridity, with a system of governance that requires approximations of commitments, solidarity and sharing, in order to generate synergies and collective benefits. The borders of peripheral areas, far from urban areas or strong economic dynamism, require policies and models of governance that foster their cooperation and the creation of services and equipment that guarantee equity to their communities and economic activity.
Published in Chapter:
Entrepreneurship in Border Territories: Context Costs, Resilience, and Logics of Action of the Companies and Entrepreneurs – Study of the Border Municipalities of Beira Interior in Portugal and Salamanca in Spain
Gonçalo Poeta Fernandes (CITUR, Portugal & CICS, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal & Polytechnic Institute of Guarda, Portugal) and Maria Manuela Santos Natário (Polytechnic of Guarda, Portugal)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 24
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1981-3.ch007
Abstract
The territory of Beira Interior Norte in Portugal with the province of Salamanca in Spain have low demographic densities and populations in deep regression and aging as a result of migration movements, economic disarticulation, and specific context costs, given the different administrative framework and public policies. Promoting entrepreneurship in peripheral border regions is a key strategy for their sustainability, as part of the Europe 2020 goals for smart, sustainable, and inclusive growth. The chapter aims to provide guidelines for greater interaction between the results from the statistical analysis and its interpretation by local actors. In addition, indicate vectors that will help to design and develop the natural entrepreneurship dynamics for the Portugal/Spain border region, reinforce cooperation in the articulation of strategies, and the development of collaborative networks between entrepreneurs, training entities, business associations, and administrative entities have been explored.