Innovation Systems and Networks Formation for local development

Abstract

The concept of the local knowledge management network was addressed as the basis of a Local Innovation System for Cuba. Hermeneutical methodology was applied at an interpretive level. The network was seen as a way of incorporating links and interactions that make possible, locally, regionally and nationally, the existence of external economies and increasing returns. The increasing recognition obtained by networks was based on the fact that, regardless of the amount of information and coded knowledge that society produces, when there is no link between coded knowledge and the skills embodied in individuals and organizations, it is not possible to capture the productive impulse of knowledge, translate it into innovation and a path of sustainable development.